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What links cannabis use and psychosis? Researchers point to brain's dopamine system

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What this article backs

• Substance Use ↑ Dopamine Dysregulation

• Substance Use increases Dopamine Dysregulation.

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people with cannabis use disorder (CUD) had elevated dopamine levels in a brain region associated with psychosis

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