Hollywood icon Sharon Stone recently opened up about a health scare after quitting marijuana, revealing her symptoms were so intense that she turned to a neurologist.
Potency of Modern Weed
Stone attributed her ordeal to the potency of modern weed, saying, ‘It’s not like you’re pulling it out of the ground anymore … It’s not like when we were kids.’ Experts note that cannabis withdrawal itself is generally not considered life-threatening, although severe symptoms, underlying medical conditions or interactions with other substances can complicate recovery.
Dr. Chris Tuell, clinical director of addiction services at the Lindner Center in Cincinnati, confirmed that today’s cannabis products are vastly different from the strains of decades past. THC levels in marijuana have surged from about 3% to 5% in the 1980s to as high as 30% in today’s cannabis products, while concentrates can exceed 90% THC.
Higher THC concentrations have been linked to greater risks of dependence, cannabis use disorder (CUD), psychosis in some users, and more severe withdrawal symptoms, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
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