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===Cannabis use=== On 13 June 2011, a study by Matt Jones and Michal Kucewicz<ref name="Kucewicz-2011">{{cite journal |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111025172633.htm |title=How cannabis causes 'cognitive chaos' in the brain |doi=10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2970-11.2011 |journal=The Journal of Neuroscience |date=25 October 2011 |pmid=22031901 |access-date=12 March 2012 |last1=Kucewicz |first1=M. T. |last2=Tricklebank |first2=M. D. |last3=Bogacz |first3=R. |last4=Jones |first4=M. W. |volume=31 |issue=43 |pages=15560–8 |pmc=6703515 |archive-date=6 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306112652/http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/10/111025172633.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> on the effects of cannabinoid receptor activation in the brain was published in ''[[The Journal of Neuroscience]]''<ref name="Kucewicz-2011"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bris.ac.uk/synaptic/people/153538/publications.html|title=Dr Matt Jones – MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity publications|publisher=Bris|date=14 April 2011|access-date=12 March 2012|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923221334/http://www.bris.ac.uk/synaptic/people/153538/publications.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Dysfunctional Prefrontal Cortical Network Activity and Interactions following Cannabinoid Receptor Activation|publisher=Jneurosci|date=26 October 2011|doi=10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2970-11.2011|last1=Kucewicz|first1=M. T.|last2=Tricklebank|first2=M. D.|last3=Bogacz|first3=R.|last4=Jones|first4=M. W.|journal=Journal of Neuroscience|volume=31|issue=43|pages=15560–15568|pmid=22031901|pmc=6703515}}</ref> and the British medical journal ''[[The Lancet]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12363|title=Cannabis use increases risk of psychotic illness – health – 27 July 2007|magazine=New Scientist|access-date=12 March 2012|archive-date=20 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220100411/http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12363|url-status=live}}</ref> The study was used in articles by ''[[CBS News]]'',<ref>[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/solved-why-pot-smoking-causes-memory-loss/ ''Solved: Why pot smoking causes memory loss''] Wynne Parry 26 October 2011</ref> ''[[Le Figaro]]'',<ref>[http://sante.lefigaro.fr/actualite/2011/10/31/15236-comment-cannabis-perturbe-lactivite-cerebrale Comment le cannabis perturbe l'activité cérébrale] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424025658/http://sante.lefigaro.fr/actualite/2011/10/31/15236-comment-cannabis-perturbe-lactivite-cerebrale |date=24 April 2016 }} Aude Rambaud, 31 October 2011</ref> and ''[[Bild]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bild.de/ratgeber/gesund-fit/marihuana/ein-joint-kann-schizophrenie-ausloesen-cannabis-20661246.bild.html|title=Psychose durch Cannabis: Schon ein Joint kann Schizophrenie auslösen!|work=BILD.de|date=26 October 2011|access-date=12 March 2012|archive-date=27 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027081634/http://www.bild.de/ratgeber/gesund-fit/marihuana/ein-joint-kann-schizophrenie-ausloesen-cannabis-20661246.bild.html|url-status=live}}</ref> among others. In October 2011, the ''Daily Mail'' printed an article citing the research, titled "Just ONE cannabis joint can bring on schizophrenia as well as damaging memory." The group [[Cannabis Law Reform]] (CLEAR), which campaigns for ending drug prohibition, criticised the ''Daily Mail'' report.<ref name="Clear-uk">{{cite web |url=http://clear-uk.org/the-daily-mail-addicted-to-lies-and-misinformation-about-cannabis/ |title=The Daily Mail – Addicted To Lies And Misinformation About Cannabis |work=Clear-uk |access-date=12 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323115419/http://clear-uk.org/the-daily-mail-addicted-to-lies-and-misinformation-about-cannabis |archive-date=23 March 2012 }}</ref> Matt Jones, co-author of the study, said he was "disappointed but not surprised" by the article, and stated: "This study does NOT say that one spliff will bring on schizophrenia".<ref name="Clear-uk"/> Dorothy Bishop, professor of [[neuroscience]] at [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]], in her blog awarded the ''Daily Mail'' the "Orwellian Prize for Journalistic Misrepresentation",<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/daily-mail-wins-worst-science-article-prize_n_1291243.html|title=Daily Mail Wins Worst Science Article Prize|newspaper=Huffington Post|date=22 February 2012|access-date=12 March 2012|first=Travis|last=Korte|archive-date=11 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311095140/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/21/daily-mail-wins-worst-science-article-prize_n_1291243.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=Craig Silverman |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/1126146--newsmangled-daily-mail-wins-orwellian-prize-for-cannabis-story|title=Newsmangled: Daily Mail wins Orwellian Prize for 'cannabis' story|newspaper=The Star|date=3 February 2012|access-date=12 March 2012|location=Toronto|archive-date=12 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312225429/http://www.thestar.com/news/insight/article/1126146--newsmangled-daily-mail-wins-orwellian-prize-for-cannabis-story|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Mail'' later changed the article's headline to: "Just ONE cannabis joint 'can cause psychiatric episodes similar to schizophrenia' as well as damaging memory."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/richard-shrubb/cannabis-does-not-cause-s_b_946149.html |title=Richard Shrubb: Cannabis Does Not Cause Schizophrenia ... It may Contribute Though! |newspaper=Huffingtonpost |date=2 September 2011 |access-date=12 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114031637/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/richard-shrubb/cannabis-does-not-cause-s_b_946149.html |archive-date=14 January 2012 }}</ref>
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