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Is cannabis really less dangerous than MDMA and Adderall? Experts warn of psychosis and heart risks as officials move to downgrade drug

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Doctors have declared the Government’s push to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, a ‘political move that goes against science’ and ‘glosses over’ serious risks of addiction and psychosis. 

The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) is announced plans to downgrade marijuana from a schedule one substance to schedule three, putting it in the same safety category as some types of Tylenol and steroids. 

If the rule is officially adopted, marijuana will be considered less risky than LSD, ecstacy, codeine, Adderall

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I was sectioned after being given a tranquiliser for anxiety that triggered a frightening slide into psychosis. But the worst part of my ordeal was how doctors tried to cure me

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Emma Saunders, an actress and photographer, went to her father’s private GP in Chelsea with tinnitus in November 2020. ‘I’d woken up with a loud ringing in my ears — it was distressing because I’d not had anything like it before and didn’t know what was going on,’ she says.

‘I went privately because I expected the doctor to have contacts and to refer me to a specialist for tests.’

Instead, the GP prescribed a tranquilliser, lorazepam, telling Emma, then

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