Toxic Psychosis from Medicinal Cannabis - Can You Go Crazy from Marijuana?

• Debates about cannabis-induced psychosis continue to this day
• The case of a lawyer who attacked a group of immigrants in Ontario reignited the debate on this topic

Last year, an incident occurred in a supermarket parking lot in Ontario. A local lawyer attacked a group of immigrants and seriously injured one of them. The lawyer was reportedly annoyed that the group was speaking Spanish. His best solution at the moment was to grab a baseball bat and break one of their ribs.

Lawyer Mark Philips, originally from Toronto, immediately confessed to the crime. However, he also said that he was influenced by strong marijuana during the attack, which caused him temporary psychosis. The court subsequently decided that the attacker was not fully conscious and it would be best to release him on probation. Mark worked a few weeks of community service, followed the law during his three-year probation, and is now a fully free person without a criminal record.

The court's decision immediately found a number of critics claiming that the decision was too soft and the lawyer should have been punished much more severely. After the verdict, it also came to light that the attacker is actually the great-great-grandson of Nathan Philips, a famous former mayor of Ontario. The main square is named after Nathan. The entire incident naturally reignited the old debate about whether marijuana is really capable of triggering a quick onset of psychosis.