KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 (Bernama) – As a psychiatrist and drug addiction specialist, Associate Prof Dr Rusdi Abd Rashid has seen the adverse effects of marijuana on patients and how it can induce psychosis in those with schizophrenia and other mental disorders.
So he was surprised to see how it calmed down the severely autistic son of a patient who had been depressed because she was unable to cope with her son’s condition.
“She (had given) the CBD (cannabidiol) oil to her son – she just put a few drops under the tongue on a daily basis – and she found the child became less hyperactive and showed less disturbing behaviour,” said Dr Rusdi, who is the director of the Centre for Addiction Sciences at Universiti Malaya.
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