Teens and young adults should avoid cannabis — major new review recommends

However, cannabis-based medicines could help reduce chronic pain and could help reduce spasms among people with multiple sclerosis

Cannabis-based medicines could help reduce nausea and vomiting among patients with a range of conditions and help improve the sleep of cancer patients. Picture: AP Photo/Markus Schreiber

Teenagers and young adults should avoid trying cannabis, academics have said following a major new review.

Drivers should also avoid the drug, as should pregnant women and people with mental health illnesses, they said.