Re:New study makes link between use of potent cannabis and p...
by shkkmo on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @10:34AM
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No, it is impossible to draw conclusions about causality from such statistics only studies. The only way to establish causality is a randomized experimental intervention.
The sort of study you describe can distinguish to some extent between "A causes B" and "B causes A" but can't tell them apart from "C causes A and B"
In order to get at that, you'd need to identify people with and without psychosis, and then follow them for many years. See who was more likely to use cannabis. And see whether using cannabis worsened psychosis. Not an easy thing.