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Re:Adolescent cannabis use and later development of schizoph... by DanBC on Friday January 14, 2022 @06:59AM (#29933407)
The full title is "Adolescent cannabis use and later development of schizophrenia: An updated systematic review of longitudinal studies"

They're not saying cannabis use cause schizophrenia. Their conclusion is pretty clear "Both high- and low-frequency marijuana usage were associated with a significantly increased risk of schizophrenia. The frequency of use among high- and low-frequency users is similar in both, demonstrating statistically significant increased risk in developing schizophrenia."

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Re:Adolescent cannabis use and later development of schizoph... by raxxorrax on Friday January 14, 2022 @07:11AM (#29933510)
I feel schizophrenia is the wrong focus. To me that is having hallucinations and severe delusions. Don't know what the clinical indications are, using Twitter causes delusions as well.

But from my experience a solid form of psychosis is not too uncommon. We had an enormous amount of users in school and some destroyed their lives with weed and ended in psychiatric care or didn't finish their degrees. Another problem is that weed is extremely potent today. Not the same stuff people smoked in the 60s anymore. Today people use extremely potent cultivated plants.

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