Re:Adolescent cannabis use and later development of schizoph...
by bjourne on Saturday January 15, 2022 @12:58PM
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These arguments are shoddy and you know that. If it was so difficult to demonstrate a correlation then so many studies wouldn't have been able to do just that.
Re:Adolescent cannabis use and later development of schizoph...
by Maursault on Saturday January 15, 2022 @08:42PM
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Not an argument, just answering the question.
Also,
> If it was so difficult to demonstrate a correlation then so many studies wouldn't have been able to do just that.
employs a fallacy, assuming the conclusion aka begging the question. But that's ok, because I'm really not arguing any position.
Currently, approximately 129M US adults have used cannabis and there are 3.2M schizophrenics in US. 16% of schizophrenics use cannabis, while 27% have a history of using cannabis. This makes any correlation, if there is one, extremely difficult to see, because currently, at best, only 864K schizophrenics of 3.2M have ever used cannabis. This means, if there is actually a causation, then using cannabis entails a risk of 1 in 149.3 of causing schizophrenia, which seems high until you consider schizophrenia affects 1 in 300 people worldwide. So it is possible that using cannabis doubles risk of schizophrenia, but we wouldn't say it caused it. 100% of schizophrenics drink water... why isn't drinking water researched as a cause of schizophrenia?