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> I thought it was well-known that marijuana use among adolescents was a risk factor for schizophrenia. Incorrect. Those predisposed to schizophrenic and some

> I thought it was well-known that marijuana use among adolescents was a risk factor for schizophrenia. Incorrect. Those predisposed to schizophrenic and some other mental disorders are more likely to have those symptoms aggravated by chronic drug use. Pot doesn't create mental illness, it exacerbates it. The lesson here is not to smoke weed in your developing teen years, or to experiment in a safe environment if there is a history of schizophrenia in your family, something that should be a no-brainer. "Safe" is a very relative word and a substance can only be as safe as the person consuming it. Incorrect safety procedure when ingesting a substance, such as taking drugs without proper dosage experimentation or in unstable environments, should not be held against the substance itself.

mercer 9y ago
> > I thought it was well-known that marijuana use among adolescents was a risk factor for schizophrenia. > Incorrect. Those predisposed to schizophrenic and some other mental disorders are more likely to have those symptoms aggravated by chronic drug use. Pot doesn't create mental illness, it exacerbates it. Aren't both these statements a bit too one-sided in light of the evidence? As far as I'm aware we know there's a correlation, but there's no consensus about causality either way (although I lean towards weed being mostly harmless in itself, and 'triggering' if you happen to be susceptible to schizophrenia).
- kakarot 9y ago
  Get a group of scizophrenics together and get them to smoke weed. You'll have a few people whose symptoms are helped but you'll find more of them get triggered and may end up having an episode. As I said, weed doesn't cause schizophrenia, it just exacerbates the symptoms in some people. I don't see what is one-sided about that and there is plenty of literature to support this, if you search around for a minute or two.
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PhasmaFelis 9y ago
Exactly. You seem to be under the misapprehension that I disagree with you.

mercer 9y ago

> > I thought it was well-known that marijuana use among adolescents was a risk factor for schizophrenia. > Incorrect. Those predisposed to schizophrenic and some other mental disorders are more likely to have those symptoms aggravated by chronic drug use. Pot doesn't create mental illness, it exacerbates it. Aren't both these statements a bit too one-sided in light of the evidence? As far as I'm aware we know there's a correlation, but there's no consensus about causality either way (although I lean towards weed being mostly harmless in itself, and 'triggering' if you happen to be susceptible to schizophrenia).

kakarot 9y ago
Get a group of scizophrenics together and get them to smoke weed. You'll have a few people whose symptoms are helped but you'll find more of them get triggered and may end up having an episode. As I said, weed doesn't cause schizophrenia, it just exacerbates the symptoms in some people. I don't see what is one-sided about that and there is plenty of literature to support this, if you search around for a minute or two.

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PhasmaFelis 9y ago

Exactly. You seem to be under the misapprehension that I disagree with you.