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The population level prevalence is where we should see this. If cannabis really did cause SCZ, as opposed to merely being self-medication, general drug use dysf
by gwern 5y ago
The population level prevalence is where we should see this. If cannabis really did cause SCZ, as opposed to merely being self-medication, general drug use dysfunctionality, or possibly just accelerating SCZ onset but not increasing total cases, we should see incredibly high rates in recreational legalizing jurisdictions where prevalence is now a large fraction of the population. Instead, buried at the end, we get
"The findings could help explain the "general increase in the incidence of schizophrenia that has been observed in recent years" and provides some support that the "long-observed association between cannabis and schizophrenia is likely partially causal in nature," the study said."
OK then...
- trutannus 5y ago> If cannabis really did cause SCZ, as opposed to merely being self-medication, general drug use dysfunctionality, or possibly just accelerating SCZ onset but not increasing total cases, we should see incredibly high rates in recreational legalizing jurisdictions where prevalence is now a large fraction of the population So basically, let's keep watching Canada's national legalization and Switzerland's targeted trials to see what the population level impact is.
- da_big_ghey 5y agonot in necesity: maybe heavy users are using with or without law, maybe law mostly causing casual users to use it but not many more heavy ones. If then only heavy use is cause schizofrenia, we maybe are not seeing a great growth of rates.