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Cannabis misuse appears linked to a larger share of schizophrenia cases as I understand it.

• ty6853 2y ago
  Schizophrenics love to smoke. My unscientific guess is something like 80% smoke a nicotine product or weed.
  • zxexz 2y ago
    Not sure why you're being downvoted. The link is well-documented. I'm pretty certain the only controversies here are in causality.
  • anjel 2y ago
    Scott Alexander wrote an article [0] on the mild antipsychotic effects of nicotine as the reason why such a high proportion of people battling psychosis smoke cigarettes. [0] https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/01/11/schizophrenia-no-smoking-gun/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2016/01/11/schizophrenia-no-smoki...
  • cjbgkagh 2y ago
    There is the dopamine hypothesis for schizophrenia and new research suggest serotonin also plays a role. Nicotine increases the dopamine in the brain so it sounds like to me smoking would be a form of self medicating.