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This is the first time I have commented. Please don't do this: you are increasing your risk of schizophrenia by smoking dope. If you only saw what that does

This is the first time I have commented. Please don't do this: you are increasing your risk of schizophrenia by smoking dope. If you only saw what that does to people and those around them. My brother suffers from this and it is terrible for him. You can all do the searches if you want to find evidence for the increase in risk. "my brain is my second favourite organ", keep it that way.

jgalvez 18y ago
Schizophrenia is only a risk if you start smoking dope at an early age, before your brain is fully developed, and this is true not only for marijuana but also for pretty much all psychoactive drugs (Ritaline, anyone?). Consuming psychoactive substances at an early age is never a good idea. For the record, schizophrenia has never been associated to people who started smoking marijuana /after/ adolescence, and it has even show therapeutic properties for a number of brain disorders, such as Alzheimer's. I should add that unfortunately many youngsters and adolescents smoke pot and that should absolutely not happen, the same way alcohol and cigarettes are prohibited for people under 18/21.
a-priori 18y ago
Correlation versus causation. Cannabis use and psychotoic disorders like schizophrenia are definitely correlated, but last I heard there is no evidence of causation (Hall et al., 2000). If my information is outdated, please let me know. Personally, I think it's far more likely that schizophrenics, or pre-schizophrenics, are drawn to cannabis as a form of self-medication.
- schizoBrother 18y ago
  BMJ 2002;325:1199 ( 23 November ) http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/325/7374/1199 http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/325/7374/1199 here is the conclusion paragraph: Conclusions: Cannabis use is associated with an increased risk of developing schizophrenia, consistent with a causal relation. This association is not explained by use of other psychoactive drugs or personality traits relating to social integration.

jgalvez 18y ago

Schizophrenia is only a risk if you start smoking dope at an early age, before your brain is fully developed, and this is true not only for marijuana but also for pretty much all psychoactive drugs (Ritaline, anyone?). Consuming psychoactive substances at an early age is never a good idea. For the record, schizophrenia has never been associated to people who started smoking marijuana /after/ adolescence, and it has even show therapeutic properties for a number of brain disorders, such as Alzheimer's. I should add that unfortunately many youngsters and adolescents smoke pot and that should absolutely not happen, the same way alcohol and cigarettes are prohibited for people under 18/21.

a-priori 18y ago

Correlation versus causation. Cannabis use and psychotoic disorders like schizophrenia are definitely correlated, but last I heard there is no evidence of causation (Hall et al., 2000). If my information is outdated, please let me know. Personally, I think it's far more likely that schizophrenics, or pre-schizophrenics, are drawn to cannabis as a form of self-medication.

schizoBrother 18y ago
BMJ 2002;325:1199 ( 23 November ) http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/325/7374/1199 http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/325/7374/1199 here is the conclusion paragraph: Conclusions: Cannabis use is associated with an increased risk of developing schizophrenia, consistent with a causal relation. This association is not explained by use of other psychoactive drugs or personality traits relating to social integration.