I find that hard to believe. You could probably correlate many mental facility intake patients with those that ate yogurt for breakfast. This is ignorant fear mongering.
The best answwr today is that it's complicated, very complicated.
Eg: as laid out in [1] which deserves a thorough and close reading.
There's little evidence that cannabis induces (causes) schizophreniform psychoses in people who aren't already at risk of developing such conditions already.
( Eg: A study modelling trends in the incidence of psychoses in Australia did not find clear evidence of any increase in incidence following steep increases in cannabis use during the 1980s
And that's from a thirty year look back in a country of 20+ million with extremely comprehensive public health records and cheap accessable professional docters and access to medication )
There's ample evidence that cannabis and schizophreniform psychoses go hand in hand in a self reinforcing spiral that leads to no good end.
( Numerous examples cited with the paper [1] ).
Like most drugs it's one that's best avoided until full maturity and fully avoided if there are any signs of onset psychoses otherwise relatively harmless in moderation and with an eye to actual effect.
[1] Cannabis use and the risk of developing a psychotic disorder World Psychiatry (2008)
Recreational drugs alter mental perception, otherwise no one would take them. It's a bit disingenuous to argue that psychotic drugs won't have a relationship to the causes of mental illness.
hammyhavoc|2 years ago
defrost|2 years ago
Eg: as laid out in [1] which deserves a thorough and close reading.
There's little evidence that cannabis induces (causes) schizophreniform psychoses in people who aren't already at risk of developing such conditions already.
( Eg: A study modelling trends in the incidence of psychoses in Australia did not find clear evidence of any increase in incidence following steep increases in cannabis use during the 1980s
And that's from a thirty year look back in a country of 20+ million with extremely comprehensive public health records and cheap accessable professional docters and access to medication )
There's ample evidence that cannabis and schizophreniform psychoses go hand in hand in a self reinforcing spiral that leads to no good end.
( Numerous examples cited with the paper [1] ).
Like most drugs it's one that's best avoided until full maturity and fully avoided if there are any signs of onset psychoses otherwise relatively harmless in moderation and with an eye to actual effect.
[1] Cannabis use and the risk of developing a psychotic disorder World Psychiatry (2008)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2424288/
HeckFeck|2 years ago