Heavy marijuana use increases schizophrenia in men, study finds
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#3I like the idea of capping THC potency (delta-9), what we have now isn't what we the general public aimed to legalize this is just competition keeping up with consumer demand
the consequences should fall on the vendors and growers on a licensing perspective, just like alcohol or food vending
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#4Study is probably crap. An association between cannabis use and schizophrenia says nothing about which way the arrow of causation flows. It could very well be that cannabis use causes schizophrenia, or it could be that people feeling early signs of schizophrenia are more likely to use cannabis. There is no way to tell from this kind of study. Science is hard.
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#5I really recommend people interested in Schizophrenia to read the book “Hidden Valley Road”. I saw it recommended in a HN comment previously.
The book follows an American family who gave birth to 12 children, 6 of whom were later diagnosed with schizophrenia in their teens.
It’s interesting because the book gives lots of insight into the historical to modern research on the condition. In the past psychologists thought schizophrenia was caused by the environment and/or bad childhood. But most of the research right now is pointing towards a genetic cause.
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Probobly never
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Can we say nicotine has nothing to do with mental illness? Because the mentally ill really like their cigs!
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Probably around the same time as "a little bit of wine is actually good for you".
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#10I really recommend people interested in Schizophrenia to read the book “Hidden Valley Road”. I saw it recommended in a HN comment previously. The book follows an American family who gave birth to 12 children, 6 of whom were later diagnosed with schizophrenia in their teens. It’s interesting because the book gives lots of insight into the historical to modern research on the condition. In the past psychologists though…
I can't speak to its validity, but the way it was explained to me from a neuroscientist a few years ago is that the general hypothesis now is that some people have a genetic predisposition to schizophrenia and that predisposition sort of lies dormant until triggered. That would explain how both could be true: it could be genetic and triggered by environment/trauma.