Ok they Claim that skunk weed is worse @ causing the disorder now they are saying that the two does never coincide how odd, oh well I do know that THC in pot sometimes will make people paranoid and met one person who smoked pot then had to be put into the hospital to get put on meds-DAYS AFTER SHE SMOKED! For Schizophrenia maybe that was a coincidence however, that still makes me wander because one website says one thing and another, well another thing-how odd
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Thank you for commenting.
It is true the THC in pot can make people paranoid that is unquestionable.
And you're right: I wouldn't risk smoking pot even if I didn't have the SZ, because as you see from my example it even fries the brains of so-called normal people.
With the prescence of a genetic risk or other factors, smoking marijuana is certainly not advised.
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Christina
Hello Christina, being honest with myself and my illness, I am sure that way before I ever puffed on mary jane, I had symptoms. I have since come to stay with the abstinence of all drugs and alcohol and even cigarettes. Instead, i stay with my meds and my therapies and a calm, easy routine day. Have a blessed day.
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Your title "missing link" was timely. But I think it's been found. There have been a lot of studies that have virtually proven, as you stated, that marijuana is a no-no for people with schizophrenia. Dr. Phillip Long, a prominent Canadian psychiatrist has said that again, as you stated, that marijuana use can often precede an onset of schizophrenia.
In the Early Intervention series of lectures that I give at high schools and colleges here in Nanaimo, the subject is debated for quite a while each term. The only conclusive evidence we can give the students is that marijuana use does not cause schizophrenia, but can be a precipitating factor or stressor that, combined with other factors, may lead to the onset of the illness.
It was interesting, as about a year or so ago, I read on this site, that an Australian study had located a gene that was similar to cannabis that was unusually prevalent in people with schizophrenia.
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Don