Smoking marijuana ups risk of schizophrenia: study

Reuters via Scientific AmericanONDON (Reuters) - Using marijuana increases the risk of one day devel ^ | 26 Jul 2007 | Michael Kahn

[docbnj]

Using marijuana increases the risk of one day developing a psychotic illness such as schizophrenia, according to a study that provides some of the strongest evidence yet linking the drug to a mental disorder. *** The researchers found that marijuana users had a 41 percent increased chance of developing psychosis marked by symptoms of hallucinations or delusions later in life than those who never used the drug. The risk rose with heavier consumption.

[docbnj]

Marjuana advocates have in the past claimed that such studies do not account for the possible differences between users and non-uers (presumably users are more likely to be nutty in the first place). This study shows a correlation between dosage and risk, which better nails down the causality.

Meanwhile, the Toronto Globe & Mail is running an on-line poll, asking if this new evidence worries you. So far, it worries only 20%. The rest of weed-smoking Canada doesn't care. Like, dude, light up and forget about it, and listen to those voices!

[dfwgator]

This study is a bunch of crap...no it isn’t....yes it is.

[Eagle of Liberty]

Are you watching me? Someone’s watching me. Are you watching me?

[socal_parrot]

There’s nothing worse than a schizo dude with the munchies.

[stylin19a]

Using marijuana increases the risk of one day developing a psychotic illness such as schizophrenia...

specially if it's laced with PCP...

[Moleman]

I’m schizophrenic.

[Moleman]

So am I...

[Ken H]

This study is a bunch of crap...no it isn't....yes it is.

I agree!

[Nate505]

So, from what I gathered from the other thread, 5 in 1000 people in the general population are schitzo.

So, if it is a 40% raise in the pot smoking population, 7 in 1000 people there are schitzo.

2 more people out of a thousand are schitzo. Run for the hills!!!!

But it sure sounds like a terrible thing when ‘40 percent’ is used. Who knew it was easy to take add to a small number and get a large percentage increse out of it?

[AmericaUnite]

This is the second such study. There was a Swedish study saying that thinking very often became LIKE a schizophrenic from MJ use.

Notice most of the replies don’t think anything long term happens to the mind on MJ. Having no insight is also a mental illness find. MJ biggest change in thinking is that you are no different or better thinking with it.

[69ConvertibleFirebird]

Using marijuana increases the risk of one day developing a psychotic illness such as schizophrenia, according to a study that provides some of the strongest evidence yet linking the drug to a mental disorder.

Get ready to see the marijuana filled Freepers give more proof of this in the following posts...

[Nate505]

Not the marijuana filled Freepers! Anything but them......even the jelly filled Freepers.

[SunkenCiv]

alas...

Pot may hike risk of psychosis, research finds
MSNBC | 7/27/2007 | AP
Posted on 07/27/2007 8:25:40 AM EDT by Red in Blue PA
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1872370/posts

[microgood]

Whenever a government decreases or proposes to decrease the penalty for marijuana usage, these studies come out of the woodwork. You could graph it on a chart to show the correlation.

One thing all marijuana drug warriors have in common: they are pathological liars.

[livius]

No kidding. Back in the 60s, this was such a commonly known fact that everybody used to joke about it.

The other thing that was commonly known was the disastrous effect of pot smoking on one’s lung capacity - I had a friend, when I was 16, who smoked so much dope she wheezed like an old man when she had to go up a flight of stairs.