[microgood]

In other words (Clift notes alert!) it is possible that early onset of psychological difficulties is connected to pot smoking due to people self medicating, as opposed to pot smoking causing the difficulties.

That is a problem with epidemiological studies is they can show associations but not causality, which puts you back to the chicken egg scenario.

[TWohlford]

“That is a problem with epidemiological studies is they can show associations but not causality, which puts you back to the chicken egg scenario.”

Thank you.

At any rate, I’ve personally seen people with mental health issues (stoned or sober) head straight to their bong when things got difficult for them. In one case, the doctor straight-out said that they were “self medicating”.