Well all drugs are rougher on developing minds and bodies. There are even studies on how much more harmful caffeine is to kids and teens than adults, so this would make sense.
However I do agree that people developing schizophrenia probably have a stronger pull towards drugs. Although I would argue that using any drug to 'deal' with schizophrenia (unless it's given by a doctor) is a horrible idea. It makes it so much worse. I've seen this first hand. And like most drugs or addictions, it feels like it's helping at the start so it makes it so much harder to stop, or even see that it's hurting.
Basically if you're using drugs to deal with anything, it's probably a bad idea. That's the same thing alcoholics say about many of their habits.
There are obviously a few outliers surrounding medical marijuana, that aren't as accepted yet, but schizophrenia is not one of them. It's very dangerous.
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