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Originally Posted by MattyC
I never said they should be doing it. I'm just speculating other reasons behind the stats. Is the rate of marijuana users with schizophrenia any higher than the rate of people in general with schizophrenia?
It seems to me like a young person with unknown/undiagnosed mental health issues would probably be drawn to drugs at a young age, and then as their issues progress, marijuana is to blame.
I don't presume to know the effect of smoking pot when you're schizophrenic. I imagine it varies as does much as the illness does. But is there actual data saying it can CAUSE schizophrenia?
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I'm sure drugs like marijuana and alcohol that alter one's state of mind would be a bad thing if that person's mind were predisposed to it already. But that's something a person should be considering before they take these drugs in the first place. I don't see why it should affect the legal state of marijuana merely because marijuana might trigger a mental state Person X is more predisposed to than Person Z.