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Link Between Marijuana and Psychosis Goes Both Ways

Posted by Soulskill on from the that's-far-out-man dept.

An anonymous reader writes with news of a study out of the Netherlands (abstract) about the link between psychosis and marijuana use. The researchers wanted to examine what caused the relationship — was marijuana use leading to psychosis, or did those suffering from psychosis have a higher tendency to seek out marijuana? As it turns out, they found evidence for both. From the article: "... using pot at 16 years old was linked to psychotic symptoms three years later, and psychotic symptoms at age 16 were linked to pot use at age 19. This was true even when the researchers accounted for mental illness in the kids' families, alcohol use and tobacco use. Griffith-Lendering said she could not say how much more likely young pot users were to exhibit psychotic symptoms later on. Also, the new study cannot prove one causes the other. Genetics may also explain the link between pot use and psychosis, said Griffith-Lendering."

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  1. Heard weed makes you want to eat by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sort of like this fat bastard erroneus "Oh... to eat pizza again..." by erroneus (253617) on Saturday December 22, @05:20PM (#42371769) from http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=3335159&cid=42371769 what a hideous fatbody monstrosity.

    1. Re:Heard weed makes you want to eat by Jetra · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Hey, go troll somewhere else.

  2. Re:Wonder drug? I think not. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    go to hell narc

    you couldn't handle having your mind expanded because there isn't anything to expand in the first place,

  3. Re:Wonder drug? I think not. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    People like you make this world a shitty place, not people who smoke pot.