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    Does it mean that it's only a risk factor for people with pre-existing schizophrenia symptoms? Commented Mar 7, 2011 at 22:05
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    @smzs No, as far as I interpret it it might cause temporary temporary psychotic experienced to become permanent. The risk seems to be much greater for people with a familiy history of shizophrenia. Commented Mar 7, 2011 at 22:11
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    Correlation =/= causation. From your source - "Another possibility is that the association arises because people with psychosis use cannabis to self medicate their symptoms" Commented Apr 6, 2011 at 5:06
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    @Syntax Error: The problem with that reverse hypothesis is that it presumes psychosis/schizophrenia is the cause of the cannabis use. Other studies have shown that this cannot be the case; psychosis does not precede cannabis use often enough to explain the correlation. However, it is still possible that the two share an (unspecified) cause. Commented May 30, 2011 at 12:28
  • Depend on Set and Settings, Drug does not produce Schizophrenia itself, but it acts as a neuro-chemical key to free the nervous system from ordinary patterns, if person is not strong enough may develop schizophrenia and even lead to long-term ego/identity loss, but Urban Cannabis is low potency and not really effective hallucinogen. Commented Feb 6, 2012 at 10:04