QUOTE (Lord Madhammer @ Apr 24 2008, 12:10 PM)

QUOTE (Buddykiller @ Apr 24 2008, 10:40 AM)

QUOTE (Haggisjin @ Apr 24 2008, 12:05 AM)

Marijuana can f*ck you up if you have a genetic predisposition towards Schizophrenia. Most of the people that I've seen on psych wards in public hospitals are Schizophrenic Potheads. It has some seriously severe consequences that people should know more about, but it usually gets swept aside because of all of the incorrect "REEFER MADNESS" style propaganda you see out there.
Although that's not saying that smoking some weed will automatically make you a schizophrenic or anything.
sorry man, i respect you but i just can't believe that without some proof sooooooo i'm respectfully asking for sources. the only time i've ever heard of schizophrenic behavior brought on from being high is when they've mixed other drugs with them.
http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/cgi/content/full/41/3/23Again, the statement is not that smoking pot will make you turn crazy, but that it creates a significantly increased risk among those genetically predisposed towards psychosis.
by genetically predisposed, do you mean a family history of, in other words, hereditary? if so...
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Our study does not show that marijuana is a risk factor for young people with a family history of schizophrenia.
otherwise it's pretty damned interesting as i was already suffering from psychosis and the marijuana calmed it down. meh, perhaps it's something similar to the effects of ritalin....
however, this particular study doesn't seem very sure of it's self given the way it was conducted. even the article states
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The results do not prove that marijuana is causally linked with schizophrenia, the researchers stated; owing to the study design, it was not possible to control for potentially confounding factors such as hereditary predisposition, socioeconomic status, or other kinds of drug use.
which leads me to wonder how they cam to the conclusion that the marijuana was linked at all, let alone to be a major contributing factor. i couldn't find anything about Mikkel Arendt, the main dr mentioned in the article, however one commenter Eric Strain, belongs to the FDA, whom everybody knows has an agenda against marijuana. however, strain's statement in the study seemed as a quasi-positive one (essentialy the same as the study's conclusion), but i'd like to see what else he said that they didn't quote, as said statement seems like just a small part of what the man had to say.
following the link at the bottom of the page, it seems that the only thing the study concludes is that the subject needs further looking into, and that marijuana might help in diagnosing the depth of the patients psychosis.