Heavy cannabis users have been found to have nearly four times the odds of developing schizophrenia or psychosis compared to non-users, according to a Kings College Meta-Analysis (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

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[-] CrawlMarks@hexbear.net 18 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I am sure there data set is strong but a 4x increase in a fairly small risk is still fairly small. espesically as a causal link isn't clear. i would imagine person with tendencies to schizophrenia would be more likely to beep beep lettuce than someone who does not.

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