Marijuana causes schizophrenia

Folks laugh when I point out that the young men who have schizophrenic breaks, and commit murder almost always also smoke pot.

Might not be a coincidence.

But hey, let's continue to legalize it.

 

Tunnel vision causes YankeeFan.


Film at 11.

 

Do they drink? Maybe we should ban that too.

 

/Reads tweet
//Reads story

Why yes, I believe this tweet hurdles over YF's admittedly low bar of Fake News. Loogit that fake news. Isn't it cute?

 

Roses are red
Violets are blue
I'm schizophrenic
And so am I

 

YF, did you actually find the study and read it or just the article? I ask because the article makes some very strong claims and backs them up in a way that is vague at best.

I also notice that you mentioned only half of the headline, which also includes the claim that marijuana triggers heart attacks.

The evidence presented in the article is as follows:
"There's weak evidence that suggests smoking marijuana can trigger a heart attack, especially for people at high risk of heart disease. But there's no evidence either way on whether chronic use affects a person's risk of a heart attack."

YF, do you believe that evidence supports the headline?

 

What's fascinating to me, whether the headline on the article YF linked is accurate or not, is that I've known a couple of schizophrenics who feel more at ease with themselves when using marijuana than when taking the heavy antipsychotics that are typically prescribed. Of the five or six I've known, only one is/was comfortable on the prescribed medication.

 

If this were true, given how many people smoke dope in this country we'd have one hell of a lot more unfortunate folks walking around with schizophrenia than we do now.

 

"It's a distinct possibility."

 

I don't know how to respo ... uh, I forgot what I was saying.

 

I think you missed the study's main takeaway:

The study says marijuana alarmism is preventing us from getting the science needed to write optimal marijuana policy.