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-Cannabinoid use and schizophrenia are correlated, but there isn't proven causation. The observation is people who use cannabinoid have an increased likelihood of having schizophirenia. So it could be that people who are going to develop schizophrenia also have the biology that predisposed to cannabinoid use, or that cannabinoid use causes schizophrenia. It's challenging to tease this out with ethical studies. Given recent legislation that marijuana is more available, it's possible we see an increase in schizophrenia which would given credence to the causation theory.+ 
 +Cannabinoid use and schizophrenia are correlated, but there isn't proven causation. The observation is people who use cannabinoid have an increased likelihood of having schizophrenia. So it could be that people who are going to develop schizophrenia also have the biology that predisposed to cannabinoid use, or that cannabinoid use causes schizophrenia. It's challenging to tease this out with ethical studies. Given recent legislation that marijuana is more available, it's possible we see an increase in schizophrenia which would given credence to the causation theory. 
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 + --- //[[dhawann@uthscsa.edu|Nikhil Dhawan, MD]] 2020/07/16 16:35//  
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 +====== Internet article ======
  
-Internet article 
 https://pro.psychcentral.com/cannabis-induced-psychosis-on-the-rise-in-teens/ https://pro.psychcentral.com/cannabis-induced-psychosis-on-the-rise-in-teens/
  
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