I mean real scientific unbiased evidence with a p value double blind folded and all of that. What did they find?
2007-04-01 05:21:27 · 12 answers · asked by James B 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Well for starters don't believe the stuff you see on tv, or a federal based study. But this is a good question, I am curious to see the answer. Also, a good place to get info on drugs is www.DanceSafe.org . They are quite unbiased and say that if you are going to do things anyway, here is the safest way and don't mix this, here's the side effects and downsides, and blah blah blah, it is very informative. And if there were some truth to that finding, Alot of depressed people use pot in an attempt to try to self-medicate, same as some do with alcohol, I'm sure that people with more severe mental illnesses may do the same. Even after the fact of being diagnosed with it.
2007-04-01 05:27:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't do a double blinded trial giving cannabis or a placebo smoke and looking for mental illness.
Given the current evidence of lung disease with smoking cigarettes, you would be hard pressed to find any method to do a prospective trial.
So you are left with retrospective trials.
There is a higher rate of mental illness among reported cannabis smokers than the normal population. There is a higher rate of cannabis smoking in the mental illness population than in the normal population.
Rates of cannabis use are likely to be under-reported as it is an illegal substance.
2007-04-01 12:25:44 · answer #2 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
From what I have read...yes! Paranoia and schizophrenia have possible links to it. I don't know exactly when they did this study, but I read that they found out that marijuana is a common link in people that have been emitted to a mental hospital. There is probably more to it,like the person was susceptible to it biologically since not everyone develops schizophrenia. I have read that paranoia is a symptom of regular use...the smoker believes people are spying on them and keep their windows closed...stuff like that.
I can tell when a kid has started using because they go from having dreams and being motivated to deciding they would rather just get high. Very sad :-(
2007-04-01 12:30:51 · answer #3 · answered by suigeneris-impetus 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
People who are already predisposed to schizophrenia may be more likely to have an episode of schizophrenic behavior if they use cannabis heavily while certain parts of the brain are developing (between the ages of aprox. 12 and 15 or so), or at least says my abnormal psychology professor and the article he passed out to my lecture class on the topic. Aside from that? Nope.
2007-04-01 12:27:08 · answer #4 · answered by shoujokakumeijchan 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Several studies have revealed that Cannabis does not CAUSE mental illness, but if there is an underlying illness, Cannabis will bring it to the fore, thus enabling it to be treated and recognised.
2007-04-01 12:29:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, BUT, if you are susceptible to mental illness cannabis can trigger the mental illness.
It will NOT cause mental illness!
2007-04-01 12:25:08 · answer #6 · answered by tattie_herbert 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
YES!!!!!! It causes paranoia and schizophrenia. Believe it or not this HAS been know for years. It runs in about 20% of the people that smoke pot on a regular basis.
2007-04-01 13:42:12 · answer #7 · answered by Doc Mike 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Continuing effort like back in the 50's to controll drug usage.
2007-04-01 12:26:28 · answer #8 · answered by Simon M 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-04-02 00:46:45 · answer #9 · answered by h0pe1234 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but those who advocate using MJ deny the results because they don't want it to be so.
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2007-04-01 12:29:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋