schizophrenia/bi-polar disorder

[420marijuana420]

After the recent news on schizophrenia/bi-olar disorder I thought I'd take a poll to see what the trend really was and if the study was credible or not.

420marijuana420 Reviewed by 420marijuana420 on 05-13-2007. schizophrenia/bi-polar disorder After the recent news on schizophrenia/bi-olar disorder I thought I'd take a poll to see what the trend really was and if the study was credible or not. Rating: 5

[yoda]

i am neither....what recent news?

[420marijuana420]

there was a news article about some study on it last week.

[Oneironaut]

What kind of study was it? You have to really look at the methodologies of these things. There are plenty of studies that show a correlation between schizophrenia and cannabis use, but correlation proves nothing. It could just be that schizophrenics are more likely to meet stoners, or that schizophrenics have more reasons to smoke weed, or that some other factor makes you more likely to become schizophrenic and more likely to smoke weed.

It's like the study that proved a correlation between crime rates and ice cream sales, just to make a point. What was that point? It's not that buying ice cream makes you more likely to commit crimes, but that hot weather makes more people buy ice cream and makes more people commit crimes.

[420marijuana420]

they tested people and took cat scan and MRIs and all that stuff and then gave them weed and said that after the weed they were more likely to develop the symptoms

[Matt the Funk]

I chose number two...

[Runaway Jim]

I use pot to treat bipolar disorder.

[Purple Banana]

They've also had a study, a smaller scale one in the UK that shows although THC can aggrivate schizophrenia symptoms, another active ingredient in cannabis- cannabidiol shows promise of helping with paranoia and racing thoughts. It's more of the indica breeds that help- the sativa tend to bring out more paranoia.

[krazy chino]

i dont believe that

[Matt the Funk]

i dont believe that

well I do.