Ah, much thanks for posting those links StormCrow, I tip my big wizards-hat to you .

But, once again, this research has managed to massively disappoint me. I love researching neuro-biological effects associated with various drugs, and once again this study "linking marijuana to schizophrenia" doesn't actually give a neuro-biological explanation for the link. Rather, it's just another of the age-old fallacies of drawing a conclusive link between the substance and chemical by association only, not by actually explaning the mechanistic catylist.

I'm really surprised how many "researchers", as they seem to fancy themselves, draw such conclusive suppositions based solely on relationships. It's a well-known fact among the medical community that people who develope schizphrenia almost always have precurser psychoemotional trauma of some sort, or a chemical imbalance usually causing chronic depression or anxiety (thus aggrivating the mental-state enough to eventually develope schizophrenia). It can only expected that, suffering on a daily bases with a pre-clinical mental disorder, such people would be prone to self-medicate with cannabis.

This is the same crap as the "kids are 4 times more likely to be violent if they smoke cannabis". Not taking into consideration that kids who are generally violent come more predominately from low-class, crime-ridden neighborhoods where the social environment is much more enthusiastic about flaunting the law and living by the guidelines set out by a government that's failed to remedy their living conditions.

Argh, this is why I really wanted to become a medical researcher and use proper logical methodology to influence public opinion. But alas I doubt my ability to make it through all the required math.
Gandalf_The_Grey Reviewed by Gandalf_The_Grey on . Cannabis use Increases Risk of Psychotic Illness (Oh Boy) Link! Cannabis use increases risk of psychotic illness 01:16 27 July 2007 NewScientist.com news service New Scientist and Reuters Using marijuana increases the risk of one day developing a psychotic illness such as schizophrenia, according to a study that provides some of the strongest evidence yet linking the drug to a mental disorder. Rating: 5