I have a 23 year old nephew who was diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic almost ten years ago. He has been mostly in remission except in recent weeks. I know nothing of his history of illegal drug use but my impression is that it is slim to none.

In reading at schizophrenia.com I came across a page which indicates that the author(s) of that site believe that marijuana is often implicated in helping to bring that disease to expression. I have not read widely at that site but what I have read so far seems to not have a very good understanding of how to convincingly demonstrate a direction of causality. So, I'm quite in sympathy with Item 6(b) of your FAQ, i.e. Q: "Is marijuana going to make my boyfriend go psycho?" A: "...Persons who suffer from severe psychological disorders often use marijuana as a way of coping. ..."

As an American born in 1955, smack in the middle of the baby boom, who spent almost all my teen years in the Netherlands (tho I did not smoke there), I am quite sympathetic to medical marijuana, to the point of having authored a quite popular web page about that (see link in my sig., below).

But, as the mother of a teen-aged boy (age 17) who is a full cousin to the boy in my introductory sentence, I have to wonder if extreme caution might be the better part of valor. He and I have already poked around a bit at a page to which I am about to direct you.

I'm looking for your opinion of a page at the site I mentioned earlier. This will be helpful to me because I expect to hear from you a completely different point of view than that espoused by folks who are coming at the issue from the opposite direction, after witnessing or experiencing mental problems.

Will you please take a look at the following page, and as many of the links there as you can stomach?

Schizophrenia.com - Marijuana Cannabis and Schizophrenia

Thanks for any insight you can provide.

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