does weed cause Schizophrenia?

[Inferius]

yea its really small amount of skitzo like hearing then gettin really paranoid, not seeing hallucinations

Oh, that makes sense.
I guess We Alll have schizophrenia!
*phew*!
Glad that's settled.

[Jaycub]

Schizophrenia does NOT equal Multiple Personalities Disorder/Dissociative Identity Disorder.

Don't spread misinformation.

[pbstar31389]

I have seen first hand weed bring out latent sctizofrenia. It happened to a good friend of mine and he went completely crazy, and now hes in a mental hospital. So it is possible, but not if you dont have the "genes" for sctizofrenia, or wherever it stays.

[Bob the Awesome]

*sigh* Schizophrenia is not multiple-personality disorder, it's where you hear/see things that aren't there.

And it can bring out latent psychological problems in people, but usually people who've had problems before starting cannabis just make themselves worse.

So if you didn't have problems before smoking, I'd not worry too much. What you're getting is probably the irrational paranoia that many users experience.

[Lennon06]

that is a great answer cheers mate

[myselfandi]

Marijuana does not cause mental disorder, but if you have a pre-disposition for mental illness (or have a mental illness that hasn't shown itself yet such as Schizophrenia; which usually develops in the early to mid-20s of males) then yes, Marijuana like other psychedelics can cause this disorder to surface. If you have the disorder, it is almost certain that you will develop at some later point of great mental stress.

Also, Schizophrenia is in no way related to Dissociative Identity Disorder (the official name of "Mutliple Personalities" and/or "Split Personalities." It just so happens that many mental disorders have the same common themes/symptoms (DID, Schizophrenia, PTSD, etc) and can be confused with each other.