Does smoking marijuana cause schizophrenia?
No, it doesn’t cause it. However research studies indicate that a significant number of schizophrenics smoked week prior to the initial onset of schizophrenia. The belief is that these people were self medicating themselves to lessen the voices and other symptoms of schizophrenia. This is similar to the finding that many with PTSD drank heavily before being diagnosed. Self medicating again. To be fair to the other side, however, below is one web site that says there is a link. However, if you read the page carefully, you will notice they are dealing with a very small number of subjects.
