First Cat Shit and now Cannabis
Schizophrenia is very prevalent in today's society and causes for it are not clear.
There has been an
interesting link between Schizophrenia and Cat Feces containing a parasitic protozoan
Toxoplasma gondii
Now
it seems that the use of Marijuana causes a "significant increase"
From the website:
Use of street drugs (especially marijuana/hash/cannabis) have been linked with significantly increased probability of developing schizophrenia. This link has been documented in over 30 different scientific studies (studies done mostly in the UK, Australia and Sweden) over the past 20 years. In one example, a study interviewed 50,000 members of the Swedish Army about their drug consumption and followed up with them later in life. Those who were heavy consumers of cannabis at age 18 were over 600% more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia over the next 15 years than those did not take it. (see diagram below). Experts estimate that between 8% and 13% of all schizophrenia cases are linked to marijuna / cannabis use during teen years.
Chronic indeed!
Posted by DaveH at April 30, 2006 9:51 PM