| curl-6 said: The studies finding no connection aren't any more conclusive, I was merely bringing up the other side of the debate. Truth is we don't know for sure. One of the common effects of marijuana is a loss of motivation, and motivation is one of the best cures for depression. I agree that for many people marijuana use would be a symptom rather than a cause of depression, but for others marijuana could just as likely have been an aggravating or even an instigating factor. |
No, they are more conclusive. One found the "prevalence of schizophrenia and psychoses to be either stable or declining.", and the only study that I could find that links the two wasn't sure if it were interacting with some other existing risk factor or directly doing anything. The age range and amount of use at which it said increased the risk for schizo is pretty easy to avoid and rare. "The increased risk was on the order of 4.5 times for those using by age 15, but down to 1.6 times for those using by age 18. The increased risk was decreasing rapidly. Let’s extrapolate to ages 16 and 17: Age 15: 4.5 X. Age 16: 3.7 X Age 17: 2.65 X. Age 18: 1.6 X. At that rate, all increased risk would have evaporated for users who wait until they are age 19 until they start using." And just think legalisation would make it harder for the younger people supposedly in danger to get weed in the first place.
Loss of motivation really depends on the strain. Some strains make you lazy and "couch-locked", others make you full of ideas and creative. So if you were to take medical marijuana for depression you'd be recommended to take the latter.
