Proportion of schizophrenia cases tied to cannabis ‘rising’

This needs to be considered in discussions on changing regulations for use of the substance, researchers say
Reuters Health
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Cannabis use disorder-associated schizophrenia cases are on the rise, according to findings from a Danish population study.

All people in Denmark born before 2000 who were 16 years or older at some point between 1972 and 2016 – some seven million individuals split evenly between the sexes – were included in the analysis.