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Cannabis and Psychosis: Evidence Is Not Simple

Why the relationship between cannabis and psychosis is not straightforward, including causality, confounding, dose, and psychiatric risk.

Indexed essay April 2, 2025 By Devin Teichrow cannabismental healthneuroscienceepidemiology

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By Devin Teichrow. Published April 2, 2025.

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Why the relationship between cannabis and psychosis is not straightforward, including causality, confounding, dose, and psychiatric risk.

Part 5 of the Neuroepidemiology Series takes a look at the not-so-straight forward link between cannabis and psychosis.

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