[TorturedSoul]

Define "crazy." If your definition doesn't match mine, then this whole concept is irrelevant.

Schizophrenia... While it is said that some are genetically predisposed to it, most agree that there is still a "triggering event." The only problem being that if you look at the lengthy list of speculated triggers - and yes, some are quite grisly and one should never have to suffer them - you'll find that just about everyone on the planet has experienced some number of them.

Some have wondered if schizophrenia is just a fancy term for "the psyche couldn't take (the event) and the result is that it tries to create a reality in which it survives - and then must exist in both."

IDK. Have known a few so affected, from casual acquaintances to one little soul-shaker that I probably know better than anyone. Most of them have some sort of traumatic experiences in their background.

Some of them used MJ before being diagnosed. Some did not. One tried and had some extremely bad reactions.

If MJ can be considered a causal factor as pertains to schizophrenia, I guess they'll just have to put it at the bottom of a very large list.

As for the lack of MJ making people loopy... Some people use MJ to such an extent that they form a dependance (No, I really don't care what the experts say on this one lol.), just like some people do with alcohol. In both cases, when you remove the crutch, the person tends to stumble and fall (sometimes in a figurative sense).

Know a couple of people who have more-or-less stopped taking ALL of their meds and (for the most part) they seem to be making it through life. But then again there's another who has done the same thing, and when she told me that she had gone off her meds, my only thought was, "And you thought I didn't already KNOW this?"

So as far as MJ and schizophrenia, I'm thinking that it's like everything else: Your Mileage May Vary.