People aged 14 to 20 are more often being diagnosed with psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia, compared with those born earlier, a large Ontario study examining 30 years of data suggests.
To conduct the study, published in Monday’s issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), researchers looked at health administrative data from more than 12 million Ontario residents born between 1960 and 2009 to look for cases of a psychotic disorder.
In the Ontario study, those diagnosed with psychotic disorders not linked to mood disorders, such as schizophrenia, were more likely to be male, live in low-income neighbourhoods, be a long-standing resident of Canada and have received care for mental health disorders and substance use.
Why isn’t known. Myran and his co-authors suggest several possible reasons for the increases: older parental age, socioeconomic- and migration-associated stress and an increase in some negative childhood experiences like abuse in more recent decades.
Myran said there likely isn’t a single explanation, but he called substance use — including cannabis, stimulants, hallucinogens and synthetic drugs — a leading possibility contributing to the rising rates over 20 years.
Yeah I don’t think you could attribute it to weed alone, but a lot of younger folks aren’t smoking flower they’re hitting ultra concentrated vape pens. It’s fine in moderation but I know most teens aren’t super hot on moderation. There are also loads of these Delta-8 and other cannabinoid concentrate vapes sold cheap online and who knows what’s in those things.
I hit the same vapes, legal and black market, and my biggest concern would be toxic metal poisoning from sucking on low quality vape carts over excessive cannabinoids uptake.
Yeah that’s a definite concern too, or adulteration with a cheaper product ie synthetic cannabinoids. I guess it all comes down to making sure you’re getting things from verified and trusted manufacturers as with any consumer product.