Psychotic experiences are linked to cannabis use in adolescents in the community because of common underlying environmental risk factors
Psychiatry Research April 15, 2015 Sania Shakoor, Helena M. S. Zavos, Philip Mcguire et al. 37 citations
Cannabis users are more likely to have psychotic experiences (PEs). The degree to which these associations are driven by genetic or environmental influences in adolescence is unknown. This study estimated the genetic and environmental contributions to the relationship between cannabis use and PEs. Specific PEs were measured in a community-based twin sample (4830 16-year-old pairs) using...