[panacea]

My brother got heavily into weed at a young age (15-16). He developed strong schizophrenia. Was medicated which helped him, but went off the meds, left his wife, and died falling off a train that he was graffiting.

[Sacho]

And you attribute this development to the weed because correlation is causation?

[panacea]

Well... both. But you're right.

[ionised]

I'm not going to claim that weed has absolutely no downsides like some recreational use fanatics, but I'm going to suggest that he was predisposed to mental illness with or without the weed.

Though it did probably exacerbate it.

[toddkazakov]

Or it was the schizophrenia that made him heavily addicted to weed?

[RHSman2]

Weed (THC) can trigger mental episodes in those with a propensity for it. Sorry to hear that.