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Review of Longitudinal Studies on Marijuana Use and Psychotic Disorder Risk
A review of 35 longitudinal studies found a substantially increased risk of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders in people who had used marijuana, with the greatest risk occurring in the most frequent users (Moore et al., 2007).
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