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Podcast: High Truths on Drugs and Addiction
Episode: 221. Dr. Marta DiForte | Cannabis and Schizophrenia - genetics or enviornment?
Description: The Impact of Schizophrenia Genetic Load and Heavy Cannabis Use on the Risk of Psychotic Disorder in the EU-GEI case control and UK Biobank studies.  This article published in Psychology Magazine Apri 2024 studied 114,698 European patients to determine if genetics was associated with cannabis associated psychotic disorder. Regular users of high potency THC (over 10%) had the highest odds of psychotic disorder independent of schizophrenia genetics. Dr. Marta DiForte explains this research.
Dr Marta Di Forti is a Clinical Reader in Psychosis Research at the Dept of Social, Developmental and Genetic Research, Institute of Psychiatry, and Honorary Consultant Adult Psy...