Cannabis Use and Risk of Schizophrenia: A Mendelian Randomization Study

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Abstract

Cannabis use is observationally associated with an increased risk of schizophrenia, but whether the relationship is causal is not known. Using a genetic approach, we took 10 independent genetic variants previously identified to associate with cannabis use in 32 330 individuals to determine...

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Vaucher, J., Keating, B. J., Lasserre, A. M., Gan, W., Lyall, D. M., Ward, J., ... & Holmes, M. V. (2017). Cannabis use and risk of schizophrenia: a Mendelian randomization study. Molecular psychiatry.

Publication Date

2017

Original Language

English

Format

Scientific article

Themes

Mental Health

Keywords

cannabis