A new study has found that young men with cannabis (marijuana) use disorder, or CUD, could have an increased risk of developing schizophrenia.
The research, published on May 4 in the journal Psychological Medicine, examined the health records of 6.9 million people in Denmark aged 16 to 49 from 1972 to 2021. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines CUD as the inability to stop using marijuana despite negative impacts on one’s health and social life.
Researchers found an association between CUD and schizophrenia among men and women, but the association was much stronger in men because fewer women are subject to CUD than men….