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Narcotics will serve as catalysts for the symptoms. If they're present, they'll manifest themselves organically, regardless.


By "serve as catalysts" do you mean "make more severe," "make more frequent," "make appear earlier in life," or perhaps all of the above, or perhaps something different?


I think he means "make appear earlier in life".

> Several studies have suggested that regular, long-term cannabis use is one of a number of environmental factors that, in combination with certain genetic predisposing factors, may significantly increase a young individual’s chance of experiencing psychosis and developing schizophrenia. However, numbers of people being diagnosed with schizophrenia remained stable over time during which the number of cannabis users increased and average strength rose significantly.

http://www.drugscience.org.uk/blog/2013/10/24/think-cannabis...




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