Hey reddit I’m Bobby, im 17 years old and I’ve been smoking weed fairly regularly (once every 2 days) for about a year and a half now. Unfortunately I have a brother with the illness, he was diagnosed at 22. I saw this BBC news YouTube video where some people with the illness sat and answered some common questions one would ask a person with the illness. Such as, “does weed cause schizophrenia” a few of them said that they’ve never done weed but one said he was pretty sure smoking weed was what ultimately caused his schizophrenia. The guy in the video said he smoked during adolescence.. I did some more research and there were several different articles saying several different things. Some say it could cause schizo but some said it wouldn’t. Either way, I’m pretty terrified considering I have a brother with it (so we know it’s in the genes) and I’ve been smoking weed for a while now.. what does everyone else think? Should I be worried? I’m pretty f*cking scared if I’m being completely honest, I’ve witnessed my brothers schizophrenic episodes and it doesn’t look like a fun time not in the slightest.. and yes he is a direct sibling. Same mother and father. 

Thanks for reading &lt;3  