“…The onset of cannabis consumption may precede, succeed or be simultaneous with the onset of schizophrenia (Sewell et al, 2010). In 69% of a sample of Swedish patients with schizophrenia (n = 112), cannabis abuse preceded the onset of psychotic symptoms in at least one year (Allebeck et al, 1993 mentioned by Sewell et al, 2010). Hambrecht and Hafner (2000), mentioned by Sewell et al, (2010) studied patients with first-episode schizophrenia, and found that in 37.9% of the subjects, the drug abuse was subsequent to the first schizophrenia signal and in 34.6% of patients, the first sign of schizophrenia and drug abuse began in the same month.…”