“Dr. Miller has researched the causes of psychosis for 25 years in the academic setting, publishing 33 papers in peer-reviewed journals. Her specialty is molecular neuroscience, i.e. the study of molecular influences on brain function. She has acted as a reviewer for several journals, including the Journal of Neuroscience, Biological Psychiatry, Schizophrenia Bulletin, and Bipolar Disorders. Dr. Miller holds a B.S. degree in Biology from M.I.T. and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center. After completing postdoctoral work at the University of Michigan and Johns Hopkins University, she was promoted to a faculty position at Johns Hopkins. She is now semi-retired and volunteers her time in substance abuse education as Director of Smart Approaches to Marijuana in Maryland.”
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The Bradford Hill Analysis of Causation Applied to Cannabis Use and the Development of Chronic Psychotic Disorders – Christine L. Miller, Ph.D., Catherine Antley, MD, and Dean Whitlock (editor) with a review and contributions from Carsten Hjorthoj, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Copenhagen Research Center for Mental Health, University of Copenhagen;
Conclusion: The currently available research on cannabis causing chronic psychotic disorders satisfies the Bradford Hill elements of causation. This means that some people who develop a chronic psychotic disorder after using cannabis, would not have developed the disorder had they not used cannabis. Even if a certain amount of residual confounding remains, for example unquantified variations in other environmental risks or in genetic background, it is not enough to undermine the effect of cannabis as an independent risk factor.
Link to study: https://iasic1.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/2.-Applying-the-Bradford-Hill-Elements-of-Causation-to-Cannabis-causing-psychosis-Edition-2-6-4-21-1.pdf
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See Dr. Miller’s recent Letter to the Editor of the Addiction Journal
The Disconnect Between Science on Cannabis and Public Health Campaigns
“FROM THE DESK OF CHRISTINE MILLER, PhD…”
Click on each title to see the documents:
New Report: Scientific aspects of marijuana’s medical effects
Summary of literature on marijuana and psychosis
Summary of the literature on marijuana and violence
Summary of literature on marijuana and psychiatric outcomes other than psychosis
Interview of Dr. Robin Murray on Cannabis and our Genes
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Pharmacologist Christine L. Miller, Ph.D., discusses the connection between marijuana use and psychosis.
