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The Chicken or the Egg?: Psychiatric Disorders and Substance Abuse
Ben is now 25 years old and began smoking marijuana occasionally when he was 21 years old. Ben increased his marijuana usage when he was approximately 22 years old and graduated college. It was also around this time that he began to experience some depression and occasionally use cocaine. His depression has gradually worsened since then. Benâs story begs the questionâdid drug use cause his depression or vice versa? To use a cliché, which came first, the chicken or the eg
February 23, 2009