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The phrase drug-induced schizophrenia is widely used online, but it isn’t always medically precise. Drugs can cause substance/medication-induced psychotic disorder, worsen an existing psychotic illness, or coincide with the first recognizable episode of schizophrenia in someone already vulnerable to the condition. These possibilities aren’t interchangeable. Someone experiencing hallucinations or paranoia after using a psychoactive substance […]