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So if I understood this correctly, if NR was using drugs when he was arrested, how long would it take those drugs to exit his system in jail? If those drugs are no longer in his system now, if he is truly schizophrenic or has schizoaffective disorder, this will be evident by psychiatric experts correct?
That's complicated. How long the drugs will remain in his system depends on which drugs he used and how quickly he metabolizes them. But regardless, there has to be a prolonged period of sobriety to make a diagnosis, but even then, there are other considerations. So for example, if someone is off drugs/substances (including cigarettes, marijuana, and alcohol) for a year and in that time, they never have a psychotic episode, that doesn't mean they don't have schizophrenia. But if they're off substances for a year and in month 8, they have a psychotic episode, you can then definitively diagnose a psychotic disorder, whether it's schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder or some other psychotic disorder.
The issue in this case is that I'm not hearing of prolonged sobriety in NR with related mental health issues. I could have missed it.
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