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The Dark Side of Cannabis

red22 said:
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Harsh anti-cannabis post


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I’m not sure about that specific study but I will say that weed was a major component in bringing out psychosis in my late teens. Since I didn’t give it up for years and continued heavy psychedelic use, this psychosis continued for a while. But weed was the first straw that broke the camel’s back so to speak.

You can get lost in a tendency to over analyze nonsensical stoned thoughts, which I took to the extreme. Your average person who enjoys it socially or to unwind after work probably isn’t gambling with much but in my opinion weed and overthinking personalities don’t mix well.
 
washingtonbound said:
You can get lost in a tendency to over analyze nonsensical stoned thoughts, which I took to the extreme. Your average person who enjoys it socially or to unwind after work probably isn’t gambling with much but in my opinion weed and overthinking personalities don’t mix well.
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I'd have to disagree.

I do overthink.

I love getting lost in the infinite caverns of cannabis induced thinking. It's brought out some great creative ideas, helped me differentiate right from wrong and is always entertaining.

I remember once my gf asking why I'd been sitting up on my own with tv off etc while she had gone to bed. I told her, sometimes all a man needs is to be alone with his thoughts... And high😄

Maybe I am psychotic and don't realise. But at least I'm not bored.
 
BadBoy377 said:
I'd have to disagree.

I do overthink.

I love getting lost in the infinite caverns of cannabis induced thinking. It's brought out some great creative ideas, helped me differentiate right from wrong and is always entertaining.

I remember once my gf asking why I'd been sitting up on my own with tv off etc while she had gone to bed. I told her, sometimes all a man needs is to be alone with his thoughts... And high😄

Maybe I am psychotic and don't realise. But at least I'm not bored.
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I don’t necessarily mean just thoughts, but allowing your sense of reality to be altered to the point where you lose touch with it (hence psychosis), is a risk with cannabis for certain people. Also adding stress to the equation, it can just cause you to lose it, particularly in the developing brain stage.

As I was smoking a lot during times I was stressed, I began thinking I was getting divine messages. This escalated to delusions that different numbers and things like that were signs from god, that I was an architect of the matrix, strange woo stuff like that. Before this I was agnostic/atheist and didnt care about that type of stuff at all. So adolescent brain + stress + too much THC can be a bad combo.
 
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Yeah, that's fairly heavy.

Definitely has potential to do that for some people I can't deny.

I always found it balancing in a way. Until it wasn't.
 
The question is, are those who develop psychosis or schizophrenia from weed already afflicted with those conditions? Schizophrenics often develop the condition suddenly in early adulthood, which could make it look like cannabis use is the cause.
I suppose everything in life has consequences. Overall it’s less damaging than alcohol for most people.
 
General alcazar said:
The question is, are those who develop psychosis or schizophrenia from weed already afflicted with those conditions? Schizophrenics often develop the condition suddenly in early adulthood, which could make it look like cannabis use is the cause.
I suppose everything in life has consequences. Overall it’s less damaging than alcohol for most people.
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I had no history of it in my family and it only surfaced after spending several months in college using high potency concentrates. When I was checked out after my first psychosis, I was diagnosed as having a “substance induced mood disorder.” I’m personally completely sure had I not used so much of it, it wouldn’t have come up.
 
A UK study showed 15% THC increased psychosis risk 5x. With today's higher THC levels (25-30%), the risk could be much greater. Cannabis-induced psychosis can last for years, mimicking bipolar disorder.

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Weed is driving an epidemic of psychosis and mania.
Most weed prior to the 2000s was <5% potency.
Now everything is 25%+ with some concentrates 90+.

Most people still delude themselves into thinking their smoking the sub 5% weed from the 70s....

The current stuff is literally causing brain damage that looks like schizophrenia- scary stuff

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I think there's a big push by alcohol lobbyists, among other groups, to put a stain on cannabis this year. Trying to convince you it's harmful which I would never make such a claim. That quack doctor drew is smearing the plant.
 
They really are and twisting it more again, however.

Or maybe they should be. :joint:;)

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I think there's a big push by alcohol lobbyists, among other groups, to put a stain on cannabis this year. Trying to convince you it's harmful which I would never make such a claim. That quack doctor drew is smearing the plant.
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washingtonbound said:
ou can get lost in a tendency to over analyze nonsensical stoned thoughts, which I took to the extreme. Your average person who enjoys it socially or to unwind after work probably isn’t gambling with much but in my opinion weed and overthinking personalities don’t mix well.
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On The Myers-Briggs Personality test I came back as INTP, if anything when I smoke weed I go into a kinda "None-dual" state in "my thinking"

When I am stoned thinking is the last activity I wanna be doing, keep the Coffee coming & the Augustus Pablo tunes spinning.
 
Obviously every drug has a dark side of you push it.

But cannabis is easily abused because it's not gonna kill you no matter how much you take.

The increased THC levels of weed today make it more dangerous to the mind if abused. Especially the young developing one.

But cannabis can bring real joy to life. You can overdo it and recover. But maybe not if you make yourself mentally ill with it.

Cannabis should be used to enhance the activities in your life not as a substitute for them.
 
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