Pot smoking causes Schizophrenia? Since when?
Shhhhh......
Don’t upset D’s fully-loaded apple cart. He’s got it ALL figured out, don’cha know.
Since people started smoking pot. That was the reason they banned it in the first place. A Congressman stated that all the Mexicans who smoked it were crazy.
Harvard did studies that showed pot use damages an area in the brain that is the same area known to be damaged in schizophrenics. That's been backed up by other studies since.
But there's plenty of anectodal evidence around. Sinead O'Connor was known for pot parties, now she's known for cancelling concerts because her bipolar disorder is acting up.
And yes, there is a raging debate about whether bipolar and schizophrenia are the same thing. Some doctors think so.
Since 1936, when "Reefer Madness" was released. Wise politicians passed a law outlawing the sale and possession the following year, and it's never been a problem since. /s
The effects of using a substance that when abused causes an intoxicating, lower inhibition condition, both mental and physical “over a prolonged period of time”, could very well be damaging to the cognative (elective) functions of the brain, thus allowing negative performance, poor judgement (reasoning skills) and unrealisic reactions to real world stimuli...
Thus acting out from a fantasy reality (comic book stories/films, etc etc etc) in the real world...
But, I am not buying the schizophrenic condition he (shooter) is presenting to us after the fact, to somehow diminish the resolve (legally) to excuse his behavior both from the media and legal system...
That county and state are going to have to spend a tremendous amount of money to determine what most of us know already about this murderer...And that is unfortunate...
The day WILL come that he will stand and face that jury, be convicted of murder(s), and be sentenced to death...
None of which will bring any of the victims of his selfish, attention deprived and immature display of unreasonable and pre-meditated actions by this murderer...
And no amount of time consuming, non-sensical media speculation will make this any better for anyone who will be involved in this process from here on out...
I am not a doctor, nor a clinical psychologist but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night...;-)
I would counsel people (including myself) that this was a an unreasonable act by someone who wanted attention, regardless of the consequenses to themselves...And the we (public) need to put this in perspective, apply what we know to mitigate the risk to ourselves our families, friends/nieghbors and community, and rise above the nonsense that is perpetuated by those people looking to justify their existense by reporting on this incident...
Just my opinion...