Reefer Madness?
Today’s pot is far more potent than the pot available back in the 70s, and by a factor of about 10. Also, the synthetic pot, “spice,” is particularly bad. Some types can cause long term or permanent psychotic episodes.
Smells like bullshit...
This result seems to be an outlier. Pot has been linked to schizophrenia and reduced short term memory in the past but not to this degree.
I wouldn’t take this one paper too seriously without a lot of replication.
“Those in the first group had all suffered ‘first-episode psychosis’ – a diagnosed first occurrence of the disorder.
The second group were volunteers who agreed to answer questions about themselves – including on cannabis use and mental health history.
Some had suffered psychosis, others not. They were not told the nature of the project. The academics found those in the first group were more likely to smoke cannabis daily – and to smoke skunk – than those in the second.”
This seems like a flawed methodology to me. The second group, the control group, is being asked to self-diagnose psychosis (or being judged for psychosis through self reported data), while the first group was medically diagnosed properly. Therefore, the data about the incidence of psychosis in the second group is not comparable to the first.
http://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/marijuana
Man, I’m glad all we had was junk Mexican weed back in my youth. I would have been even crazier than I am now, if it’d been stronger.
Choom was probably as strong as skunk weed.
So who cares if he has reefer madness. What's this pot head going to do become present of the United States and negotiate with Fidel Castro and Iran, have prayer meetings and pray to Allah in the White House. Then blame it all on the Crusades. You just can't make this stuff up.
All this brought to you by your Demovratic Party.
Whatever and the cause of hair on the back of a hand?
Anything can twerk a brain.
Why, I hear tell if’n yoos drinkz too much moonshine all kindz uh things uh happen tuh yoos...
In other news: Study finds psychotic patients fifty times more likely to smoke strong pot than normal people.
"I won't go schizo, will I?"
"It's a distinct possibility."
I’d say the Daily Mail author doesen’t know what they’re writing about, calling skunk weed stronger than hash? Hash is made from trichomes, which come from strong pot, but that hash is way more potent than pot. Just sayin’...
The academics found those in the first group were more likely to smoke cannabis daily – and to smoke skunk – than those in the second.
The researchers say: ‘Skunk use alone was responsible for 24 per cent of adults presenting with first-episode psychosis to the psychiatric services in South London.’
“Hey man, how am I driving?” “Uhhhh... I think we’re parked.”
It’s temporary but this is oddly one area I agree with the pot hysteria folk
Very potent weed in many forms can freak out those new to it or suseptible similar but not quite as bad as acid once did in its heyday
Good pot today runs 15-25% THC and higher in concentrated forms
Most folks simply smoke less though I know plenty acclimated folks who can only get so high off leaf regardless
Oils or edibles are the most culpable to cause panic attacks which is more or less what’s initiated
Observing this for 45 years now my experience is fragile folks and women who tend to fear easier in general are most prone
For those who must....keep Xanax or booze handy
Both will soothe the unease or panic
Rare is too much pot a worthy hospital visit but with edibles and oils today I can see it
I hate to see pot become a test drug like this
We had LSD for that
I do recommend LSD to most folks ...,emphatically
Exponentially emphatically
It’s an ecclesiastical intoxicant.... only for a resolute brain
ø is proof positive of the debilitating effects marijuana can have on the development of the teenage mind.