[slumber1]

I’m sorry but marijuana does not cause hallucinations. If he was actually hallucinating it was due to some other substance or mental defect.

[Celtic Conservative]

Maybe the pot was laced with PCP or LSD?

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[N. Theknow]

I’m sorry but marijuana does not cause hallucinations. If he was actually hallucinating it was due to some other substance or mental defect.

Article makes it sound more like a paranoia episode.

[Baynative]

There is a lot more going on here than marijuana. But, it is going to be a much used excuse for all sorts of crimes in the future.

[TurboZamboni]

We need to get back to blaming REAL culprits like Twinkies and video games.

[freeagle]

Nope.

I’m highly sensitive to any prescribed medication and have never taken recreational hallucinating drugs.

Three years ago I ate a couple brownies that my 21 yo son and friends had made - not knowing they were made with marijuana butter.

I hallucinated horribly and was scared, really scared. I vomitted (all the contents of my stomach) which was the only thing that kept them from taking me to the ER.

I have a strong POV on the marijuana issue based on observing my son over the years.

[Gen.Blather]

” If he was actually hallucinating it was due to some other substance or mental defect.”

In the ‘70’s I had a business partner who later developed schizophrenia, which was a family problem. He had one toke on a joint that probably six other people shared with no ill effect. He was in bed with hallucinations for three days. I realize now that there were plenty of other predictive indicators if I had recognized them. That was probably the first visible symptom that he had a larger mental issue.

[The KG9 Kid]

Ingested THC has profoundly different effects compared to a smoker dosing themselves with the usual amount.

It's not merely that the dosage is far larger and much longer lasting, but the 'high' can turn psychotic.

Even experienced marijuana smokers are aware of this, and it's not some comical scare out of a 'Dragnet 1968' script.

[GeronL]

yes it does cause hallucinations for newer users

[Alex Murphy]

I’m sorry but marijuana does not cause hallucinations. If he was actually hallucinating it was due to some other substance or mental defect.

Good point.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Marijuana is, indeed, a hallucinogen. The effects of ingested marijuana are far different than those from smoking.

[stormer]

I’m in complete agreement. But that said, when seconds count, help is just minutes away...

[Eagles6]

Sounds delusional and paranoid which is often a side effect. I wouldn’t read too much into initial reporting by today’s “journalists”.

[little jeremiah]

Have you had the kind they hybridize now?

[sport]

He probably did not shoot her either.

[chris37]

Yeah it can if you eat it.

Ingesting THC isn’t very far from dropping a hit of acid.

THC is classified as a hallucinogen.

[rarestia]

I’m sorry but marijuana does not cause hallucinations.

But... but... but it's a hallucinogen!

/sarc

[steve86]

It seems to be the consensus that the most potent forms of satavia variety, but not indica, especially when ingested orally, can cause what would be a borderline visual hallucination, just over the line from a strong visual distortion.