Doctors: Pot Triggers Psychotic Symptoms

Newsday ^ | 4/30/07 | MARIA CHENG

[kiriath_jearim]

LONDON -- New findings on marijuana's damaging effect on the brain show the drug triggers temporary psychotic symptoms in some people, including hallucinations and paranoid delusions, doctors say.

British doctors took brain scans of 15 healthy volunteers given small doses of two of the active ingredients of cannabis, as well as a placebo.

One compound, cannabidiol, or CBD, made people more relaxed. But even small doses of another component, tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, produced temporary psychotic symptoms in people, including hallucinations and paranoid delusions, doctors said.

[Eyes Unclouded]

Now... I don't wanna offend you or anything but... The herb is alot more potent now-a-day gramps ;)

Hydroponic systems and multi-generation cultivation projects have really revolutionized the plants out there.

[Edit35]

"POT TRIGGERS PSYCHOSIS!"

No it don't.

Badda-radda -hing-dong-rumpy dumpy-BLICK!!##%% - Schnee BOP Schnoit!!!!

Now, where was I???

[South40]

I would agree.

He's just the first person I thought of when I read that pot has pshycological effects on one's brain.

btw...today is his 67th birthday.

[pandoraou812]

ping

[Lx]

Anyone remember the Cheech and Chong album Big Bamboo? It had a huge single piece of rolling paper in it and that picture looks like they used it.

[COBOL2Java]

Chong had one like that in “Up In Smoke.” Cheech took one look at it, and said “Is that a joint, man? That there looks like a quarter pounder, man!”

[lafroste]

I thought it was common knowledge that smoking pot made you paranoid. I remember sev... I mean a friend told me that he got paranoid several times while smoking dope.

[skateman]

Doctor Leroy will be most upset at this news.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Re your pic:

Don’t Bogart the spliff, mon!

[NaughtiusMaximus]

“Smoking a joint used
to put me in
the mood to come back,
Now it makes me think I’m havin’
a heart attack . . . “

The Combover Blues
(Sorry, can’t remember performer.)

Anyhoo . . . 2007, man? 2007!! Wow, dynamite dope, man.

[agrace]

[familyop]

Yeah, after a few years... Most of us have seen neighbors or whoever start exhibiting symptoms. So what else is new?

[A CA Guy]

This person has been on pot for years with no problems what so ever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqg_ceFM30I

[GOP_1900AD]

Oh wow man, that’s the biggest joint I ever seen!

[GOP_1900AD]

Oh wow man, now THIS is the biggest joint I ever seen ... spleef mahn ....

[PreciousLiberty]

Word.

[Duke Nukum]

It seems like there was another study with the same conclusions in the last two years. I have a friend who works as a nurse who, at that time, said they see a lot of people come in like that because of being habitual pot smokers.

I don’t really know anyone who smokes pot, no one who admits to it at least in my circle so I can’t really say from experience.

[dynachrome]

This is what happened when they tested various drugs on spiders. The marijauna spider did well for awhile.... (What did we do before youtube?)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc

[silentreignofheroes]

Good thing it was’nt Spinach,,,,!!!,,I’d be dead by now...

[sweetiepiezer]

This person has been on pot for years __________________________________________-- Was she tsalking this: SPECIALTY MEALS → Fish & More® → Chicken Planks® & More → Shrimp & More → Clams & More