These Are Real 'High Crimes'

Townhall.com ^ | May 15, 2019 | Ann Coulter

[volunbeer]

Interesting post and thanks for sharing that.... I don’t think society has a clue of how potent this legal marijuana is and few people understand or even show interest in the potential impact on mental health.

[NobleFree]

There are articles far more recent than 2002 on the association between THC use and psychosis.

Do any of them dispel the points made in the 2002 piece? Which ones, and how?

the efforts of NORML to portray marijuana as completely harmless.

Still telling this lie?

[NobleFree]

only if the regulators keep the consumers, not the peddlers interests centermost,that they are fully aware of the health risks

Continued criminalization certainly won't accomplish that.

[NobleFree]

high level of THC.

Liquor has a much higher level of the drug alcohol than does beer; what of it?

[A_perfect_lady]

One of my ex’s was a major stoner, and developed a paranoid conviction that spirits from dead shamans were telling him the world was going to end.

[hinckley buzzard]

The forensic research has amply demonstrated for years a link between marijuana use and violent crime. These case notes bring life and color to the statistics, but the statistics have been there for years. As marijuana has become more potent over the last few decades, the link with violence has become stronger.

[Ken H]

>>I agree, but only if the regulators keep the consumers, not the peddlers interests centermost,that they are fully aware of the health risks and have some way to keep current with research.

This is a tall order for Washington.<<

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You mean a tall order for the state that is regulating it, not Washington DC, right?

[Telepathic Intruder]

Jared Loughner. A pot-smoking ultra-leftist, and mass shooter. I knew him only from his online posts, which ended abruptly after his arrest.

[Big Red Badger]

It’s tough getting a good
Cell signal when your
In a Cell.
So I’ve heard.

[Telepathic Intruder]

But you can always use the exercise equipment.

[MikelTackNailer]

Given Ann’s recent statement that she would vote for Bernie Sanders instead of Trump, I think it’s a fairly good guess that she’s quite the pothead herself.

Actually Annie Rexic should try it to generate an appetite. Wine and liquor are not in the nutrition pyramid. Only the hard stuff could make an otherwise reasonable woman swoon for Romney, let alone consider Comrade Sanders.

[BeauBo]

The link is the neurotransmitter dopamine.

Marijuana (THC) increases dopamine - resulting in good feelings and increased appetite. That is not a problem for most people.

Having too much dopamine, or being excessively sensitive to it though, is characteristic of schizophrenia/psychosis. Most anti-psychotic medications work by suppressing dopamine.

So people who are borderline, are pushed over the border by the increase in dopamine from marijuana or THC.

[BeauBo]

"cannabis abuse and schizophrenia"

The link is the neurotransmitter dopamine.

Marijuana (THC) increases dopamine - resulting in good feelings and increased appetite. That is not a problem for most people.

Having too much dopamine, or perhaps being excessively sensitive to it though, is characteristic of schizophrenia/psychosis. Most anti-psychotic medications work by suppressing dopamine. Drugs (like marijuana) that increase dopamine, might well be called pro-psychotic, in that they have the opposite effect of the anti-psychotics, on dopamine levels.

So people who are borderline, are pushed over the border by the increase in dopamine from marijuana or THC.

Reefer madness may not be for everyone, but it is for some.

[dfwgator]

"I won't go schizo, will I?"
"It's a distinct possibility."

[politicianslie]

The reason his cousin beat Hylton to a bloody pulp in the middle of a child's birthday party was that ... he was hearing voices no one else could hear.

This newseltter goes into the ties between schizophrenia and marijuana. It turns out that the users of weed before 18/27 are at a significantly higher risk of having brain damage that leads to schizophrenia and other mental health issues.

Hearing voices that no one else can hear is a probable tie to schizo behavior. The article quotes one study that estimates the incidence of schizophrenia would decrease by 13% if marijuana use was eliminated.

According to the medical studies discussed in this article, brain damage linked to weed use is a serious problem, especially to those who use weed before 18 when brain development is occurring.

Virtually EVERY pot user I've ever spoken to says weed is no more dangerous than alcohol use. Not one of these people would believe anything from a medical study. They used weed and they haven't killed anybody so it must be OK (which I think explains their defense of their drug use).

[alexander_busek]

"cannabis-dependent psychotic patients were four times as likely to be violent," Alex Berenson writes

...four times as likely than who?

Regards,

[HiTech RedNeck]

This is an important scientific question — whether those likeliest to go mad are also likeliest to WANT to smoke pot. They are probably also likeliest to WANT to go on roaring drunks, or to abuse something else if neither of those is practical.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Well, it will end. But only when God wants it to end. Shaman spirits cannot hurry it up.

[thoughtomator]

> Virtually EVERY pot user I’ve ever spoken to says weed is no more dangerous than alcohol use.

Probably because pot smokers tend to know other pot smokers, and by and large their firsthand experience tells them that the assertions that it contributes to violence is absolutely ludicrous.

> Not one of these people would believe anything from a medical study.

Perhaps that’s because of decades of fraudulent studies put out for the very same purpose this article was created.

Fool me once, shame on me. Fool them twice, shame on the stupid gullible idiots who got conned again, this time willingly.

[thoughtomator]

Also this: “No other factor was nearly as important.”

There’s your red flag that the author is a goal-seeking fraud.

If his data didn’t even show the 13-do-50 phenomenon - a factor far far larger than 4x - then it’s bunk.