The most frightening thing is the permanent damage to young brains. You have to wonder if this has anything to do with the mass shootings.
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“You have to wonder if this has anything to do with the mass shootings.”
THC in marijuana (the psychoactive component that is concentrated in the extracts for sale) strongly increases the neurotransmitter dopamine in the brain.
Most anti-psychotic drugs work by reducing dopamine levels.
THC will push borderline psychotics into full blown psychosis (hallucinations, break with reality). In fact, anyone will hallucinate if they take a high enough dose of THC - it is just a matter of the individual’s tolerance.
Although most people (the great bulk), using dosages like those found in traditional marijuana use, are relatively sedated by its effects, at dosages high enough to induce psychosis, people can become quite agitated and violent.
> You have to wonder if this has anything to do with the mass shootings.
The drugs to blame there are called SSRIs and as far as we’re able to tell, nearly every single one of these mass shooters had been taking them.
No, I don’t have to wonder that.
Young brains have been smoking MJ long before mass shooting became a thing.