Posted by Phil on April 14, 2012, at 10:40:24
In reply to Re: Psychosis from Cannibis, posted by Brainbeard on April 14, 2012, at 9:58:01
> I know one guy who became psychotic after smoking cannabis. He has been mentally crippled ever since. Every psychotic episode tends to damage the psyche.
>>>And you know that he had never self-medicated with any other drug. He smoked weed, became psychotic and that was it. Could he possibly have been using weed to help calm early symptoms that he couldn't verbalize?
>>>If none of what I said matters we have an N of 1. I'll buy that.
>>>Cannabis is a great plant, but it has its dark sides. It can be highly addictive if used without measure.>>>Only addictive if you're Bob, Snoop, or Willie.
Its addictiveness has been underestimated far too long, well, at least here in the Netherlands.
>>>I haven't read that but it's hard for me to read when I'm stoned all the time.
Cannabis can also aid in building grandiose narcissistic fantasies.
>>>You're confusing that with cocaine. I've never seen that with pot, ever. Well, there was Steve Jobs.
It tends to make people superhorny in the right (?) circumstances. Which is not always a good thing.
>>>The right circumstances, like Anne Hathaway lying naked in bed with you? It's never made me super horny unless I had reason to be. Doesn't matter, my plumbing is broken from meds. That point is right out of Reefer Madness.
Plus, smoking marijuana is very detrimental to health. Especially smoking cannabis and tobacco in combination is worse than smoking tobacco alone. There is research to back these claims up.
I try to eat it rather than smoke it.>>>Not many Americans use tobacco in their joints, that's the rest of the worlds problem.
Less people are smoking these days but are using vaporizers instead. They range from $29 - $700.
You don't inhale smoke, just vapor. You can barely smell pot, you use less which frees up your budget for Cheetos and Gummi Bears.>>>As far as addiction, anything can be addicting. Religion, cars, food, shopping, porn, exercise, porn, fishing, porn, golf, skydiving, war, driving too fast, stealing, bumper cars, sports, and cooking shows. So yeah. pot is addictive in some cases, pick your poison.
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