Booze is legal for a reason and it does far more damage to people than weed. Young people smoking tons of weed is a serious problem. Alcoholism kills millions. Legality is important mostly in terms of incarceration and taxation.
Booze is legal for a reason and it does far more damage to people than weed. Young people smoking tons of weed is a serious problem. Alcoholism kills millions. Legality is important mostly in terms of incarceration and taxation.
There is a monetary incentive to industrialized marijuana. And the THC in the new plants is so high that it is causing schizophrenia. Not to mention that people I have seen that use, typically have low motivation to work. It does affect the brain. No substance will fix anyone's problems and typically creates more problems. It's scary to think how many people drive while under the influence of various substances. It's a miracle that there are not more fatalities on the road.
My son has Tourette Syndrome with really severe tics throughout school years. He was influenced in college into using medicinal marijuana to control the anxiety it caused and lessen his tics. And guess what? Four years later he was diagnosed with full blown schizophrenia. He went from being a hard worker, overcoming disability obstacles, and earning a B.S. to having no ability to work at all, no motivation or desire, and a complete change in his mental makeup. Now he is controlled by delusional thinking and occasional hallucinations. After being off marijuana for a full year, and off ALL pharma for two years, and on a ketogenic diet, he is calmer than he’s ever been before - with very little tics - but he still struggles with motivation because depression over what he lost settled in deeply.
I. Hate. Drugs. All drugs. He wasn’t a heavy drug user at all, but it ruined his life completely. Even medicinal marijuana is unsafe.
You might be interested in the series A Midwestern Doctor is doing on DMSO. It has some extraordinary healing benefits, many in the neurological space, but a whole assortment of benefits. I had used it on my horse back in the day (she fully recovered from a bowed tendon) and knew it was powerful for neuromuscular injuries, but AMD is covering things like strokes, headaches, nerve damage, etc. The series is in several parts, so check it out.
Another LIE the enemy has brainwashed people with. It’s not addictive, it’s safe, it’s an herb, it’s medicine blah blah blah. Nope. And I have personal reasons I can say that. People in Florida are trying to legalize it now. Oregon did it - disaster. Colorado did it - disaster. Every single place has been a disaster. So now Florida. 😔 Nope. I will NEVER in my life EVER vote to legalize that crap or any other drug. I liked Juju’s last statement. And yours.
No no no! I had that 3 years ago and now I have very strange, loud booming tinnitus. Please be careful. I think it can induce structural changes of a longterm nature. I wish I had never consented to it. But you are so right that God can redeem lost time.
His problem is when he attended the support groups everyone there was a recovering addict. He wasn’t an addict himself. He couldn’t relate to anybody at the meetings nor they him. He was only using it for medicinal purposes, but it harmed him. Not sure what kind of support groups there are for those that aren’t struggling with an actual addiction.
The neighborhood where I live has a homeless diagnosed schizophrenic whose family left him once his mother died. Evidently she was the only one that could handle him according to the family that has posted on social media. We are told he wasn’t always this way and many remember him as a talented student. I’m so sorry about your son’s situation and wish our healthcare agencies might provide a similar tactic of healthy eating over drugs!
I was a major pothead in high school (class of ‘84). The pot we got then was about 1/50th the strength people get now. I always ask, “What if beer were 50 times stronger today???”
Great point! That’s exactly the problem today. Our alcohol is the same strength. Pot isn’t. Plus a lot of it is laced with Fentanyl, and in CA the police told me that 100% of all samples they had gotten from the streets had fentanyl in it. Even the medicinal dispensaries aren’t as careful with who they get their stock from. They are supposed to be, but I saw something very different when we had to use them.
1970. I moved into a commune of student hippies. There was a lot of “house weed” and most were heavy users. By the end of the semester all but me had dropped out or flunked out. And I was making D’s and not caring. Amotivational Syndrome is a real thing. The only reason I didn’t crash and burn totally was that it had started to make me paranoid while using it. I really loathe the stuff and all the hype from its promoters. BTW, Alex Berenson’s wife was an ER shrink who made a compelling case for opposing it. He based his book on a lot of her observations of acute psychosis and schizophrenia among teenage users.
When I used to ride a motorcycle all the time I became adept at identifying the behavior of an automobile based on how it was moving, which would tell me certain things, most notably, if they were using their phone or not, I quickly put them in my rearview mirror
Yep that’s what we were told by every doctor we have dealt with the past three years. Marijuana induced schizophrenia is everywhere, no matter what kind of user, mild or heavy use. They think it’s because many people today have more neurological issues from food and pharma, causing ADHD and ASD conditions. The extreme strength of the THC in all strains today is impacting something already stressed and out of whack. We didn’t have quite as many disabled kids when I was growing up and the few we had didn’t do recreational drugs at all. It’s a different story today. It doesn’t always mean it was caused by “extreme refer madness”.
Alex Berenson (the anti-Covid Scamdemic journalist) has written extensively on the link between weed and schizophrenia. It is an emerging area of medical concern, and not at all propaganda.
So true! The MJ Industry is the main problem; unlimited funds, sneaky tactics.
I read a piece written by a guy who said he would encourage every one of his business competitors to use MJ. That way he’d beat them bc he’d keep his incentive to work hard & they wouldn’t. Voila!
It was entitled something quite clever but I’ve forgotten. Bet I have it saved…. somewhere.
Look at Kamala harris and how she oppressed the Black community in Oakland over weed, and other drugs. as well as throwing single moms in prison for truant children with health issues.
Booze is legal for a reason and it does far more damage to people than weed. Young people smoking tons of weed is a serious problem. Alcoholism kills millions. Legality is important mostly in terms of incarceration and taxation.
There is a monetary incentive to industrialized marijuana. And the THC in the new plants is so high that it is causing schizophrenia. Not to mention that people I have seen that use, typically have low motivation to work. It does affect the brain. No substance will fix anyone's problems and typically creates more problems. It's scary to think how many people drive while under the influence of various substances. It's a miracle that there are not more fatalities on the road.
My son has Tourette Syndrome with really severe tics throughout school years. He was influenced in college into using medicinal marijuana to control the anxiety it caused and lessen his tics. And guess what? Four years later he was diagnosed with full blown schizophrenia. He went from being a hard worker, overcoming disability obstacles, and earning a B.S. to having no ability to work at all, no motivation or desire, and a complete change in his mental makeup. Now he is controlled by delusional thinking and occasional hallucinations. After being off marijuana for a full year, and off ALL pharma for two years, and on a ketogenic diet, he is calmer than he’s ever been before - with very little tics - but he still struggles with motivation because depression over what he lost settled in deeply.
I. Hate. Drugs. All drugs. He wasn’t a heavy drug user at all, but it ruined his life completely. Even medicinal marijuana is unsafe.
You might be interested in the series A Midwestern Doctor is doing on DMSO. It has some extraordinary healing benefits, many in the neurological space, but a whole assortment of benefits. I had used it on my horse back in the day (she fully recovered from a bowed tendon) and knew it was powerful for neuromuscular injuries, but AMD is covering things like strokes, headaches, nerve damage, etc. The series is in several parts, so check it out.
Love AMD! Thanks! I will
I agree that medicinal marijuana is unsafe. The high is quite addictive and has power to take control over your motivation.
Another LIE the enemy has brainwashed people with. It’s not addictive, it’s safe, it’s an herb, it’s medicine blah blah blah. Nope. And I have personal reasons I can say that. People in Florida are trying to legalize it now. Oregon did it - disaster. Colorado did it - disaster. Every single place has been a disaster. So now Florida. 😔 Nope. I will NEVER in my life EVER vote to legalize that crap or any other drug. I liked Juju’s last statement. And yours.
Yes. When one realizes that being high causes one not to care, being high as much as possible becomes a goal. Trust me, I know.
Please don’t think that his life is ruined. There is no way you can predict the future now that he is clean.
Talk to somebody about transcranial magnetic stimulation. That may be one answer for him.
I do recommend always remembering that God can redeem time lost
No no no! I had that 3 years ago and now I have very strange, loud booming tinnitus. Please be careful. I think it can induce structural changes of a longterm nature. I wish I had never consented to it. But you are so right that God can redeem lost time.
exactly. the potential for people to come back in sobriety is a story many need to hear, but you will only hear in AA.
I recommend everyone go and hear what is possible. Blessings.
His problem is when he attended the support groups everyone there was a recovering addict. He wasn’t an addict himself. He couldn’t relate to anybody at the meetings nor they him. He was only using it for medicinal purposes, but it harmed him. Not sure what kind of support groups there are for those that aren’t struggling with an actual addiction.
Your last paragraph is powerful. And I agree!
The neighborhood where I live has a homeless diagnosed schizophrenic whose family left him once his mother died. Evidently she was the only one that could handle him according to the family that has posted on social media. We are told he wasn’t always this way and many remember him as a talented student. I’m so sorry about your son’s situation and wish our healthcare agencies might provide a similar tactic of healthy eating over drugs!
JuJu, I am sorry for what happened to you and your son. He was a guinea pig, like so many of us.
I was a major pothead in high school (class of ‘84). The pot we got then was about 1/50th the strength people get now. I always ask, “What if beer were 50 times stronger today???”
Great point! That’s exactly the problem today. Our alcohol is the same strength. Pot isn’t. Plus a lot of it is laced with Fentanyl, and in CA the police told me that 100% of all samples they had gotten from the streets had fentanyl in it. Even the medicinal dispensaries aren’t as careful with who they get their stock from. They are supposed to be, but I saw something very different when we had to use them.
1970. I moved into a commune of student hippies. There was a lot of “house weed” and most were heavy users. By the end of the semester all but me had dropped out or flunked out. And I was making D’s and not caring. Amotivational Syndrome is a real thing. The only reason I didn’t crash and burn totally was that it had started to make me paranoid while using it. I really loathe the stuff and all the hype from its promoters. BTW, Alex Berenson’s wife was an ER shrink who made a compelling case for opposing it. He based his book on a lot of her observations of acute psychosis and schizophrenia among teenage users.
I know several people who had this happen during their usage of this “herb”. Oh palease! 🙄
I cringe every time I see someone using a smartphone while driving.
So dangerous...
When I used to ride a motorcycle all the time I became adept at identifying the behavior of an automobile based on how it was moving, which would tell me certain things, most notably, if they were using their phone or not, I quickly put them in my rearview mirror
IT certainly does affect the brain. Causing schizophrenia not so much. Sorry but that is on the level of Reefer MAdness.
They recently legalized marijuana in my state (Missouri). My doc said the ER's are seeing a huge influx of marijuana-induced psychosis this year.
Yep that’s what we were told by every doctor we have dealt with the past three years. Marijuana induced schizophrenia is everywhere, no matter what kind of user, mild or heavy use. They think it’s because many people today have more neurological issues from food and pharma, causing ADHD and ASD conditions. The extreme strength of the THC in all strains today is impacting something already stressed and out of whack. We didn’t have quite as many disabled kids when I was growing up and the few we had didn’t do recreational drugs at all. It’s a different story today. It doesn’t always mean it was caused by “extreme refer madness”.
Alex Berenson (the anti-Covid Scamdemic journalist) has written extensively on the link between weed and schizophrenia. It is an emerging area of medical concern, and not at all propaganda.
Weed stinks.
Might watch a very informative video on the subject at PragerU
https://www.prageru.com/video/whats-wrong-with-marijuana
So true! The MJ Industry is the main problem; unlimited funds, sneaky tactics.
I read a piece written by a guy who said he would encourage every one of his business competitors to use MJ. That way he’d beat them bc he’d keep his incentive to work hard & they wouldn’t. Voila!
It was entitled something quite clever but I’ve forgotten. Bet I have it saved…. somewhere.
Look at Kamala harris and how she oppressed the Black community in Oakland over weed, and other drugs. as well as throwing single moms in prison for truant children with health issues.
Watched an excellent PragerU video on the problems with marijuana.
https://www.prageru.com/video/whats-wrong-with-marijuana
That was a good video.
Smells like wet skunks.