Marijuana Makes You Crazy

Fungus Gnat

Fungus Gnat

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SATURDAY, Feb. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Long-term use of marijuana can lead to increased risk of developing hallucinations, delusions and psychosis, a new study shows.
Australian researchers asked nearly 3,100 young adults averaging about 20 years of age about marijuana use. They found that almost 18 percent reported using the drug for three or fewer years, about 16 percent for four to five years, and just over 14 percent for six or more years.
Among the participants, 65 had been diagnosed with a "non-affective psychosis" such as schizophrenia, and 233 had at least one positive item for hallucination on a diagnostic interview conducted for the study.
The researchers found there was an association between length of marijuana use and mental health.
"Compared with those who had never used cannabis, young adults who had six or more years since first use of cannabis [i.e., who commenced use when around 15 years or younger] were twice as likely to develop a non-affective psychosis and were four times as likely to have high scores on the Peters et al Delusions Inventory [a measure of delusion]," wrote Dr. John McGrath, of the Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Park Centre for Mental Health in Wacol, and colleagues. "There was a 'dose-response' relationship between the variables of interest: the longer the duration since the first cannabis use, the higher the risk of psychosis-related outcomes."
The study appears online March 1 and in the May print issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry.
But the association between psychosis and marijuana use is not simple, the researchers noted. They found that people who'd experienced hallucinations earlier in life were also more likely to have used marijuana longer and to use it more frequently.
"This demonstrates the complexity of the relationship: those individuals who were vulnerable to psychosis [i.e., those who had isolated psychotic symptoms] were more likely to commence cannabis use, which could then subsequently contribute to an increased risk of conversion to a non-affective psychotic disorder," wrote the study authors.
Further research is needed to learn more about the mechanisms underlying the association between psychosis and marijuana use, they concluded.
More information
The U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse has more about marijuana.
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I wonder what will get more play the part in bold or the top.
 
YungMoolaBaby

YungMoolaBaby

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I'm sure somewhere in the genetic makeup of cannabis there is a compound or something that has addictive qualities. Maybe not physical, but definitely mental. Remember, there are certain receptors of our brains that solely exist to interact with THC and the other CBN's. If you are constantly stimulating those receptors, I'm sure there is some conditioning happening to where if those receptors don't get stimulated, there might be a equilibrium inbalance. Especially for people who smoke on a very routine, regular basis.
 
KaleoXxX

KaleoXxX

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its all bull shit, if they said breathing C02 would make you crazy and there was dome duche bag scientest out his name on it it must be true

if you dont gimmie that weed i will go crazy on you HAha
 
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Keenly

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the problem is 80 or 90% of the people they interviewed only used it once or a few times



so the noobs are like "yeaaaah maan i was seeing stuff and the room was moving and i didnt even know what was going on"


so they base their articles off of this, since they cant fucking just smoke a joint themselves because they are douchebags
 
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myxedup

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I love how this study gives very few details regarding the group of people that were "asked" questions, nor does it address the fact that people that are suffering from mental illnesses typically have lower inhibitions and as such are considerably more likely to try cannabis as well as other drugs more often and freely.
Where's a list of the questions that were asked?
What questions were asked in regards to other drugs that are known to result in mental illness?

Concerning marijuana:
Have you ever consumed marijuana?
At what age did you first consume it?
Do you still consume it?
How frequently do/did you?

Concerning mental health:
Have you ever been diagnosed with any mental illness?
When did you first begin displaying symptoms of......?
What is your general health history?
Any serious illnesses requiring hospitalization?

Concerning other drug use:
Have you ever used any other drugs?
What drugs and at what ages? Also, frequency of use?
What prescription drugs have you taken?


There are so many questions that would need to be asked in order to actually legitimize this study. If they've ever experimented with acid, X, Heroin, coke, or any of those other hard drugs, were those people excused from the study??? Family background and homelife taken into account? Did they live in homes built before 1978 where they may have consumed lead based paint?

Such a bull shit study that I could tear them apart without any effort whatsoever.

Kind of disgusts me :(
 
Iron, Lion, Zion

Iron, Lion, Zion

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myxedup said:
There are so many questions that would need to be asked in order to actually legitimize this study.
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While I, as well as most people on this site would agree with this statement, the vast majority of people will just believe whatever this article says. Sad that they will forget that the side effects of tobacco are - emphysema, cancer, death, messed up children (if the person is pregnant) and the side effects of alcohol are - messed up liver, drunk drivers, lack of control, alcohol poisoning, and severely messed up children (if the person is pregnant).
 
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