marijuana use increases risk of psychosis.....

People who smoke marijuana daily or weekly double their risk of developing a psychotic illness over their lifetime, according to a study published Thursday in the medical journal The Lancet.

Among all cannabis users, including sporadic experimenters and habitual users, the lifetime risk of psychotic illness increased by 40 percent, the report said.

“It’s not as if you smoke a joint and you’re going to go crazy,” said Richard Rawson, who directs the Integrated Substance Abuse Program at the University of California, Los Angeles, and was not involved in the study.

But he cautioned: “It’s definitely not a good idea to use heavy amounts of marijuana.”

The researchers found that the risk for psychotic illnesses did appear to increase with dose, suggesting that stopping marijuana use would decrease risk, said co-author Dr. Stanley Zammit, a psychiatrist at Cardiff University and the University of Bristol in Britain.

Psychotic illnesses include schizophrenia and disorders with symptoms such as hallucinations or delusions. Zammit estimated that they develop in about 3 percent of the population.

Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the U.S., according to the federal government. An annual study funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse found that about 42 percent of America’s high school seniors in 2006 had tried marijuana at least once in their lives.

Marijuana can cause psychiatric problems because it throws off the balance of neurotransmitters in the brain, Zammit said.

 

Nuh uh...

 

My fried eggs are staring at me...

 

Americans do a LOT of things that throw off the balance of neurotransmitters in the brain.

Like drink Diet Coke, nutrasweet, sweet n low, and other "sugar-free products"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n-gA0wvi84 - Sweet Misery - Aspartame Movie Trailer

A lot of things deplete neurotransmitters low levels of omega 3's in the diet, food that has mercury that demylinizes nerve sheathing, chemical solvents in household cleaners and bodycare products that also break down the nervous system sheathing, low trytophan in the diet, low quality cooked proteins, etc...

The typical American lifestyle is really a recipe for depression and neurotic behavior and eventually psychotic illnesses.

 

You forgot "watching Fox News"... that'll throw off the ol' neurotransmitters. It helps to wear a foil hat. Most people who watch Faux News should wear foil hats.

 

You mean SOME Americans there Oppenheimer. I don't use any of those things.

 

I like eggs.

 

Yeah the news and most television and commercials activate the sympahtetic nervous system with all the violence and quick flashy images..They overwhelm you and actually draw minerals and certain B vitamins out of the body in an attmept to neutralize the reaction.

 

life is stressful

anything can cause a risk of psychosis

gimme a study that shows i actually give a fuck about what these people waste money on studying

 

Really, what do you use instead?

 

He should use eggs.

 

Recent studies have shown 99% of all statistics to be misleading.

 

i love eggs

 

eggs are happy things

 

it's only among those who were already fragile to begin with. it's a legit claim. just most people aren't fragile to begin with. dave got his friend stoned and it seemed to catapault him into full blown pschyzophrenia. but as everyone knows, psychyzophrenia is inhereted genetically and all but impossible to avoid. he probably would have gone crazy eventually anyway, but this did put him over the top, perhaps earlier, but no less inevitably.

 

Out of all the crap that drives people nuts in this world... marijuana is probably the most harmless.

 

eggs do make me happy. add some pure maple syrup in while i'm scramblin them up...and its delicious

 

If you have them scrambled or in omelets your eggs won't stare at you.

 

they stare at me when i eat them raw though

 

only until you have eaten them.