Woman, 32, who stabbed her date 100 times to death in weed-induced frenzy is sentenced to 100 HOURS community service - as judge says she 'had no control over her actions' after cannabis caused 'psychotic break'

UK Daily Mail ^ | 1/23/2024 | Eve Simmons

[piasa]

Yes, but it does make their paranoia much much worse, leading to over the top aggression.

[fso301]

[null and void]

Laz?

Bryn Spejcher, an audiologist from Chicago, underwent emergency surgery after stabbing herself in the face and neck during a weed-induced coma

[Chode]

well, they let muslimes off of rape charges because they “don’t know any better” so...

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

Yep, makes me wonder what else will cause he to have a “psychotic break”. Cough medicine?

[deport]

Bryn Spejcher, an audiologist from Chicago, underwent emergency surgery after stabbing herself
in the face and neck during a weed-induced coma

[piasa]

National Institutes of Health (.gov)
https://www.nih.gov › news-releases
Young men at highest risk of schizophrenia linked with ...

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Effects of adolescent THC exposure on the prefrontal GABAergic system: implications for schizophrenia-related psychopathology
J Renard, WJ Rushlow, SR Laviolette - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2018 - frontiersin.org
… schizophrenia later in life. This marijuana-associated risk is believed to be related to increasing levels of THC … that adolescent exposure to THC selectively targets schizophrenia-related …

[Dave911]

For sure. 2 hits on a bong and she goes on a stabbing frenzy. Had to be a in crazy town already.

[Lockbox]

One hour per stab…. Nice justice judge…..

[Dr. Sivana]

That bitch was crazy before she smoked the weed.

Maybe, but I have never known of that response to come from a hit of nicotine, booze . . . yes.

[piasa]

Never forget one of the biggest pushers of legalizing marijuana and med Mary Jane is also the leading antiTrumper...

[bosco24]

In Califonia it is legal to kill people as long as you smoke weed first. You do have to remember to keep the stabs down to how many spare hours you have to spend for community service.

[leaning conservative]

His family must be devastated.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

She needs to be confined for the rest of her life in some secure facility where there’s absolutely no way that she can ever be exposed to marijuana, even accidentally.

[steve86]

“[Effects of adolescent THC exposure on the prefrontal GABAergic system: implications for schizophrenia-related psychopathology]”

That’s not this situation, not an acute response to intoxication as this was. It’s referring to changes in the brain from chronic THC exposure resulting in permanent psychotic disorder.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Well, alrighty then. 😏

[usurper]

I don’t think the DA can appeal anything in a criminal case. They get “one bite at the apple” as the saying goes.

Well she was convicted so the DA has every right and responsibility to appear the sentencing malfeasance.

The sentence is completely inconsistence with thousands of prior rulings.

[plain talk]

Yet Patricia Krenwinkel has been in prison over 50 years. Not saying she should be released but that is quite a disparity IMO.

[steve86]

Look up the word schizoid. It doesn’t mean what you think it means.

[steve86]

I would believe PCP.