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Harmless? Marijuana-induced psychosis on the upswing
KIRO Radio ^
| 2/26/2016
| Josh Kerns
Posted on 03/09/2016 10:32:56 AM PST by cassiusking
"Duane Stone is a veteran Seattle mental health specialist. He's seeing a surprising increase in patients experiencing psychotic episodes as well. Many have never had any mental health problems before.
"I get lots of first break kind where this person doesn't have an experience with mental illness, they don't have a diagnosis, they're 30 or 40-years-old. And the only thing they've been doing has been smoking marijuana for the last year or two," Stone said.
It's not just your stereotypical stoner. They're family people working at places such as Microsoft and Amazon."
(Excerpt) Read more at mynorthwest.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Colorado; US: Oregon; US: Washington
KEYWORDS: cannabis; marijuana; marijuanapsychosis; mentalhealth; pot; psychotic; psychoticepisodes; smoking; smokingmarijuana; wod; wosd
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Stop scratching your heads why so many kids seem so bat crazy. From the deranged and paranoid snowflakes on campus to the delusional mass shooters, the problem might be the onset of new strains of marijuana.
To: cassiusking
“the problem might be the onset of new strains of marijuana.”
Bingo! Todays stoners aren’t smoking the ditch weed of the 60’s.
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posted on
03/09/2016 10:36:39 AM PST
by
Beagle8U
To: cassiusking
Lots of denials are gonna happen on this thread....
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posted on
03/09/2016 10:37:34 AM PST
by
fishtank
(The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
To: cassiusking
Read the article (informative) then read the comments (stoners vs. alkies).
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posted on
03/09/2016 10:37:46 AM PST
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
To: Beagle8U
It’s called “reggie” nowadays.
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posted on
03/09/2016 10:37:46 AM PST
by
struggle
To: cassiusking
Whut?........................
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posted on
03/09/2016 10:38:00 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
To: Beagle8U
Exactly!
New strains are so powerful that they make the older stuff look like banana peels...........................
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posted on
03/09/2016 10:39:23 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
To: cassiusking
What is a snowflake?
And I suppose it could be pot, it also could be a lot of things.
No one should be getting high every day. That use is a chronic habit. Sure as hell shouldn’t be getting drunk every day, pot is no different on that aspect.
To: Red Badger
Pot. All it makes you is hungry and stupid! No wonder Libs want us high.
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posted on
03/09/2016 10:40:19 AM PST
by
poobear
(Socialism in the minds of the elites is a con-game for the serfs, nothing more.)
To: cassiusking
...working at places such as Microsoft... Now the increase of unnecessary bloatware with security vulnerabilities starts to make sense.
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posted on
03/09/2016 10:41:22 AM PST
by
GingisK
To: cassiusking
There's a significant percentage of people that cannot tolerate mind-altering substances.
Typically, they don't know who they are before something happens.
They should not drink either. They are the one's who go crazy on Whiskey, when a few beers don't seem to have much effect.
You are correct, the "New Dope" is nothing like what was available to most folks in the 70's. Or 90's.
But strong weed has been in circulation for thousands of years. And all the new strains originate from the Thai, Afghani and Central American landrace's.
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posted on
03/09/2016 10:41:56 AM PST
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: GingisK
"Now the increase of unnecessary bloatware with security vulnerabilities starts to make sense."
At least 1/2 the people in the tech business smoke pot...at least occasionally. Many chronically.
Always have.
Tech companies don't even test for it anymore in pre employment screening.
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posted on
03/09/2016 10:44:41 AM PST
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: cassiusking
To paraphrase Milton Friedman, you can’t have open use of drugs and the welfare state at the same time.
If people want to use drugs, let them live 100% with the consequences. Drug use will drop quickly enough when that happens.
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posted on
03/09/2016 10:45:33 AM PST
by
PGR88
To: cassiusking
(Is pot getting more potent?)Watch the short video. Smoking Tobacco is considered suicide - is smoking marijuana any less dangerous...it is smoking you know.
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posted on
03/09/2016 10:45:45 AM PST
by
yoe
To: No_More_Harkin
My BIL stays high from sunup to bed.
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posted on
03/09/2016 10:46:15 AM PST
by
AppyPappy
(If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
To: cassiusking
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posted on
03/09/2016 10:46:20 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
To: AppyPappy
Perhaps he be interested in this congregation here in Indiana:
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posted on
03/09/2016 10:48:34 AM PST
by
nascarnation
(RIP Scalia. Godspeed)
To: Mariner
Tech companies don't even test for it anymore in pre employment screening. Some companies do indeed test for drugs. I'm a techie. I don't use.
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posted on
03/09/2016 10:51:04 AM PST
by
GingisK
To: cassiusking
Look at the stoners you went to high school with to see the cause and effect. And that pot wasn’t nearly as strong as the past 10 years pot strains.
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posted on
03/09/2016 10:51:14 AM PST
by
b4its2late
(A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
To: fishtank; cassiusking; Beagle8U
"Lots of denials are gonna happen on this thread...."The first two posts were denials.
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posted on
03/09/2016 10:51:15 AM PST
by
DannyTN
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