Posted on 03/05/2013 12:35:05 AM PST by neverdem
Association is not causation. "But here's the conundrum: while marijuana went from being a secret shared by a small community of hepcats and beatniks in the 1940s and '50s to a rite of passage for some 70% of youth by the turn of the century, rates of schizophrenia in the U.S. have remained flat, or possibly declined." - http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2005559,00.html
1]When they first start them
2] When dosage is adjusted up or down
3] When other medications are added
4] When other medications are subtracted
5] When a person stops taking them because he can't afford them anymore and/or he can't afford to see the doctor every month as required.
It’s not for kids. Not any more than alcohol is before the age of 20 or 21.
“I think it is more dangerous than heroin.”
Why is that? I’ve never heard of anyone OD’ing on pot or coming down with AIDS after sharing a joint or a bowl. You could say that because pot use is considered to be a “gateway” to other drugs like heroin but a pot smoker doesn’t necesarily say, “I’ve been there and done that with weed and now it’s time to move on to heroin.”. They get around to heroin whenever they get to it. Probably when they run out of ways to get prescription drugs like Oxycontin, Vicodin, Hydrocodone and Xanax.
Yep, the anti-depressants are at the root of every mass shooting. Dr. Whitacker even made it the subject of his March newsletter.
We can count on the pharma/poison vendors to do all they can to deflect this fact, but it isn’t going away.
Marijuana has been tied to manic behavior. If you are crazy, smoking dope makes you crazier. They were guys on my hall who became violent when they smoked it. Everyone else would be mellow and they would be paranoid freakouts or just plain mean.
>> “To my recollection, we have also not yet heard on the toxicology report on the Newtown Shooter and what ‘meds’ he was on.” <<
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And you most likely will not.
Looks like they plan on keeping all facts sealed ala-JFK/Warren Commission.
Thorazine? Don’t they usually give that to violent people?
>> “I wonder what psychotropic Lizzie Borden was on...” <<
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Yes, the strawman/deflection route is the way the thugs want to brush off this drug problem. No surprise.
>> “Thorazine? Don’t they usually give that to violent people?” <<
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No, thorazine was given to people they wanted to be violent.
It was the proximate cause of numerous beatings and deaths of attendants in mental hospitals.
>> “Marijuana IS associated with mental illness, especially amongst teenagers.” <<
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Looks like this thread is going to be filled with all the bullshit lies and myths that any kook can concoct, huh?
PBS:
Propaganda Bull Sh!t ministry.
>> “Marijuana has been tied to manic behavior. If you are crazy, smoking dope makes you crazier. They were guys on my hall who became violent when they smoked it. Everyone else would be mellow and they would be paranoid freakouts or just plain mean.” <<
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Much of the legend of canabis can be tied to the “angel dust” that unscrupulous vendors would add to it to give it the zing people were looking for.
Indeed - and one doesn't hear of that sort of thing being done to the legal, regulated mind-altering drug alcohol.
“If you are crazy, smoking dope makes you crazier.”
That all depends on what meaning of “crazy” is but I think you’re referring to a vast minority of smokers. Cancer patients who smoke are crazy with dread (no pun intended)but I sincerely doubt they are made crazy by cannabis.
Nah, we all smoked the same stuff.
“They”? Who are “they”? - I wasn’t violent back then OR now. - All I know was that it threw me into a deep, dark depression of the highest order; just sat and stared at the wall.
You’re lucky that you broke free of it, too many don’t ever get free.
Are you disputing the fact that marijuana use is associated with mental-illness, especially in teens?
There's no denying the association is made. It's also been associated with white women having sex with jazz musicians.
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