How Marijuana May Drive the Brain into Psychosis

Exactly. Marijuana can cause psychosis - in people who are already predisposed to it or who are taking other drugs at the time. Of course, so can plenty of other things - like pharmaceuticals, which can cause psychosis and psychotic symptoms in people who have never experienced them in their lives, as they did with me. And people, predisposed to psychosis/psychotic symptoms or not, are far more likely to experience these symptoms with pharmaceuticals than with marijuana. But that information is hushed up because we can't interfere with Big Pharma - there's profit to be had!

Megidolaon:

Agreed.

You know, I had a Cup of Joe in the Specific North West once that, had I been prone to psychotic episodes, might just have slud me right off the supper plate.

In Art and Solidarity (apologies to Joe Bageant. Requiescat in Pace.)

Tex - It just illustrates that people can react to anything, natural or not. I've found that caffeine makes me extremely nauseous (small potatoes compared to a psychotic episode, but when you're as terrified of vomiting as I am, it's a big deal), so I avoid it as a result. Caffeine is known to cause nausea - in huge amounts. But even small amounts do it to me.

I also almost killed myself after taking St. John's Wort (which, ironically, I took for depression!). If it hadn't entirely sapped my energy at the same time, I'm certain I would have gone through with it.

Moral of the story: You put it in your body, your reaction will be either positive, negative, or neutral. But you will react to it, one way or another.

Megidolaon:

I can't argue with any of that.

My observation through life has been that there are some folks that can do drugs and some folks that cannot. Folks in the latter group should, if possible, just eschew them.

"Like what you like, enjoy what you enjoy,
and don't take crap from anybody." The Guns and Dope Party

It is slanted hyperbole.

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