marijuana cause mental illness

king · Post by **king** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:59 pm

i was up early this mornin flippin through the channels and end up on this news station....i missed a little bit of the first part but the lady was like "marijuana is known to cause mental illness overtime..." ill keep ya updated once i find the article....but as of now this is all i have....any thoughts?

Post by **WeedGuru_Flow** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:00 pm

yes, prolonged use of marijuana can lead to Alzheimer Schizophrenia memory loss, increase the chances of psychosis etc etc.

leprechaun · Post by **leprechaun** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:05 pm

it doesnt actually cause it, as you can get the illnesses without smoking pot, but i dont think it helps

Post by **WeedGuru_Flow** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:06 pm

Smoking marijuana ups the chances of one getting alzheimer/schizophrenia

leprechaun · Post by **leprechaun** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:15 pm

i seen this too on the news... i think this might be wha you saw,

Cannabis 'doubles psychosis risk'

Campaigners pressed the Government to reclassify cannabis as new evidence emerged that the drug could more than double the risk of psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia.

Research found any use of cannabis - which means even taking the drug just once - was associated with a 41% greater risk.

People who smoked the most cannabis were the most likely to suffer a psychotic breakdown marked by delusions, hallucinations or disordered thoughts. For frequent users, the risk rose to between 50% and 200%.

In the wake of the research, published today in The Lancet medical journal, there were calls for the Government to reverse its decision to downgrade cannabis to a class C drug.

Marjorie Wallace, chief executive of the mental health charity Sane, said: "The Lancet report justifies Sane's campaign that downgrading a substance with such known dangers masked the mounting evidence of direct links between the use of cannabis and later psychotic illness.

"This analysis of 35 studies should act as a serious warning of the dangers of regular or heavy cannabis use, doubling the risk of developing later schizophrenia, a condition in which a person may hear voices and experience strange thoughts and paranoid delusions."

Shadow home secretary David Davis said: "On the basis of the scientific and medical evidence available alone, the Government should reverse their disastrous policy of declassifying this harmful drug."

The study is likely to have a big impact on the Government's deliberations about cannabis. Prime Minister Gordon Brown is now considering whether cannabis should be returned to its previous status as a class B drug. Under Tony Blair's premiership, the drug was downgraded from class B to class C, so possession ceased to be an arrestable offence.

Alternatively, a class B rating could be reserved just for the extra-potent form of cannabis known as "skunk".

But Paul Corry, director of public affairs at mental health charity Rethink, said education about the dangers of cannabis was more important than reclassification.

http://news.uk.msn.com/Article.aspx?cp- ... id=5742192

SQUEEZABLE · Post by **SQUEEZABLE** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:37 pm

also was on my news on the radio this morning. but it hot i read in stoner websites that this wasnt true? sure what about
http://www.weedguru.com/forum/viewtopic ... w=previous and all other stuff in weedgurus "health issues" section?

leprechaun · Post by **leprechaun** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:45 pm

^^^^^did you read what i posted ? or what you posted ? they contain different illnesses.

SQUEEZABLE · Post by **SQUEEZABLE** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:36 pm

whats "they"? the weed? contains different illnesses???

leprechaun · Post by **leprechaun** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 5:11 pm

"they" are the links that we have provided... the link that you have provided deals with cancer caused by marijuana... my link doesnt, does that answer your question ?

xzxandrewxzx · Post by **xzxandrewxzx** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 3:10 am

leprechaun that youtube vid you have under your sig was amazing. not sure what there fighting for tho but it was nice to see people stand up and attempt to change stuff. Hard to explain but it was amazing in my opinion.

swanee89 · Post by **swanee89** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 5:48 am

i heard on the radio that marijuana is a possible cure/treatment for alzheimer's, which didnt make any fuckin sense to me. i guess it was bs, i dunno

SpRi7e · Post by **SpRi7e** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 9:12 am

I've seen a million articles and stuff saying that it helps decrease the chances of getting it.

swanee89 · Post by **swanee89** » Sat Jul 28, 2007 6:15 pm

yea, i think it was on dr. dena dell's (spelling?) radio show. hes an old, opinionated hippie that seems to never talk about anything but penises and weed (pretty weird)

ImpaledScarecrow · Post by **ImpaledScarecrow** » Sun Jul 29, 2007 6:58 pm

Showtime just produced a movie called "in pot we trust" and one of the people on there is smoking to help his post-traumatic stress...he was in heavy combat and when he was at his 7th b-day his day blew off his mom's head and her body fell on him...Keep our meds available! If anyone has a chance to check it out it's really good...it's on showtime-on-demand now too if anyone in the states has TWC.

CashMoney · Post by **CashMoney** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:49 am

the news is just manipulative man, don't believe that shit. When u know someone who has it because of smoking weed then believe it.

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