Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry
by annoyingnoob on Saturday January 07, 2023 @10:56AM
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Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry
by cjbgkagh on Saturday January 07, 2023 @10:59AM
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"that could be a coincidence" is a qualifier that includes the points you brought up.
A friend of my 2nd cousin smoked a joint from the same stash and no such effect so it's clearly a combination of marijuana and the individual. Unfortunately such experiments are hardly repeatable in a clinical setting, he's not the only one, it's happened to number of people. One of the other mothers was collecting stories to try to turn into a book, give me a minute and I'll try to find it.
Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry
by novok on Saturday January 07, 2023 @07:55PM
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A plant allergy gone wrong?
Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry
by starkd on Saturday January 07, 2023 @11:18AM
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If I'm not mistaken, I believe there is a strong causal link between marijuana and schizoid type effects. I don't think this is even disputed. Maybe he was predisposed to it anyway, but the marijuana certainly did not help.
Re:Not-Such-Better-Living Through Chemistry
by lrem on Saturday January 07, 2023 @11:23AM
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> I don't know what to say to this other than nobody's ever established an even remotely plausible link between these two things, assuming you aren't being hyperbolic.
This one’s simple: unless they, or someone they know, grew the plant themselves, there is no practical way to know what really went into the joint. I’ve witnessed people having hallucinations after a joint, which seems unlikely with cannabis.
Early adulthood is when mental illness often sets in, especially illness like Schizophrenia. You're implying cause one way without considering the other likely alternatives:
1) Your acquaintance started smoking a lot of pot because of the onset of early schizophrenia symptoms as a coping mechanism.
2) They are unrelated and early adulthood is just when people experiment more with drugs, and also when conditions like Schizophrenia start to manifest.
> A second cousin became mentally retarded immediately after smoking a joint. He's now a 30 year old who can't tie his own shoes.
I don't know what to say to this other than nobody's ever established an even remotely plausible link between these two things, assuming you aren't being hyperbolic.