Posted by Quintal on December 28, 2006, at 18:19:14
In reply to Re: Marijuana, the Anti-Drug, posted by linkadge on December 28, 2006, at 17:48:38
I was already taking high dose fish oil when I started using marijuana this time and I didn't notice any difference.
The schizophrenia risk allegedly comes from the fact that marijuana alters perception in a way that tobacco doesn't - it's supposedly a hallucinogen (as is tobacco at high doses). The increased paranoia is a high trigger risk in people who have paranoid schizophrenia and it may also accelerate the decline in somebody already half way there. My schizophrenic friend hates it for this reason, and she suffered a few regressions after smoking marijuana. She now avoids it altogether. There were a few times when I was smoking heavily that I thought I was heading toward catatonic schizophrenia and backed away from it for that reason. I felt pretty good most of the time, but as with most drugs it was an illusion. All I was really doing was sitting and staring into space or thinking crazy thoughts. I have a huge pile of A4 somewhere full of my rantings. It's a little scary to look at now.
It's had a definite effect on me - I now have 'seeing in' and 'seeing as' hallucinations quite often. I 'see' faces or and hidden messages in the most common unassuming objects and it's not all hallucination because there are hidden shapes in these things.
I get very paranoid and afraid of people when I'm stoned - conversation is not exactly scintillating either.
Q
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