Marijuana use causes psychosis

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, it's not like we have decades of weed use to render this hysterical post completely meaningless. Sure, Sally, it's possible that you can experience psychosis, but it's not the norm. You know like people who use Tylenol can experience severe liver damage but it's not the norm and we keep using it.

This post shows your ignorance. Modern weed is not the equivalent to that in previous decades, and there is lots of emerging research on the impact of marijuana on mental health. Sure, you can ignore the statistics and put yourself at risk, but unfortunately, society is paying a big cost for that risk-taking. We have a history of alcoholism in my family and I told my kids that they needed to take that into account BEFORE starting to drink because you don't know if you will be one of the people affected until it's too late.

You know nothing about today's weed. In states where it is legal, it is regulated and safer than it was buyuing it on the street. But of course, you have an agenda against weed, so you really want to believe that it's the boogie man. Alcohol was and always will be more dangerous than weed. There is a reason that you can get a doctor to prescribe cannabis for medical issues. No one will prescribe alcohol. Also, what cost to society other than your hysteria is weed causing?

With you on everything, but it is actually possible to get a "prescription" for alcohol! However, it goes to your point, it's only to stave off severe/potentially deadly withdrawal symptoms while other courses of treatment are considered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, it's not like we have decades of weed use to render this hysterical post completely meaningless. Sure, Sally, it's possible that you can experience psychosis, but it's not the norm. You know like people who use Tylenol can experience severe liver damage but it's not the norm and we keep using it.

This post shows your ignorance. Modern weed is not the equivalent to that in previous decades, and there is lots of emerging research on the impact of marijuana on mental health. Sure, you can ignore the statistics and put yourself at risk, but unfortunately, society is paying a big cost for that risk-taking. We have a history of alcoholism in my family and I told my kids that they needed to take that into account BEFORE starting to drink because you don't know if you will be one of the people affected until it's too late.

You know nothing about today's weed. In states where it is legal, it is regulated and safer than it was buyuing it on the street. But of course, you have an agenda against weed, so you really want to believe that it's the boogie man. Alcohol was and always will be more dangerous than weed. There is a reason that you can get a doctor to prescribe cannabis for medical issues. No one will prescribe alcohol. Also, what cost to society other than your hysteria is weed causing?

She's not saying that weed is more dangerous than alcohol. No one argues with you there. What everyone except for you agrees, however, is that THC levels in weed have gotten significantly higher to the point where it a bong hit in the 1980s was like a light beer compared to a bong hit now which is like a shot of whiskey. What everyone (except you) agrees as well is that the daily weed use is stealing the drive and mental acuity of our kids. Is it because the THC content is substantially higher than in prior generations, causing addiction?

[Anonymous]

The cost of weed to society is that other people are forced to inhale the drugs in their own apartments where they cannot escape it. Forcing someone to drink alcohol against their will is a crime. Forcing someone to inhale weed against their will is tolerated in DC. Housing first is more important than the safety of the neighbors. People have tested positive for drugs because of second hand smoke.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, it's not like we have decades of weed use to render this hysterical post completely meaningless. Sure, Sally, it's possible that you can experience psychosis, but it's not the norm. You know like people who use Tylenol can experience severe liver damage but it's not the norm and we keep using it.

This post shows your ignorance. Modern weed is not the equivalent to that in previous decades, and there is lots of emerging research on the impact of marijuana on mental health. Sure, you can ignore the statistics and put yourself at risk, but unfortunately, society is paying a big cost for that risk-taking. We have a history of alcoholism in my family and I told my kids that they needed to take that into account BEFORE starting to drink because you don't know if you will be one of the people affected until it's too late.

You know nothing about today's weed. In states where it is legal, it is regulated and safer than it was buyuing it on the street. But of course, you have an agenda against weed, so you really want to believe that it's the boogie man. Alcohol was and always will be more dangerous than weed. There is a reason that you can get a doctor to prescribe cannabis for medical issues. No one will prescribe alcohol. Also, what cost to society other than your hysteria is weed causing?

She's not saying that weed is more dangerous than alcohol. No one argues with you there. What everyone except for you agrees, however, is that THC levels in weed have gotten significantly higher to the point where it a bong hit in the 1980s was like a light beer compared to a bong hit now which is like a shot of whiskey. What everyone (except you) agrees as well is that the daily weed use is stealing the drive and mental acuity of our kids. Is it because the THC content is substantially higher than in prior generations, causing addiction?

It's simply not true. That's what you want to believe, but facts do not support it. Also, no one and I mean no one is saying that either weed or alcohol in any quantity are good or even OK for the developing brain. BEcause of course they are not. They weren't 30-40 years ago, and they aren't today.

The poster I was responding to was chastising an adult for his use of THC. That's assenine and I have no idea why we need nearly daily threads on this. Short of them driving high (or drunk) it is none of your business. It's legal and people should be able to enjoy it without the daily uninformed hysteria.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The cost of weed to society is that other people are forced to inhale the drugs in their own apartments where they cannot escape it. Forcing someone to drink alcohol against their will is a crime. Forcing someone to inhale weed against their will is tolerated in DC. Housing first is more important than the safety of the neighbors. People have tested positive for drugs because of second hand smoke.

I'd love to see some proof of this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The cost of weed to society is that other people are forced to inhale the drugs in their own apartments where they cannot escape it. Forcing someone to drink alcohol against their will is a crime. Forcing someone to inhale weed against their will is tolerated in DC. Housing first is more important than the safety of the neighbors. People have tested positive for drugs because of second hand smoke.

+1. Read as I am sitting on a metro train that stinks of weed. I dont want to smell this shit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The cost of weed to society is that other people are forced to inhale the drugs in their own apartments where they cannot escape it. Forcing someone to drink alcohol against their will is a crime. Forcing someone to inhale weed against their will is tolerated in DC. Housing first is more important than the safety of the neighbors. People have tested positive for drugs because of second hand smoke.

+1. Read as I am sitting on a metro train that stinks of weed. I dont want to smell this shit.

I don't want to smell your BO either, but that's just the cost of being around other people. Walk, bike or drive your car if you don't want to smell others.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The cost of weed to society is that other people are forced to inhale the drugs in their own apartments where they cannot escape it. Forcing someone to drink alcohol against their will is a crime. Forcing someone to inhale weed against their will is tolerated in DC. Housing first is more important than the safety of the neighbors. People have tested positive for drugs because of second hand smoke.

+1 M it's insanity!

[Anonymous]

Someone in my building smoked pot all day and every now and then would go into screaming rage and hit things in his apartment. Eventually the police took him to a psychiatric hospital.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As someone who has grown marijuana for 10 years+, this thread is entirely astroturfed by people who don’t use THC.

Probably professional accounts.

You don’t need to smoke THC. You can eat it.

As for “scromiting” I’ve done that … it’s what happens when too much THC builds up in your system, after being stored in fat calls over time. It happens largely when you ingest concentrates.

It’s mostly just another name for “dry-heaving” and you can’t have any substances, food, alcohol or anything else except for trying to keep yourself hydrated. If you don’t know what’s happening, it’s scary, but it’s NOT going to kill you.

If nothing else it’s basically a forced cleanse of several days, easiest diet you’ve ever been on because you don’t even want to look at food.

No one goes “psychotic” on large doses of marijuana. What really happens is that you are largely incapacitated and can barely get up off the couch. But you process it and come out of it.

There have been no deaths EVER attributed to marijuana use unless you get into a car. Tell me that about any other drug.

Not a single active marijuana user on this whole thread who knows anything about what they’re squawking over

None of anyone’s business what anyone else does with something THAT WON’T KILL THEM

Ok guys lets listen to the professional pot head who thinks is ok to hurt his body so bad with his drugs he has uncontrollable vomiting and then says its good for a body cleanse you can't make this chit up.

+1 And the irony is completely lost with with pot addict! I guess it's the lack of viable brain cells he has left.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As someone who has grown marijuana for 10 years+, this thread is entirely astroturfed by people who don’t use THC.

Probably professional accounts.

You don’t need to smoke THC. You can eat it.

As for “scromiting” I’ve done that … it’s what happens when too much THC builds up in your system, after being stored in fat calls over time. It happens largely when you ingest concentrates.

It’s mostly just another name for “dry-heaving” and you can’t have any substances, food, alcohol or anything else except for trying to keep yourself hydrated. If you don’t know what’s happening, it’s scary, but it’s NOT going to kill you.

If nothing else it’s basically a forced cleanse of several days, easiest diet you’ve ever been on because you don’t even want to look at food.

No one goes “psychotic” on large doses of marijuana. What really happens is that you are largely incapacitated and can barely get up off the couch. But you process it and come out of it.

There have been no deaths EVER attributed to marijuana use unless you get into a car. Tell me that about any other drug.

Not a single active marijuana user on this whole thread who knows anything about what they’re squawking over

None of anyone’s business what anyone else does with something THAT WON’T KILL THEM

Ok guys lets listen to the professional pot head who thinks is ok to hurt his body so bad with his drugs he has uncontrollable vomiting and then says its good for a body cleanse you can't make this chit up.

Life hack: Don’t listen to drug addicts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, it's not like we have decades of weed use to render this hysterical post completely meaningless. Sure, Sally, it's possible that you can experience psychosis, but it's not the norm. You know like people who use Tylenol can experience severe liver damage but it's not the norm and we keep using it.

This post shows your ignorance. Modern weed is not the equivalent to that in previous decades, and there is lots of emerging research on the impact of marijuana on mental health. Sure, you can ignore the statistics and put yourself at risk, but unfortunately, society is paying a big cost for that risk-taking. We have a history of alcoholism in my family and I told my kids that they needed to take that into account BEFORE starting to drink because you don't know if you will be one of the people affected until it's too late.

You know nothing about today's weed. In states where it is legal, it is regulated and safer than it was buyuing it on the street. But of course, you have an agenda against weed, so you really want to believe that it's the boogie man. Alcohol was and always will be more dangerous than weed. There is a reason that you can get a doctor to prescribe cannabis for medical issues. No one will prescribe alcohol. Also, what cost to society other than your hysteria is weed causing?

You must be high while posting:
"Modern marijuana is significantly more potent than in previous decades, with average THC levels in flower rising from 1–3% in the 1970s–80s to 15–30% today. Extracts and concentrates (vape oils, wax, shatter) now frequently reach 60–95% THC, offering much higher potency than historical, lower-THC, and higher-CBD products. "

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4987131/
https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/not-your-grandmothers-marijuana-rising-thc-concentrations-in-cannabis-can-pose-devastating-health-risks/
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2025/06/marijuana-potency-policy-risk

[Anonymous]

So can childbirth but people still having babies

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, it's not like we have decades of weed use to render this hysterical post completely meaningless. Sure, Sally, it's possible that you can experience psychosis, but it's not the norm. You know like people who use Tylenol can experience severe liver damage but it's not the norm and we keep using it.

This post shows your ignorance. Modern weed is not the equivalent to that in previous decades, and there is lots of emerging research on the impact of marijuana on mental health. Sure, you can ignore the statistics and put yourself at risk, but unfortunately, society is paying a big cost for that risk-taking. We have a history of alcoholism in my family and I told my kids that they needed to take that into account BEFORE starting to drink because you don't know if you will be one of the people affected until it's too late.

You know nothing about today's weed. In states where it is legal, it is regulated and safer than it was buyuing it on the street. But of course, you have an agenda against weed, so you really want to believe that it's the boogie man. Alcohol was and always will be more dangerous than weed. There is a reason that you can get a doctor to prescribe cannabis for medical issues. No one will prescribe alcohol. Also, what cost to society other than your hysteria is weed causing?

You must be high while posting:
"Modern marijuana is significantly more potent than in previous decades, with average THC levels in flower rising from 1–3% in the 1970s–80s to 15–30% today. Extracts and concentrates (vape oils, wax, shatter) now frequently reach 60–95% THC, offering much higher potency than historical, lower-THC, and higher-CBD products. "

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4987131/
https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/not-your-grandmothers-marijuana-rising-thc-concentrations-in-cannabis-can-pose-devastating-health-risks/
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2025/06/marijuana-potency-policy-risk

Simply not true in legal dispensaries, which is where most people get their weed these days. Also, anyone who can't communicate without using personal insults has a very weak argumentnt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, it's not like we have decades of weed use to render this hysterical post completely meaningless. Sure, Sally, it's possible that you can experience psychosis, but it's not the norm. You know like people who use Tylenol can experience severe liver damage but it's not the norm and we keep using it.

This post shows your ignorance. Modern weed is not the equivalent to that in previous decades, and there is lots of emerging research on the impact of marijuana on mental health. Sure, you can ignore the statistics and put yourself at risk, but unfortunately, society is paying a big cost for that risk-taking. We have a history of alcoholism in my family and I told my kids that they needed to take that into account BEFORE starting to drink because you don't know if you will be one of the people affected until it's too late.

You know nothing about today's weed. In states where it is legal, it is regulated and safer than it was buyuing it on the street. But of course, you have an agenda against weed, so you really want to believe that it's the boogie man. Alcohol was and always will be more dangerous than weed. There is a reason that you can get a doctor to prescribe cannabis for medical issues. No one will prescribe alcohol. Also, what cost to society other than your hysteria is weed causing?

You must be high while posting:
"Modern marijuana is significantly more potent than in previous decades, with average THC levels in flower rising from 1–3% in the 1970s–80s to 15–30% today. Extracts and concentrates (vape oils, wax, shatter) now frequently reach 60–95% THC, offering much higher potency than historical, lower-THC, and higher-CBD products. "

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4987131/
https://medicine.yale.edu/news-article/not-your-grandmothers-marijuana-rising-thc-concentrations-in-cannabis-can-pose-devastating-health-risks/
https://www.apa.org/monitor/2025/06/marijuana-potency-policy-risk

Simply not true in legal dispensaries, which is where most people get their weed these days. Also, anyone who can't communicate without using personal insults has a very weak argumentnt.

That’s incorrect. The PP also provided reputable links to back up their argument, and you notably have not, while continuing to make misinformed statements. There are numerous studies and reports indicating that modern THC levels overall continually test higher than in the past, in both legal and illegal markets—and that the legal markets often test higher than illegal. More data points:

“Viridis Laboratories, which operates two cannabis safety compliance facilities in Michigan, has analyzed over 34,000 cannabis products throughout 2021 and 2022 before the sale in the regulated market. … The results are compared with those seen in other states as well as in the illicit market. Total THC levels in cannabis flower from the regulated market are significantly higher than those seen in illicit products. The distribution of cannabinoid levels is similar in flowers intended for either the medicinal or adult-use markets, with an average potency of 18%-23% of total THC. Total THC in concentrates averages up to 82%. Other cannabinoids are observed at significant levels, mostly in products specifically formulated to contain them. These results may act as a benchmark for potency levels in the regulated market.”
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37501559/

“On average, cannabis flower products contained about 21% THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, the main psychoactive compound in marijuana. Concentrates averaged 71% THC, with some reaching as high as 84%. By comparison, marijuana in the 1980s typically contained around 8% THC. ‘THC content has increased significantly, and we know that greater THC exposure is likely associated with greater risks, including risk of cannabis use disorder and some mental health issues,’ notes Bidwell. … Some discrepancies were large -- one flower product was labeled as having 24% THC but had only 16%. But on average, the difference between labeled and observed THC was about 2%.”
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/10/251023031618.htm