schizophrenia

[RASTA ZAK]

I am doing a science project for my college and i need to conduct a survey.

The question is do you know anyone who has developed schizophrenia as a result of smoking cannabis?

Pleas answer truthfully, i am not in any way trying to change your view on smoking cannabis. :thumbsup:

[ryanses]

Personally I don't know anyone with schizophrenia (my mom is a little loony tho haha) and most of the people i hang around every day smoke weed. I do have a friend with tourettes syndrome, hes really awesome and one of my best friends.. in my opinion, weed helps him, but I dont know about schizophrenia.

[yoda]

no, i havent met anyone who's developed it

[hempplaya]

You just gotta chill when smoking, don't go gettin all freaked about anything and you'll be good :thumbsup:


:stoned::stoned::stoned::stoned::stoned::stoned::s toned::stoned::stoned:

[dannyboy420]

You can't get schizophrenia from smoking marijuana. You can have the disease already in a latent form that could become active from pot, I suppose, but you wouldn't develop it.

[hempplaya]

You can't get schizophrenia from smoking marijuana. You can have the disease already in a latent form that could become active from pot, I suppose, but you wouldn't develop it.


amen, i thought it'd be weirded out smokin when my parents were gone but nah bra, i'm feeling good. SRV and some chips/soda and i'm feeling great:stoned:

[Purple Banana]

I have disorganized schizophrenia, and it developed BEFORE I began smoking pot. For the most part, without medication and smoking pot, it remains relatively stable, I might have occasional "flare-ups" but they don't last very long. For the most part, pot actually seems to help reduce the stress that triggers the flare-ups, which is kind of funny.

[S.W.I.M. 504]

star wars is cool

[hempplaya]

Aye captain kurk lets goes to the bridge now.

[RASTA ZAK]

thank you banana can you give me some more info on your views.
your reply is sure to get me a good grade.

[RASTA ZAK]

plz everone who reads this can you reply even if it is a yes or no answer.

[funfubarman]

no, pot can not cause a mental illness, it can only worsen existing ones

[friendoftheend]

No I dont know of anyone..but as others have said, I doubt that pot could auctually cause schizophrenia :thumbsup:

[LuckyG]

No.

[Inferius]

There is no such thing as mental illness.
There are states of mind.
What you call paranoid schizophrenia I see a closer view of reality.

But hey, some of us are insane and the others... politicians.

[Matt the Funk]

Weed helps schizphrenia IMO. I don't know anyone who had it caused by it.

[m0byc0k]

i got a buddy i used to toke up with last summer and didn't really see him till this summer. He got really fat and i asked what happend to him to one of my other buddies. He said his medicine for schizophrenia makes him wanna eat. So i kno the kid smokes a shit load of weed like all the time and i know he has schizophrenia so i dunno if that helps u out at all...

[deadfan420]

i don't think weed causes schizophrenia. even if it did i'd probably still smoke it, this tokin' tonight has been reeeeaaaaaaal good to me!!! hahahahaha

[halo]

No.

[rastaman79]

nope not happened to me,or me or me........

[Storm Crow]

Using cannabis seemed to help. Don't know if they were that way before they started toking or not. Got a little bit of info for you to help with the paper (I'm a teacher's aide/ tutor and like to help).

Increased cannabinoid receptor density in the posterior cingulate cortex in schizophrenia. (http://www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/16710682)

UKCIA forum :: Research :: Symptoms of schizotypy precede cannabis use. (http://www.ukcia.org/forum/read.php?7,7543,7579)
Clinical Studies and Case Reports (http://www.cannabis-med.org/studies/ww_en_db_study_show.php?s_id=171)

They're all on schizophrenia and cannabis. One is titled "Symptoms of schizotypy precede cannabis use" - sounds like it is right down your alley! :thumbsup: (Hope the URLs work OK- they were copied into another document and then cut and pasted to here- I'm a bit of a computer dummy, but I try! lol) Good luck on the paper, Zak!- Granny:hippy:

[Billy]

I used to have schizophrenia, but we're alright now.

[StonedAssasin]

I used to have schizophrenia, but we're alright now.

^ LOL ok smeagle Oh.. and No.

[mseerob]

Not from cannabis no. But my friend did LSD and shrooms and it screwed him up. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia. He smokes weed and it helps him... thats what he told me out of the blue.

Just remember the effect he gets from marijuana is only temporary

[zach5993]

Ive heard voices when high....but that was after a gram of shrooms. I have never heard of anyone devoleping it sfter smoking just marijuana. Harder drugs....maybe.

[jdmarcus59]

You can't get schizophrenia from smoking marijuana. You can have the disease already in a latent form that could become active from pot, I suppose, but you wouldn't develop it.

I would agree to this. I have studing mental health promblems.

[Purple Banana]

To those of you on the board getting schizophrenia and multiple personality disoreder mixed up- don't. Because they are definately NOT the same thing.

I have infrequent and minor auditory hallucinations; they're very clear and sound exactly like what I think I'm hearing, 4-5 times a day, like I think my phone is ringing or a stereo is playing or someone is calling my name, but I DO NOT (nor do 99% of other schizophrenics) have another split personality.

Just wanted to clarify.

[Billy]

Sorry dude, I know schizophrenia doesn't mean multiple personalities, but it was just meant to be a joke. Sorry if I've misinformed anybody there.

[pixel]

purple banana u beat me to it.

someone said "depersonalization" in here which is some psychobabble bullshit by someone who doesnt know what theyre talkin about. wont name names tho.





here you go

FOUR CORNERS: Pilot Special Edition - Hit Alt + F4 to close this window (http://abc.net.au/4corners/special_eds/20050321/default_3.htm)

as you can see, the experiments shown here are neither complete nor concrete, but evidence is beginning to point towards heavy cannabis use before the brain is developed fully as an additional risk factor of causing schizophrenia