RE: Schizophrenia, drugs link?

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KennyR wrote:
TBC

TBC is TuBerCulosis
You mean THC, TetraHydroCannabinol.
Overall, I agree with you, something that has influence on your mind can't be good, but everything has (a possible negative) influence on the brain, so ppl have to see it in proportions.

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Well, I know kinda lot of marihuana users, some heavy one, but those who do it regularly are just kinda {bleep}ed up, I mean, kinda like alcoholics, but I've never seen nor heard about a real case of schizophrenia caused by heavy use of marihuana. So, how much of this research has been proven, I wonder.

If we take a look at the past, humans have always lived with drugs, all kinds of drugs (no not XTC or LSD, but maybe natural drugs wich equals these).
So it has to be that the human body/brain has adapted to many of these drugs.

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medical opium makes much more sense than medical marijuana, but I believe the real push behind the "medical marijuana" movement isn't "medical" at all, it's recreational.

Well, the Dutch government disagrees about what you believe considering this.
The Dutch government has legalized medical use of marihuana.
BUT...
The tillers who are approved to grow marihuana sell their stuff for way much more money than the next-door coffeeshop (wich sells it illegaly, in NL, officially marihuana isn't legalized)

Anyhoo, you babble quite funny and interestingly, T-Bone, but marihuana IS addictive, I got some friends who got addicted or was once addicted (and do not have the slightest tendency towards schizophrenia). And very maybe there's a link between marihuana and schizophrenia, but I never heard about a case of schizophrenia caused by marihuana. I'd be way much more worried about the amounts of tar being inhaled while smoking marihuana (but that's the same concern I have about living in the city with all those cars burning gasoline and so, you know, wich can cause smog and so)

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Can I say to this that an addiction of Marihuana is different than other addictions?
For instance, alcohol addicts need more and more alcohol to get drunk
but a marihuana addict need less marihuana to get high than someone who isn't addicted.
And there are no physical consequences when quitting the addiction.

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KennyR wrote:

Speel wrote:
And there are no physical consequences when quitting the addiction.

That's not what the medical profession says. Side effects of removing a marijuana addiction include depression and anxiety, probably because of the lack of the calm feeling the drug gives.

Yeah, that's what I've seen too, but I said physical consequences. Now you can discuss about how physical these kinda consequences are, but I call these mental consequences because after these depressions and so, ppl become completely normal again (at least, from what I've seen), while it's really not the case with other drugs (like alcohol).

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damage to intestines, or parts of the brain wich are damaged, you name it.