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Bridgeburner
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Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users
#8588711 - 07/02/08 06:28 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Skunk cannabis users are 18 times more likely to develop psychosis than those who smoke milder forms of the drug, doctors have warned.
Skunk can be ten times stronger than other types of the drug and has become the most common variety in recent years.
Researchers from the Institute of Psychiatry in London compared data on almost 200 cannabis users.
More than half were being treated for psychosis, in which hallucinations and delusions leave sufferers unable to tell between real and imagined.
Skunk was the drug of choice for psychosis sufferers, with users 18 times more likely to develop the condition.
Milder forms of cannabis were more popular with those without mental health problems.
Those with psychosis were also twice as likely to have used cannabis for longer and three times more likely to have used it every day, the Royal College of Psychiatrists' annual conference heard yesterday.
Researcher Marta Di Forti compared the dangers of skunk to alcohol, saying: 'It's like when you look at a bottle of vodka and a bottle of wine, the difference between the two - apart from the taste - is the percentage of alcohol in them.
'One is much stronger or potent than the other and it's exactly the same with cannabis.'
Urging psychiatrists to question their patients more carefully about their drug habits, Dr Di Forti said: 'It would be naive to say that smoking a joint is safe.'
The mental health charity Sane said the study may provide an insight into why 'such a significant proportion' of people with serious mental illness have used cannabis.
Spokesman Richard Colwill said: 'Sane has been campaigning for years that cannabis, particularly in its stronger form of skunk, can be dangerous for the significant minority of people vulnerable to mental illness.
'We have daily evidence that it can trigger frightening psychotic episodes, relapse, and in some cases a lifelong mental condition such as schizophrenia.
'It can also rob developing young minds of their potential and wreck their families' and their own futures.'
Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced in April that cannabis will be restored to class B status from early next year.
Cannabis was downgraded to class C in 2004, but the widespread use of skunk has prompted a backlash.
Miss Smith said the move would protect the 'future health' of a generation of vulnerable youngsters.
Skunk has been linked to a string of vicious killings. Father-of-three Garry Newlove was murdered by three teenagers high on skunk and beer in Warrington, Cheshire.
And Terry Wilson was stabbed to death in his sleep in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, by his son Daniel, 28, during a skunk-induced delusion.
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aDoS
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Re: Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users [Re: Bridgeburner]
#8588726 - 07/02/08 06:33 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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lol, the News is pathetic.
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Bridgeburner
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Re: Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users [Re: aDoS]
#8588742 - 07/02/08 06:36 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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sorry
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SneezingPenis
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Re: Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users [Re: Bridgeburner]
#8588765 - 07/02/08 06:41 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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I have been telling people on these boards for years that the psychiatric community and its endorsement of pharmaceutical companies are at the forefront of the "war on drugs".
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Re: Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users [Re: Bridgeburner]
#8588980 - 07/02/08 07:42 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Every time you smoke cannabis god kills a kitten. They call it skunk because of how he kills them.
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Re: Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users [Re: Visionary Tools]
#8589033 - 07/02/08 08:00 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Skunk is a narc term
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veggie

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Re: Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users [Re: Bridgeburner]
#8589078 - 07/02/08 08:10 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Hasn't this 'pot causes pychosis' myth already been debunked?
Marijuana Does Not Cause Psychosis, Lung Damage, or Skin Cancer I've performed a meta-analysis of various scare stories about marijuana appearing in major papers this week. The results of my research are as follows:
Hypothesis:
Alarmist reports about marijuana will turn out to be wildly exaggerated and in some cases completely fictitious. Obvious inconsistencies will be overlooked by the press and widely available contrary evidence will be ignored.
Methodology:
I read various stories about marijuana and used basic logic and reasoning to determine whether their conclusions made any sense. In some cases, I used Google and other sources to search for other information that contradicted seemingly dubious claims.
Findings:
Marijuana Increases the Risk of Psychosis by 40%: This one turned out to be totally wrong. Apparently a correlation between marijuana use and psychosis doesn't necessarily mean that marijuana caused the psychosis. Many of the researchers made this clear in their findings, but reporters left it out. Furthermore, none of the stories on this topic explained that the risk of psychosis is small, so a 40% increase isn't that significant to begin with. Reporters also failed to observe that massive increases in marijuana use over the past century have not corresponded with increased rates of psychosis.
Smoking a Joint is as Bad For Your Lungs as 5 Cigarettes: This report also turned out to be almost entirely bogus. Shockingly, "air flow" was the only category (of several) in which marijuana was determined to be more harmful. Researchers stated that marijuana was 2.5 to 5 times more harmful than tobacco in this category, which reporters simply rounded up to 5 for the headline (behold the lofty journalistic standards of Reuters). Reporters also failed to mention conclusive research proving that marijuana does not cause lung cancer; a notable omission since "bad for your lungs" likely implies cancer for many readers. Finally, media reports failed to explain that marijuana users consume far less per day, and do not continue using for nearly as many years as tobacco smokers.
Marijuana May Cause Skin Cancer: I don't know anything about skin cancer, so I won't attempt to refute the findings of this Harvard study. The manner in which it was reported, however, leaves much to be desired. The FOX News headline reads "Study: Marijuana Use May Cause Skin Cancer." Only upon reading the article does the reader discover that only one extremely rare form of skin cancer has been associated with marijuana, and that the researchers claim that more research is needed. Furthermore, only people with weakened immune systems are even susceptible to this infection. A more appropriate headline would have been "Study: Marijuana May Cause Skin Cancer Under Very Rare Circumstances."
Conclusions:
Reading coverage of marijuana research in the mainstream press increases the risk of becoming misinformed by 50-300%. More research is clearly needed to identify further sources of flawed marijuana reporting. The risk of bad reporting remains stable despite concerted efforts to inform the media that hysterical claims about marijuana frequently lack scientific merit. Exposure to poorly researched news about marijuana is correlated with support for costly, ineffective, highly punitive marijuana laws.
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Re: Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users [Re: veggie]
#8589219 - 07/02/08 08:55 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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They never mentioned that super shit High Times was always praising, called mlwali gold (fucked if i spelled it right...don't care). supposedly was the most potent grown, and grown there due to where mlwali is in relation to the equator is and sun pattern. Skunk is stronger than this???
I mean I respect any study and all, but IT'S WEED!. I have had skunk, but IT'S STILL WEED! Fuck.
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SleepyF0x
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Re: Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users [Re: Stedanko]
#8589246 - 07/02/08 09:03 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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if skunk is 18 times more likely to cause psychosis, than hash must instantly make you schitzo.
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Re: Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users [Re: SleepyF0x]
#8589368 - 07/02/08 09:29 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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i think theyre refering to any kind of seedless dank...the good stuff! stupid assholes cant even get theyre terms right let alone the study.
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Stedanko
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Re: Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users [Re: SleepyF0x]
#8589403 - 07/02/08 09:41 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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yeah and if it's "black" hash, it turns you into a lizard!
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Re: Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users [Re: extrememetal43]
#8589412 - 07/02/08 09:43 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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Wow, lol. Sounds like my psych teacher.
She is one of those anti-drug preachers.. Told the class that MDMA creates fatal bleeds in peoples brain. She also preached about the dangers of marijuana, and when someone brought up a good point she would just say - "We don't have enough research on that matter."
I personally did quit smoking weed because it made me super paranoid, and have a panic attack.. But I doubt weed making someone kill another person. The vast majority of stoners just smoke a blunt and eat some taco bell. Seems rather harmless.
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Re: Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users [Re: SneezingPenis]
#8589432 - 07/02/08 09:50 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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on the contrary, a lot of mental health professionals would only be concerned if your cannabis use was really excessive, or if it was causing you problems.
Most of them will not even mind, and say that if it helps you it helps you.
if they care about anything its use of hard drugs, especially in excess, as that is a health concern.
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Re: Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users [Re: Bridgeburner]
#8589437 - 07/02/08 09:51 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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other cannibis?
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Re: Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users [Re: scout24]
#8589497 - 07/02/08 10:05 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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this explains soooooo much....
here i thought it was everything else i was doing...
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Re: Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users [Re: Jack yo Self foo]
#8589522 - 07/02/08 10:14 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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gotta watch out guys!! that "skunk" is no joke!! that shit killed my friend!! god that report sounds like a excerpt from "Reefer Madness" fucking morons in this country still beleive the government!
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alphabeatu
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Re: Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users [Re: Bridgeburner]
#8589658 - 07/02/08 10:50 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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 so the soft cocks with budgie lungs that cant handle the cough or red eye and all the goodness those symptoms bring are sane and we hardcore smokers of the better stronger indoor variety are insane
no wonder i like better weed,im crazy thats why,quality had nothing to do with it after all
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Re: Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users [Re: alphabeatu]
#8589771 - 07/02/08 11:22 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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LOL "SKUNK"!
IDIOT MEDIA AND "SKUNK" WEED LOLZZZZ
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Groomies
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Re: Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users [Re: Bridgeburner]
#8589922 - 07/02/08 11:52 PM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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i wish i could punch who ever wrote that report. fucken dumbass
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Re: Why 'skunk' smokers are 18 TIMES more likely to become psychotic than other cannabis users [Re: Groomies]
#8589983 - 07/03/08 12:07 AM (15 years, 10 months ago) |
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It wouldn't surprise me if they had put some type of drug that attacks the nervous sytem in the weed to make it have the affect.
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