Agree
The number of people we have coming through with drug induced psychosis is awful. A lot of young (16+) ones too. And you just KNOW its the Canabis that triggered/exacerbated the problem. Thats not including the social/legal/family problems. I get quuite angry on here when people start bragging about how much weed they've done. Maybe they should consider themseleves lucky.

moralising rant mode over.
(kitescreech still here, Fri 19 Dec 2008, 13:19, 2 replies)

Skunk
I do wonder if skunk has a lot to do with it.

I've noticed that since skunk started becoming very popular (mid 90's when it came to my attention) most people I know that smoke have become a lot more useless (and sociophobic) in general when they were smoking skunk in preference to hash.

I had to pack it in, the effect of skunk was just too debilitating so I just didn't bother with any of it any more.

Are the mental health issues due to the higher strength of what's about, or is the reporting getting better, or is it just that more people are smoking so therefore there are going to be more cases of people having problems with it?
(JohabMorelli is spenging merrily away, Fri 19 Dec 2008, 13:37, closed)

There's absolutely no evidence for any sort of causal link though.
But it can act as a trigger for those already predisposed to psychotic-type mental disorders.

FWIW I had my first psychotic episode before I started smoking, and have smoked skunk more or less every day for about 8 years with no ill effects... (well, not ones caused by the skunk anyway!)

People differ though, and if it plays with your head in that way you shouldn't be smoking it. Abusing anything can fuck you up.
(Son of Sam-i-am We're all as mad as hatters here, Fri 19 Dec 2008, 13:58, closed)