Feds: Teen use of pot can lead to dependency, mental illness

he still stands · May 2008

searchlightsoul wrote:

Most post-grad students I know smoke weed. There also damn smart, focused and disciplined people.

I've found that its much less harmful (physically, emotionally, and mentally) than alcohol. Socially it is much less harmful as well... no more drunken fists going through the drywall when I get into arguments with my wife.

But lets start the argument where it should start, ITS MY BODY AND I'LL DO WHATEVER THE HELL I WANT TO DO TO IT!

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2047531798

RolandTD20Kdrummer · May 2008

WARNING: excessive use of government can lead to dependency, and severe mental illness.

Snake · July 2008

RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:

WARNING: excessive use of government can lead to dependency, and severe mental illness.

Thats one of the smartest things ive ever heard.

South of Seattle · July 2008

he still stands wrote:

Its much better than Xanax, thats for sure. The key with any "drug" is discipline. Don't sit around and "do drugs" all day, but a couple nights a week or on the weekends is cool. All of the people close to me are pot smokers and they all are very successful, no depression (that I know of), kind and generous people.

Everyone is taking Xanax now. I took one and slept for 10 hours straight, don't understand the need for that?

I do puff generously and I'm neither crazy, depressed, or suicidal.

I mean they were saying kids who only smoke once a month? What pot smoker only smokes once a month? :rolleyes:

angelica · July 2008

inmytree wrote:

here we go again....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080509/ap_on_he_me/teens_drugs

Feds: Teen use of pot can lead to dependency, mental illness

By JENNIFER C. KERR, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 47 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - Depression, teens and marijuana are a dangerous mix that can lead to dependency, mental illness or suicidal thoughts, according to a White House report being released Friday.
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A teen who has been depressed at some point in the past year is more than twice as likely to have used marijuana as teens who have not reported being depressed — 25 percent compared with 12 percent, said the report by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy.

"Marijuana is a more consequential substance of abuse than our culture has treated it in the last 20 years," said John Walters, director of the office. "This is not just youthful experimentation that they'll get over as we used to think in the past."

Smoking marijuana can lead to more serious problems, Walters said in an interview.

For example, using marijuana increases the risk of developing mental disorders by 40 percent, the report said. And teens who smoke pot at least once a month over a yearlong period are three times more likely to have suicidal thoughts than nonusers, it said.

The report also cited research that showed that teens who smoke marijuana when feeling depressed were more than twice as likely as their peers to abuse or become addicted to pot — 8 percent compared with 3 percent.

Experts who have worked with children say there's nothing harmless about marijuana.

"I've seen many, many kids' lives negatively impacted and taken off track because of marijuana," said Elizabeth Stanley-Salazar, director of adolescent services for Phoenix House treatment centers in California. "It's somewhat Russian roulette. There are so many factors, emotional, psychological, biological. You can't predict the experimentation and how it will impact a kid."

The drug control policy office analyzed about a dozen studies looking at marijuana use, including research by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Overall, marijuana use among teens has decreased 25 percent since 2001, down to about 2.3 million kids who used pot at least once a month, the drug control office said.

While the drop is encouraging, Walters appealed to parents to recognize signs of possible drug use and depression.

"It's not something you look the other way about when your teen starts appearing careless about their grooming, withdrawing from the family, losing interest in daily activities," Walters said. "Find out what's wrong."

True. People are mass-users of all kinds of substances and behaviours in order to keep their imbalances in.....balance. This is maladaptive balance, rather than in our birthright health-balance.

melodyman22 · July 2008

Some peoples lives dont get affected by pot. Some peoples lives do. No one can doubt the fact, that pot makes ya less interested in daily activites. I have know a few people that smoked pot all the time. Drop outta school. Quit sports. In some ways Pot is a gate way drug. By saying that I mean. Buying pot from dealers hanging around a crowd who could be using coke meth whatever. Makes your chances of trying hard drugs more likely. Then if you were to stay away from pot completely.

Kann · July 2008

RolandTD20Kdrummer wrote:

WARNING: excessive use of anything can lead to dependency, severe mental illness and death.

fixed

angelica · July 2008

Kann wrote:

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RolandTD20drummer wrote:

WARNING: excessive use of anything can lead to dependency, severe mental illness and death.

fixed

And even mild and moderate use of substances and behaviours as a way to numb one's awareness leads to the general psychological paralysis and co-dependency experienced in 95% of the population in the western world.

Collin · July 2008

melodyman22 wrote:

No one can doubt the fact, that pot makes ya less interested in daily activites.

I doubt that. I know people who smoke pot and dropped out of school. I know people who never touched pot and dropped out too, in fact, most people I know that dropped out were not pot smokers.

I have friends who work, study and have time for hobbies and smoke pot and I have friends who work to buy pot and spend the rest of their time toking and watching tv and playing video games.

I know cases where pot helped people re-energize, and made them less listless and I know people who are dependent on pot and have become listless.

kenny olav · July 2008

i started smoking pot when i was a freshman in college. like, the 2nd weekend. so i was 18. a lot of us smoked pot. one of my friends who was the biggest pothead of them all studied his ass off (i mean, if you didn't know where he was, you'd check the library first) and he made the Dean's list. all of my pothead friends from college have gone on to have successful careers. i've been in financial services for 7 or 8 years, and i know lot of very professional and well-adjusted people who regularly or occasionally smoke pot. one day, we're going to legalize it.

Im still here · July 2008

hahahahahahaha

puff, puff, pass

hahahahahahahaha

manipulatedliving · July 2008

ahh that's why i have schizophrenia....i smoked too much pot in high school. right.

Im still here · July 2008

manipulatedliving wrote:

ahh that's why i have schizophrenia....i smoked too much pot in high school. right.

smoke more, maybe it will make it go away

Collin · July 2008

manipulatedliving wrote:

ahh that's why i have schizophrenia....i smoked too much pot in high school. right.

You really have schizophrenia?

anotherclone · July 2008

I tell my husband this kind of stuff all the time:

"I could get a prescription for anti-anxiety medication and take a pill every day. Or, when I feel completely stressed out, I can smoke a little and feel better that way".

Same thing. At least it is for me anyway. I prefer not to take some synthetic pill. But that's just me.

Im still here · July 2008

anotherclone wrote:

I tell my husband this kind of stuff all the time:

"I could get a prescription for anti-anxiety medication and take a pill every day. Or, when I feel completely stressed out, I can smoke a little and feel better that way".

Same thing. At least it is for me anyway. I prefer not to take some synthetic pill. But that's just me.

"medicinal purposes, self prescribed"

i feel ya.......

helluva a good pain reliever too

angelica · July 2008

anotherclone wrote:

I tell my husband this kind of stuff all the time:

"I could get a prescription for anti-anxiety medication and take a pill every day. Or, when I feel completely stressed out, I can smoke a little and feel better that way".

Same thing. At least it is for me anyway. I prefer not to take some synthetic pill. But that's just me.

I used to do the exact same thing with alcohol. My doctor wanted me to take tranquilizers...I consciously opted to self medicate because I knew my limits with alcohol.

Eventually I found that we can go farr farther..we can actually resolve the underlying problems that cause the anxiety and change our own brain chemistry. We can create our own pharmocopia naturally from within, to suit our individual needs. When we use an external crutch, at one point it can be helpful, and yet, it always brings with it another set of problems, including any medical intervention I've ever used. Resolving the underlying issues and creating balance from within is felt as an absense of a problem to begin with--it's experienced as peace and harmony. Healing.

puremagic · July 2008

A White House who is marketing the world largest poppy operation in Afghanistan is telling people the dangers of marijuana.

A White House who has allowed the FDA to put more under-tested drugs whose side affects are more deadly than the problem they are 'trying' to help is telling people the dangers of marijuana.

Instead of telling people the dangers of marijuana, just tell us What new law enforcement measure you want to institute. Stop saying its for the children and just do what you're going to do any way.

manipulatedliving · July 2008

Collin wrote:

You really have schizophrenia?

maybe.

Cosmo · July 2008

Does anyone take anything from the current government as truth? I mean, it's gotten to the point where if the White House said the Sun will rise tomorrow morning... I'd be a little skeptical.

Feds: Teen use of pot can lead to dependency, mental illness

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