Thank you for your book and for continuously speaking up about this subject. We lost our daughter, a brilliant young woman, to high potency THC "pens" and the insanity of covid lockdowns. Suicide is a multi-faceted death, but she was an honour roll student, happy, well adjusted and a star athlete before she first tried drugs. All she ever did was "pot" but she developed psychosis within a few months. I speak up for her, and so many other young people we are losing to this insanity that allows profits to trump our children. Again.
It seems that the general population considers marijuana use relatively benign. Younger people in particular seem to regard it as “not a big deal” even if they don’t partake. This is a big problem now leading to being an epidemic.
Add to this, the increase in Drs prescribing Adderall, Prozac and other dangerous medications and we’re ending up with a mess. Terrible cocktail of bad outcomes!
Our government leaders don't care just like our Legacy media who receives 75% of earnings from Big Pharmaceutical companies. Look at what they are trying to do Tucker Carlson he is the Johnny Carson of TV shows. We American people must take our country back.
Thanks for doing your best to alert people, Alex. This is a catastrophe affecting many, many lives and families, and society. Yet people remain incredibly clueless that marijuana can be anything other than a mild drug and even a healthy(!?) way to relax. This ain't the marijuana from the 60's and 70's, everybody! Most of the cannabis being ingested now is brain- and life-destroying.
A former friend was a heavy supporter of the legalization of cannabis, and took it while in California for medical reasons. It seems she had great benefit from it. But it might have just been a placebo effect. I am not for legalizing this, and I would like to see whole lot more serious laws for regular medication as well. I think there are way too many dangerous drugs on the market. Just found out for myself how dangerous metformin can be! Doc prescribed it while I had an infection, which should never be done.
Alex, if you are looking for the topic of your next book - researching whether there is a connection between cannabis usage and the mass shooter phenomenon would be valuable.
It's not a homeless issue, it's a drug and alcohol issue that is driving mental health. Between the legal drugs and the illegal ones killing our citizens, I think population collapse is coming quicker than any can imagine. IMHO this is all a result of the tragic rejection of God when the Supreme Court kicked Him out of the public square in the Madline Murray Ohare decision in 1963. Spiritual emptiness is driving this train.
My brother and our next door neighbor (male) both pot smokers in high school, developed schizophrenia at age 20, maybe coincidence, who knows, my brother definitely has a family history of mental illness, a long thin thread we can find in the family tree. That was 45 years ago, we had no idea of the potential harm but it did serve as a learning experience for my kids and now grandchildren. It’s like the Covid vaccinations, I know so many people, all ages, who had zero side effects with the vaccination and never got Covid, but one friend who did develop an immunological syndrome his doctor said was directly related to the Covid vaccine. He still has trouble walking and is in a lot of pain. You just never know, bodies are so different and you’re playing Russian roulette with supposed benign substances in many cases. With pot, most people are fine, but there’s that small percentage where pot can be catastrophic. In any family where there’s a history of mental illness it would be a good idea to not smoke pot until after age 25 and the brain is pretty much set.
I have changed my mind on marijuana legalization over the years. I am basically a libertarian but -- this stuff has become dangerous. Between illegal stuff and prescription psych drugs, I wonder how many people walking around in an average day are drug-free and sober? I mean, I like a beer sometimes but all this other shit, no thanks.
Stoned, fat and stupid. When you’re high you couldn’t care less about life. So fire up another fatty, get another tube of pringles, start streaming some mind control programming and lose touch with any semblance of reality.
Thank you for your book and for continuously speaking up about this subject. We lost our daughter, a brilliant young woman, to high potency THC "pens" and the insanity of covid lockdowns. Suicide is a multi-faceted death, but she was an honour roll student, happy, well adjusted and a star athlete before she first tried drugs. All she ever did was "pot" but she developed psychosis within a few months. I speak up for her, and so many other young people we are losing to this insanity that allows profits to trump our children. Again.
I wrote about her story here if any other people are interested in learning how insidious these modern day products are: https://www.slowdownfarmstead.com/p/what-happened-to-our-daughter
Heather Heying, of Dark Horse and Natural Selections fame, also published parts of her story here: https://naturalselections.substack.com/p/milas-story
Thank you for your perseverance and strong spine, Alex. We need more people speaking about this issue with conviction and heart.
It seems that the general population considers marijuana use relatively benign. Younger people in particular seem to regard it as “not a big deal” even if they don’t partake. This is a big problem now leading to being an epidemic.
Add to this, the increase in Drs prescribing Adderall, Prozac and other dangerous medications and we’re ending up with a mess. Terrible cocktail of bad outcomes!
Freaky. Thank you for writing about this though. The truth needs to be said, even if people do love their weed (and they do!).
Schizophrenics use cannabis to self medicate, so of course there's a correlation
Why do we always have to pendulum so far in this country...we go from prohibition to treating it like it is a goddamn multivitamin.
Our government leaders don't care just like our Legacy media who receives 75% of earnings from Big Pharmaceutical companies. Look at what they are trying to do Tucker Carlson he is the Johnny Carson of TV shows. We American people must take our country back.
I wonder if the harm caused to youngsters by cannabis equals the harm caused them by the shots?
Thanks for doing your best to alert people, Alex. This is a catastrophe affecting many, many lives and families, and society. Yet people remain incredibly clueless that marijuana can be anything other than a mild drug and even a healthy(!?) way to relax. This ain't the marijuana from the 60's and 70's, everybody! Most of the cannabis being ingested now is brain- and life-destroying.
A former friend was a heavy supporter of the legalization of cannabis, and took it while in California for medical reasons. It seems she had great benefit from it. But it might have just been a placebo effect. I am not for legalizing this, and I would like to see whole lot more serious laws for regular medication as well. I think there are way too many dangerous drugs on the market. Just found out for myself how dangerous metformin can be! Doc prescribed it while I had an infection, which should never be done.
Alex, if you are looking for the topic of your next book - researching whether there is a connection between cannabis usage and the mass shooter phenomenon would be valuable.
It's not a homeless issue, it's a drug and alcohol issue that is driving mental health. Between the legal drugs and the illegal ones killing our citizens, I think population collapse is coming quicker than any can imagine. IMHO this is all a result of the tragic rejection of God when the Supreme Court kicked Him out of the public square in the Madline Murray Ohare decision in 1963. Spiritual emptiness is driving this train.
My brother and our next door neighbor (male) both pot smokers in high school, developed schizophrenia at age 20, maybe coincidence, who knows, my brother definitely has a family history of mental illness, a long thin thread we can find in the family tree. That was 45 years ago, we had no idea of the potential harm but it did serve as a learning experience for my kids and now grandchildren. It’s like the Covid vaccinations, I know so many people, all ages, who had zero side effects with the vaccination and never got Covid, but one friend who did develop an immunological syndrome his doctor said was directly related to the Covid vaccine. He still has trouble walking and is in a lot of pain. You just never know, bodies are so different and you’re playing Russian roulette with supposed benign substances in many cases. With pot, most people are fine, but there’s that small percentage where pot can be catastrophic. In any family where there’s a history of mental illness it would be a good idea to not smoke pot until after age 25 and the brain is pretty much set.
Terrifying, considering the push to legalize and normalize. Thank you for reporting on this!
I have changed my mind on marijuana legalization over the years. I am basically a libertarian but -- this stuff has become dangerous. Between illegal stuff and prescription psych drugs, I wonder how many people walking around in an average day are drug-free and sober? I mean, I like a beer sometimes but all this other shit, no thanks.
Stoned, fat and stupid. When you’re high you couldn’t care less about life. So fire up another fatty, get another tube of pringles, start streaming some mind control programming and lose touch with any semblance of reality.
The government thanks you.