Three years ago I was practically set on fire for writing in Tell Your Children that cannabis may cause schizophrenia. Today the paper of record reports it as a fact, no qualifications.
Watching you on Tucker right now! So happy you are telling them the reality (Pfizer low sperm count). And the cannabis reconciliation underscores your ahead-of-the-curve perception. Thank you for your bravery and honesty (to quote Tucker). You are a true bona fide investigative journalist. Sadly we lack this rare breed, to our detriment. Thanks for all you do Alex.
Marijuana’s wrongest man. Like you, I’m running out of conspiracy theories- they all turn out to be true. I’ve realized the world is now chock full of people living their lives pretending not to know things. There’s dang few adults in the room willing to admit and confront inconvenient truth. Easier to pretend not to know. What an age of cowards and pretenders we live in.
Congratulations Alex! You were a leader and it paid off--or it may yet, we will see. And I recommend "Tell Your Children" very highly. Everyone needs to know.
Your bravery on this issue is appreciated. I can tell you, anecdotally, that I have been guardian to a mentally ill sibling; she was diagnosed with schizo-affective disorder and bipolar at the age of 20 after heavy weed abuse from the age of 12. In my 30 years of hanging around psych hospitals I have seen a generation of young people ruined by marijuana. In Australia a very large portion of mental health service is now called dual-diagnosis: both mental illness and substance abuse.
I am 64. I suffered 10 psychotic breaks (13 psychiatric facilities and 13 jails along the way) from my late teens until the last at age 54. In all cases, daily wake and bake weed of high potency was always in the mix leading up to the break. The last episode I had only smoked weed for the previous 15 months and no other drug. I am one of the rare ones that was never violent against another, only myself. I am lucky to be alive. Clearly after that last episode I "saw the light" - it was the weed. Ten years later - no weed (and no other drug including alcohol as that always leads me back to the weed), I have never had a single issue and in fact, have lived a responsible and successful life. Again, it was the weed.
When Alex's book came out, I soaked it up as I knew it was the truth. I gave one to all three of my sons BUT, sadly (and there's likely a genetic component in some cases), my oldest (aged 31) is in jail for violent felonies from his 5th psychosis. This is real. It is utterly ridiculous the situation with our media. Alex was right and I can't imagine how many lives have been destroyed or lost because the media protected the corporate mafias that lobbied for legalization and did like big pharna... turned the media away from the truth just to protect their profits. Disgusting.
The vaping makes this even more dangerous. We are dealing with effects of vaping high doses of nicotine and THC here with one of our college age children. It's a nightmare especially when doctors say "it's just pot."
I treated untold numbers of cannabis hyperemesis syndrome in the ER for years. And without exception, after I told the patients, many whom I saw over and over, that marijuana was causing their symptoms, they became angry and indignant. They would accuse me of being a liar and an idiot, and that they’d been using MJ for years and these symptoms just CAN’T be from marijuana. They would demand , of course, high doses of narcotics and anti-emetics to ameliorate the pain and constant vomiting. Such a vicious cycle.
Sad world that we are living in Look at Uncle Joey taking showers with his own daughter. He himself has been abusing hard drugs and alcohol 🍸 chronic liar destroying our country with all this nonsense and policies and cognitive decline you're not seeing the picture for 40 years now. When you see the harms and changes everyday is a Person you Know what Berenson is saying is true. I have stuck by Berenson on this issue as well.
The parents remembering the good old days when weed wasn't very strong are either ignorant or no longer smoke it. I firmly believe it is not for children or people with existing mental issues. Most sane parents wouldn't condone your kid turning into a teenage alcoholic or coke head. Drugs and kids are a bad combo. The early 90s of my youth were mild by today's standards.
Half brother is 22 he smoked weed since age 13. Schizophrenic now. Family history of it too. My dad smoked hash and weed and he is in a terrible mental state
In Michigan, recreational marijuana is legal, and my small town now has a number of businesses growing the plants and producing the cannabis products. In the town next to me, a new "provisioning center" pops up on the main streets every day, it seems. It feels as if there are more pot stores than gas stations. I don't understand how they can all be doing enough business to stay afloat, but they must be doing great or there wouldn't be all these new ones opening up. Depressing.
You are just earlier figuring these things out then other people and they don't want to hear it.
It's interesting how people come out so strongly against a different opinion. I think they just don't want to hear it. I have two friends using it and I tried to lightly say something about it and they shut me down quickly. It's because they really didn't want to hear it. Still it's surprising when news sources act so emotional about a topic...they should be more reasonable about differing viewpoints.
Let's be clear that it's smoked cannabis which NEVER in history was considered therapeutic - until the legalization propaganda BS campaign of the 20th and 21st centuries. Cannabis is a legitimate medicine when used legitimately, not given to already imbalanced people to smoke bushels of. Also, you might look into how the "new" cannabis is grown and all the anti-fungals, toxic weed killers and chemical fertilizers are used to grow indoor crops. People are smoking that too, a recipe for brain damage.
Watching you on Tucker right now! So happy you are telling them the reality (Pfizer low sperm count). And the cannabis reconciliation underscores your ahead-of-the-curve perception. Thank you for your bravery and honesty (to quote Tucker). You are a true bona fide investigative journalist. Sadly we lack this rare breed, to our detriment. Thanks for all you do Alex.
Marijuana’s wrongest man. Like you, I’m running out of conspiracy theories- they all turn out to be true. I’ve realized the world is now chock full of people living their lives pretending not to know things. There’s dang few adults in the room willing to admit and confront inconvenient truth. Easier to pretend not to know. What an age of cowards and pretenders we live in.
Congratulations Alex! You were a leader and it paid off--or it may yet, we will see. And I recommend "Tell Your Children" very highly. Everyone needs to know.
Hi Alex,
Your bravery on this issue is appreciated. I can tell you, anecdotally, that I have been guardian to a mentally ill sibling; she was diagnosed with schizo-affective disorder and bipolar at the age of 20 after heavy weed abuse from the age of 12. In my 30 years of hanging around psych hospitals I have seen a generation of young people ruined by marijuana. In Australia a very large portion of mental health service is now called dual-diagnosis: both mental illness and substance abuse.
I am 64. I suffered 10 psychotic breaks (13 psychiatric facilities and 13 jails along the way) from my late teens until the last at age 54. In all cases, daily wake and bake weed of high potency was always in the mix leading up to the break. The last episode I had only smoked weed for the previous 15 months and no other drug. I am one of the rare ones that was never violent against another, only myself. I am lucky to be alive. Clearly after that last episode I "saw the light" - it was the weed. Ten years later - no weed (and no other drug including alcohol as that always leads me back to the weed), I have never had a single issue and in fact, have lived a responsible and successful life. Again, it was the weed.
When Alex's book came out, I soaked it up as I knew it was the truth. I gave one to all three of my sons BUT, sadly (and there's likely a genetic component in some cases), my oldest (aged 31) is in jail for violent felonies from his 5th psychosis. This is real. It is utterly ridiculous the situation with our media. Alex was right and I can't imagine how many lives have been destroyed or lost because the media protected the corporate mafias that lobbied for legalization and did like big pharna... turned the media away from the truth just to protect their profits. Disgusting.
As a physician - one of the best books I have read.
The vaping makes this even more dangerous. We are dealing with effects of vaping high doses of nicotine and THC here with one of our college age children. It's a nightmare especially when doctors say "it's just pot."
I treated untold numbers of cannabis hyperemesis syndrome in the ER for years. And without exception, after I told the patients, many whom I saw over and over, that marijuana was causing their symptoms, they became angry and indignant. They would accuse me of being a liar and an idiot, and that they’d been using MJ for years and these symptoms just CAN’T be from marijuana. They would demand , of course, high doses of narcotics and anti-emetics to ameliorate the pain and constant vomiting. Such a vicious cycle.
Sad world that we are living in Look at Uncle Joey taking showers with his own daughter. He himself has been abusing hard drugs and alcohol 🍸 chronic liar destroying our country with all this nonsense and policies and cognitive decline you're not seeing the picture for 40 years now. When you see the harms and changes everyday is a Person you Know what Berenson is saying is true. I have stuck by Berenson on this issue as well.
The parents remembering the good old days when weed wasn't very strong are either ignorant or no longer smoke it. I firmly believe it is not for children or people with existing mental issues. Most sane parents wouldn't condone your kid turning into a teenage alcoholic or coke head. Drugs and kids are a bad combo. The early 90s of my youth were mild by today's standards.
Half brother is 22 he smoked weed since age 13. Schizophrenic now. Family history of it too. My dad smoked hash and weed and he is in a terrible mental state
In Michigan, recreational marijuana is legal, and my small town now has a number of businesses growing the plants and producing the cannabis products. In the town next to me, a new "provisioning center" pops up on the main streets every day, it seems. It feels as if there are more pot stores than gas stations. I don't understand how they can all be doing enough business to stay afloat, but they must be doing great or there wouldn't be all these new ones opening up. Depressing.
I won't forget Obama, at his oiliest and most smug, mocking those who raised concerns about marijuana legalization.
You are just earlier figuring these things out then other people and they don't want to hear it.
It's interesting how people come out so strongly against a different opinion. I think they just don't want to hear it. I have two friends using it and I tried to lightly say something about it and they shut me down quickly. It's because they really didn't want to hear it. Still it's surprising when news sources act so emotional about a topic...they should be more reasonable about differing viewpoints.
Absolutely you have this correct. Time will prove you right. With marijuana use and with Covid.
Let's be clear that it's smoked cannabis which NEVER in history was considered therapeutic - until the legalization propaganda BS campaign of the 20th and 21st centuries. Cannabis is a legitimate medicine when used legitimately, not given to already imbalanced people to smoke bushels of. Also, you might look into how the "new" cannabis is grown and all the anti-fungals, toxic weed killers and chemical fertilizers are used to grow indoor crops. People are smoking that too, a recipe for brain damage.