It has been suggested that marijuana is at the root of many mental disorders, including acute toxic psychosis, panic attacks (one of the very conditions it is being used experimentally to treat), flashbacks, delusions, depersonalization, hallucinations, paranoia, depression, and uncontrollable aggressiveness. Marijuana has long been known to trigger attacks of mental illness, such as bipolar (manic-depressive) psychosis and schizophrenia. This connection with mental illness should make health care providers for terminally ill patients and the patients themselves, who may already be suffering from some form of clinical depression, weigh very carefully the pros and cons of adopting a therapeutic course of marijuana.
In the short term, marijuana use impairs perception, judgment, thinking, memory, and learning; memory defects may persist six weeks after last use. Mental disorders connected with marijuana use merit their own category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) IV, published by the American Psychiatric Association. These include Cannabis Intoxication (consisting of impaired motor coordination, anxiety, impaired judgment, sensation of slowed time, social withdrawal, and often includes perceptual disturbances; Cannabis Intoxication Delirium (memory deficit, disorientation); Cannabis Induced Psychotic Disorder, Delusions; Cannabis Induced Psychotic Disorder, Hallucinations; and Cannabis Induced Anxiety Disorder.
In addition, marijuana use has many indirect effects on health. Its effect on coordination, perception, and judgment means that it causes a number of accidents, vehicular and otherwise.
SAVE YOUR LIFE BEFORE ITS TOO LATE!
2006-09-18 17:19:23
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answered by 99CLOUD99 3
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Pauline, I suspect you're PARA-NOIDdddd: a sign of weed toking and smoking. Honey, be assurred: I'm not your neighbor next door who knows your "sister's" little secret. I'm not going to pick up my bull horn, tear open my window and holler out "Hey everybody--my neighbor's sister smokes pot!!! Someone call ATF!!!"
In fact.....I live quite a distance from you (not exactly a gas tank's drive). So chill out: we don't care who were speaking of, OK????
By the way, are you gonna wear that purple nightshirt to bed??? Or is it a red shirt??? Hard to see your open window with these binoculars........
2006-09-18 17:12:36
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answered by Mr. Wizard 7
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Ever hear of capitalization? Punctuation? Comma splices? Run on sentences?
Not to mention that no one could just guess what you are talking about. Booo.
2006-09-18 17:10:17
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answered by Robert M 2
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none of that crap works...try niacin vitamins. It burns but then don't do it again. It really isn't worth it.
2006-09-18 17:12:32
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answered by Anonymous
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I must of missed this question.Ermmmm
2006-09-18 17:09:29
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answered by Stars-Moon-Sun 5
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what
2006-09-18 17:18:57
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answered by sindi 5
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what???
2006-09-18 17:12:16
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answered by meow 2
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WHAT?
2006-09-18 17:09:45
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answered by Anonymous
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