Comments by "Ida Larsen" (@idalarsen2540) on "25-Year-Old Accused Of Flying Into Rages When He Runs Out Of Pot Says: ‘I’m The Victim’" video.
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@xgengx7530 IF you're already predisposed, then yes. Otherwise, no. This has been researched quite a lot. Drugs (including weed) has the potential to trigger things like scizophrenia. The thing is tho, it still isn't the weed's fault. If weed doesn't trigger it, something else surely will at some point. Although this is fairly rare, that's what CAN have the possibility to become harmful. We simply don't know what we're predisposed to and what is going to trigger that. That's what makes any drug use scary. Although I advocate for all drugs to at least be decriminalized and for weed to be legalized, I still think that if you're able to stay away from whatever drugs, then do so. Still, as long as you're aware of both the potential pros and cons, wait 'til you're a certain age and do it responsibly, go right ahead.
For many people, weed can be absolutely great - even life saving. If you for instance have epilepsy that is hard to control, there's nothing wrong with trying weed as long as your doctor is well informed on it and have thought of and tried other treatments first. This is till individual tho. In other cases, say you're heavily addicted to hard drugs like heroin, meth, pills etc. and you find quitting everything is too hard, there's nothing wrong with smoking weed if that's what keeps you from going back to a highly dangerous lifestyle.
So this is all individual. It's good or even life changing/saving for some, but for other people it's not at all good.
So it's impossible to say that weed is either good or bad in general.
I guess I'd say that weed is at least not harmful in MOST people (doing it responsibly, this is key), but it would be stupid and ignorant of me ti say that it's ALWAYS good.
Weed in it's own nature isn't harmful at all. It's all the other possible factors that can make weed seem bad. Yet, just because someone has bad reactions to it doesn't mean that weed is dangerous. Nothing is that black and white. An analogy I like to use is to think about allergies. Just because some people can get severe allergic reactions to whatever (grass, peanuts, apples, dogs, cats etc.) doesn't mean that dogs etc. are bad.
Hope this makes sense.
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@Eclectic-Harlowe He has an anger problem, which doesn't go well with ANY drug. Weed is not the driving force here, at least. It may be a factor for him, but not at all the driving force. This is internalized anger which he thinks he can fix with weed. It doesn't. It can surely be a band aid, but not an actual solution for him. It does sincerely help a lot of people including myself, but I know that it only helps me in addition to other kinds of help. Weed helps relieve my anxiety, depression, insomnia and ptsd-symptoms. Still, it's not a cure-all.
There's a reason it's getting decriminalized, legalized or allowed medically more and more places around the world. There's many good reasons for that. We just have to remember it's no cure-all in the long run, same concept as with prescribed pain killers etc. It does help releave whatever pain or anxiety or sleep disorders etc, but we have to realize that it doesn't cure too much in most cases. There are cases where people have epilepsy for instance where that becomes the only valuable solution. As long as it works, that's all good and okay as long as a good doctor approves of it and they've tried just about anything else. Still, this is highly individual just like with ANY other medication and treatment. What works for me might not work for you and so forth.
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@kasualbeauty309 I agree.. although weed is a drug. It's not like drug = bad automatically, just saying. Same goes for alcohol, it's still a drug. Mind altering substances are drugs, including weed and alcohol. Is weed harmful? In most (responsible) cases, not at all. Although I would never say weed itself is bad, some people are predisposed to have bad reactions to it. To make an easy analogy, think of it like allergies. Grass and dogs and nuts and kiwi (etc.) are not at all bad things, but some people react badly to it. Same goes for weed, or all kinds of drugs for that matter.
I do agree with you except for that one point that weed isn't a drug. Oh and also, addiction is more of a physical desease, not really a mental illness. It surely does highly affect your mind in many ways - meaning addiction, not the drug - still not a mental illness.
I know I'm sort of nit picking here and I'm not trying to argue with you because I agree, just wanted to point out some details! 😁 420Blazeit, have a good one.
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