Pubdate: Wed, 15 Sep 2010
Source: Kamloops This Week (CN BC)
Copyright: 2010 Kamloops This Week
Contact:  http://www.kamloopsthisweek.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1271
Author: Carl Anderson
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v10/n744/a05.html

MARIJUANA WILL NOT DRIVE YOU CRAZY

Editor:

I have scoured the planet seeking out and growing some of the most 
potent strains of cannabis and I have never had a single 
hallucination from any of it - nor do I know anyone who has.

Why is that?

If Canada has "the highest per capita users of marijuana in the 
world," why don't our schizophrenia rates reflect that?

If what the CMHA is claiming is true, we should have much higher 
schizophrenia rates than most any other country, but that is not the case.

In fact, Canada has some of the lowest incidences of schizophrenia in 
the world.

I know several people who legally use cannabis regularly for the 
treatment of depression and other mental-health issues.

If cannabis causes schizophrenia, why are doctors prescribing it for 
depression, anxiety and other neuropathic conditions?

My parents' generation did not fall for "reefer madness," mine did 
not fall for the "gateway theory" and my children's generation will 
not fall for "pot will make you crazy" - mainly because none of it is true.

Carl Anderson

Kamloops
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