If you are suffering with cannabis addiction , then please don’t be fooled into thinking this is a drug that can’t cause you any problems . Check out http://www.givingupcannabis.com to see other people in a similar situation .

Good luck and all the best .

there is a reason that marijuana is illegal and it is this: it has been proven to cause schizophrenia. While that occurs more readily and more randomly in those with a pre-disposition towards schizophrenia (and of course these people are more likely to use the drug as a self-medication anyway), it also happens to people with no such pre-disposition.

that fact alone should ensure marijuana remains illegal.

I live in California, where people can just walk into a “Farmacy,” say they have insomnia or whatever condition, and on the spot, be granted a “prescription.” Then they choose from a glass case of 3o-odd breeds of marijuana. Almost like being in Amsterdam.

I suffer from BP II disorder, OCD, anorexia, extreme anxiety and panic, and on and on. I can’t take SSRI’s because I experience rare but painful side effects. So I take an anticonvulsant and Xanax (my new addiction). I freak out if I smoke pot, which I try to explain to people who say, “Oh, you should just go get an Rx and smoke pot instead of popping all these pills. You won’t be so high-strung!”

But that’s not my reason for posting. My latest research on drugs involves a man named Dr. Daniel Amen. If you’re not familiar with his work, I highly recommend Googling him or buying his book, “Change Your Brain, Change Your Life.”

I hate self-help books. Hate them, hate them, hate them. But this is not a self-help book. This is not crap. He’s not trying to make anyone better just by giving them a book and saying, “You can do this on your own with a little self-help.” No, he acknowledges that Rx drugs are often necessary, while also giving other tips for people who suffer from depression, anxiety, anger, rage, panic, ADD (his specialty area), OCD, ODD, etc. His advice is amazing. And his research is heavily based upon BRAIN IMAGING.

So just a caveat: Smoking pot severely damages the brain, almost as much as heroin, if used on a regular basis. Again, you can see these images and read about all the parts of the brain that are over-active or under-active based upon one’s “condition” or addiction. A normal brain looks like a solid mass (though the texture of our brains is somewhere between egg whiles and Jell-O), and a brain exposed to chemicals and drugs looks a lot like Swiss cheese.

VERY INTERESTING. And motivating…

Alcohol on the other hand messes with my head to no end so I just stay away from it. Even if I only have a few drinks I will have to pay the price for the next three or four days feeling depressed and guilty. Alcohol also makes my meds not work where pot seems to enhance my meds and help me relax a little. I would hate to get in trouble with the law for smoking weed when I do it for my mental health.