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2023-11-14 -Lurid Crime Tales-

California woman stabs boyfriend 100 times, then stabs her dog - and psychiatrist says cannabis is to blame

If she were that stoned, she wouldn't have the attention span to do this
Unless, as appears to be the case, she had a psychotic break.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]

Bryn Spejcher, 32, from California, had only smoked pot five to 10 times

Audiologist stabbed herself with a bread knife after hearing voices in her head, killing Chad O'Melia, 31

READ MORE: Marijuana may be behind 30 percent of schizophrenia cases

Posted by Skidmark 2023-11-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [33 views ] Top

#1 Modern law, people are not responsible for their acts, something else is. It all began when lawyers got away with blaming society for the acts of individuals.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-11-14 07:28|| 2023-11-14 07:28|| Front Page Top

#2 The Fauci Flu clot shot has that beat by a mile.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-11-14 08:04|| 2023-11-14 08:04|| Front Page Top

#3 Student stabs teacher one hundred times, blames pencil sharpener, blames pencil, blames school district, blames bus that took him to school...

What is never blamed are the psychotropic prescriptions these people are on. Common denominator is: Never. Once. Mentioned.

Posted by mossomo 2023-11-14 12:42|| 2023-11-14 12:42|| Front Page Top

#4 READ MORE: Marijuana may be behind 30 percent of schizophrenia cases

...I can vouch from dealing with someone I know that today's cannabis ain't yer daddy's ditch weed. This stuff has been genetically engineered for strength, and the vape cartridges are worse.

And heavy cannabis users who catch COVID have a worse problem - again, from bitter experience, when you combine Paxlovid with heavy duty cannabis, you can get a spectacular psychotic break. The individual I dealt with spent five days strapped to a bed in a psych ward until they could be trusted to not go berserk again. The EMT's and an MD I know and trust both confirmed this to me.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2023-11-14 13:20|| 2023-11-14 13:20|| Front Page Top

#5 Used to be you had to 'dust your weed to get behaviors like this. Botanical advances....

Posted by Glenmore 2023-11-14 13:25|| 2023-11-14 13:25|| Front Page Top

#6 Mike - had you read past the teetotaler sensational Reefer Madness Headlines, you may have bumped into the study's disclaimer:

The Danish epidemiology study does not offer hard-and-fast proof of the cannabis-schizophrenia connection.

At least the study I read - had this disclaimer.

And if I recall the facts, everyone in the study was already predisposed/diagnosed with schizophrenia, and the marijuana just helped the schizophrenia flare up.

Hippies I knew, never had dirt weed and werent prone to schizophrenia unless they were meth heads too.

Posted by mossomo 2023-11-14 14:41|| 2023-11-14 14:41|| Front Page Top

#7 I once heard a doctor say that cigarette filters designed to reduce the amount of tar and nicotine the smoker inhales are totally ineffective because the smoker will simply light another cigarette until he/she gets the amount of nicotine that is required by their addiction.

I think it's likely the same with marijuana. If the weed these days is so potent, the smokers will simply smoke less of it than they did in the old days of cheap Mexican pot.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2023-11-14 15:43|| 2023-11-14 15:43|| Front Page Top

#8 Each side in the weed debate picks their own facts. I won't bother arguing with either side. Pro says it's actually "good for you," (false) Con says it's "as bad or worse than a full-blown psychotic off their meds," (false)

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-11-14 15:44|| 2023-11-14 15:44|| Front Page Top

#9 Like alcohol and gambling, most people have no problem with pot. Also like alcohol and gambling, for the small percentage of humanity that is genetically predisposed to be damaged by it, the problems are life-destroying.

So to all of you who are fine, and who know nobody who has problems: Congratulations, you got all the blessings! A little sympathy those not so blessed would be nice.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-11-14 19:32|| 2023-11-14 19:32|| Front Page Top

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