The secret to Super strong “Skunk”

[bombadil.360]

Von, kick ass post!

journalists need to be taken down their cloud... they need to eat a lot of humble-pie and become honest; or else they'll be out of a job soon due to general disgust towards them... as it is, most people place little to not credibility on their bullshit.

 

[Warped1]

I don't doubt that some of these assholes actually believe some of the things they say.

 

[StoneByName]

The British press has an annoying tendency to use 'skunk' as a scare word for 'super strong cannabis'. Seemingly unaware this is a misnomer. Then they try and justify their own generations' use of the drug as ok because it was different (weaker) then.

EDIT: didn't see the letter disputing the journalist's article

 

[yesum]

I am glad that here in Cali 'Skunk' cannabis is not so common. We have the 'Kush' variety which is quite safe. The UK 'Skunk' type is linked to causing mental breakdowns of the user due to the extremely high thc levels in it, as in the recent riots there.

 

[walt cunningham]

i heard A.N. has a patent on it and will be releasing it in the states early 2012. $200 a quart is what i hear it will be priced at.

 

[Kush_Master]

wow im relieved it was simply a journalist talking out of his arse. its what i expect from those kidna people. but a scientist should stay with facts and apparently in this case the good dr. did. so everythings cool with me!

 

[VonBudí]

another article folks might enjoy

http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/its-time-to-face-the-danger-of-hash-2913856.html

It's time to face the danger of hash


Why was Michael D's admission of youthful cannabis use ignored by everyone, asks Mary Hogan

Saturday October 22 2011
You'd think that a presidential candidate's admission that he had taken illegal drugs might cause a stir in the last fortnight of his election campaign.

But when Michael D Higgins said that he smoked cannabis as a student in the '60s the nation yawned, assuming that this was just a ploy by the oldest candidate to appeal to younger voters.

In my view, this reaction and the tacit assent that this is acceptable is highly worrying. This acceptance should be forcibly challenged.

My training and experience in relationship counselling led to teaching Personal Development in the Psychiatric Services. There, the horrors of Hash-Induced Psychosis became manifestly evident.

It was always recognised that Ecstasy, LSD and Amphetamines could induce psychosis. People like myself who maintained that hash had similar effects were, until recently, whistling in the wind.

Professor Robin M Murray, a world-renowned expert on schizophrenia based in London, admitted that psychiatrists generally dismissed relatives as hysterical or wanting to blame something when they insisted that hash caused their son's/daughter's/ brother's psychosis.

Only gradually did the profession recognise the potentially detrimental effects of cannabis.

He said: "Heavy use of cannabis is a risk factor for psychotic illnesses including schizophrenia."

Research has been conducted into cannabis-induced dopamine, a chemical in the brain which causes pleasurable effects when released. Too much can cause psychosis. The findings show that the part of the brain affected by hash is very close to that which contains dopamine. Excessive use of cannabis results in mind-saturation of dopamine.

Of course, it's not true that every cannabis user will be affected -- many people smoke joints constantly with no ill effects.

But the younger the user, the greater the danger. Teens are four times more likely to suffer a psychotic episode following excessive use.

During the course of my work I have come across many examples of psychosis caused by cannabis use.

JOAN'S STORY

Joan heard her son, Steve, explain earnestly how "pain is all in the mind. If I jump from the top of that building, I'll feel no pain", as he indicated the top-most point of the local psychiatric hospital.

The doctor confirmed Joan's suspicion -- hash-induced psychosis -- explaining that it could take two weeks for cannabis to leave the system. Only then would they know if this was a once-off episode.

Steve's psychosis progressed, so he requires permanent hospitalisation.

JOHN'S STORY

John describes his heartbreak watching his son, Jack, being sedated, following admission for hash-induced psychosis.

"I suffered from nightmares for ages. Knowing it was necessary to strap him down was no consolation. His mother wasn't there -- she couldn't face him being admitted."

John's son recovered, completed college, and is well aware he can never risk smoking another joint.

KAREN AND TONY'S STORY

They brought their son to the local psychiatric hospital, recognising his manic behaviour and feeling of invincibility. Convinced it was due to hash abuse, they failed to persuade the psychiatrist of impending mania.

Karen was dismissed as a "fussy mother". "It is Christmas -- why shouldn't he be happy?"

Their son was admitted on New Year's Eve, intensely paranoid, bordering on the psychotic, suffering feelings of suspicion, hostility and persecution.

Happily, he too recovered and understands the dangers of ever smoking another joint.

All stories are true. All names are fictitious

 

[h^2 O]

human brains

 

[bombadil.360]

another "journalist" turned to the dark power of the force...