Marijuana causes psychotic behavior and violence — Trump to the rescue
In the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, marijuana was classified as a Schedule I drug because it was considered to have no “accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.” Recently John Bolton, one of the candidates on Donald Trump’s short list for Secretary Of State, said on the Fox News program “Out Numbered” that all of the States laws that legalize marijuana are unconstitutional.
The drug treatment organization Caron website says this about marijuana:
The short term signs of marijuana use include impaired coordination; skewed sensory and time perception; difficulty thinking, concentrating and problem solving; shortened attention span and distractibility; decreased alertness; impaired learning and memory; and euphoria. Additionally, marijuana can cause disturbed thoughts and worsen psychotic symptoms in schizophrenics.
A long-term marijuana problem often results in lowered motivation and an impaired ability to function in daily life. Some also experience anxiety, panic attacks, respiratory illnesses and increased heart rate and risk of heart attack. Though research is not definitive, chronic marijuana use has been linked to mental illness such as anxiety, depression and schizophrenia. [Emphasis added]
Accuracy in Media’s Cliff Kincaid writes:
Deranged potheads, some of them Islamists, are killing people in a series of violent and terrorist incidents on American soil.
In a recent case in Massachusetts, 15-year-old Mathew Borges has been charged with first-degree murder in the decapitation death of a classmate. But you have to read deep into the articles about the case to discover a motive. Police said he told them that he and his victim, Lee Manuel Viloria-Paulino, went away together to “smoke marijuana.”
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Dr. Christine Miller, who has written about the relationship between marijuana and mental illness, says the documented links between the heavy use of marijuana and psychosis in some people may help explain the gruesome murder in Massachusetts.
Ironically, Massachusetts was one of those states that approved the legalization of “recreational” marijuana on November 8 [2016].
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Miller cites another case out of Oregon where a pothead decided out of the blue to drive his car over another person he feared and considered a threat. Moments before he struck and killed a man with his car, the suspect in the fatal hit-and-run incident had smoked marijuana in his car and then intentionally sped toward the victim, officials on the scene said.
On November 8th, Floridians approved Amendment 2, which legalizes use of marijuana for medical purposes in the Sunshine state’s constitution. The concern of many Floridians is that the amendment will lead inextricably to recreational use as “pot shops” spread across the state.
Kincaid adds the warning, “Don’t expect our liberal, pro-drug media to draw the obvious connections between marijuana, psychosis and violence.”
The Trump administration may change the trend toward legalizing marijuana. Federal law forbids the use of marijuana for recreational use. Kincaid reports:
In the states where legalization has occurred, Miller says, marijuana usage rates have gone up. She says that because marijuana is an intrinsically dangerous drug, the most serious results of increased use are chronic psychosis (increased five-fold in regular users) and suicide (risk for suicide increased seven-fold in regular users).
But Dr. Miller and other anti-drug advocates, such as Calvina Fay of the Drug Free America Foundation, are optimistic that President-elect Donald J. Trump’s nominee for attorney general, Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), will turn things around.
The Soros-funded drug legalization lobby is now scared. “This is looking really bad,” Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, said about Trump’s cabinet picks. “First Sessions for Attorney General, then [Rep. Tom] Price at HHS, and now yet another old-style drug war character for Homeland Security [General John Kelly]. It looks like Donald Trump is revving up to re-launch the failed drug war.”
Michael Collins, deputy director of the Drug Policy Alliance’s office of national affairs, denounced Kelly as “a big-time drug war zealot,” adding, “As head of Southern Command he demonstrated that he is a true believer in the drug war, and it’s incredibly worrying that he could now head up Homeland Security.”
President-elect Donald J. Trump has never used alcohol nor does he use drugs. He abhors the use of drugs and has repeatedly said that border security will help stop the flow of drugs, like marijuana, into the United States.
Watch out drug users. Looks like there is a new sheriff in town.
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This article is a tripe regurgitation of drug war rhetoric. Trump is going to ignore this issue, he has too much on his plate to worry about enforcing federal law on cannabis. He is also on record as being in favor of medical marijuana 100%. Also many of the facts in your article are just plain wrong. You cant possibly be a real doctor, this article in conclusion is STUPID.
It’s not Trump who will deal with the 20 million who shoot up, smoke or sniff illegal drugs. It’s his cabinet stupid.
This could be the stupidest thing I’ve read on the internet this year.
Please show how this is stupid, if you can.
OK DOC EXPLAIN THIS!!!!
From the CDC, rate of death involving natural and semi synthetic opioid pain relievers, heroin, and synthetic opioids, other than methadone (e.g., fentanyl) increased 9%, 26%, and 80%, respectively. The sharp increase in deaths involving synthetic opioids, other than methadone, in 2014 coincided with law enforcement reports of increased availability of illicitly manufactured fentanyl, a synthetic opioid; however, illicitly manufactured fentanyl cannot be distinguished from prescription fentanyl in death certificate data. These findings indicate that the opioid overdose epidemic is worsening. There is a need for continued action to prevent opioid abuse, dependence, and death.
FACTS not FICTION:
overdose deaths 2013 state of Florida, 2,474. Overdose deaths 2014 State of Florida 2,634 increase of 160 deaths. NOTE: CDC does not show yet OD Deaths for 2015 to present. I am sure the number is increasing.
CDC new recommendations released 2016 include the statement to Doctors and Pain Management
” We recommend not to test for delta 9 THC as there is no proof that it causes adverse side effects when used with any prescription drug. “Clinicians should not dismiss patients from care based on a urine drug test result because this could constitute patient abandonment and could have adverse consequences for patient safety, potentially including the patient obtaining opioids from alternative sources and the clinician missing opportunities to facilitate treatment for substance use disorder.”
AND THIS!!!!!
Sadly few Doctors or Pain management clinics are following these guidelines. The Doctors I have talked to did not even know about the New recommendations.
Newsweek:2014
“America has a major problem with prescription pain medications like Vicodin and OxyContin. Overdose deaths from these pharmaceutical opioids have approximately tripled since 1991, and every day 46 people die of such overdoses in the United States. However, in the 13 states that passed laws allowing for the use of medical marijuana between 1999 and 2010, 25 percent fewer people die from opioid overdoses annually. “The difference is quite striking,” said study co-author Colleen Barry, a health policy researcher at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. The shift showed up quite quickly and become visible the year after medical marijuana was accepted in each state, she told Newsweek.”
New York Times;2016
“ U.S. states that have legalized cannabis use for medical purposes have seen a significant decline in the number of prescription drugs issued through the Medicare program, according to a new study by University of Georgia researchers. The study, led by W. David Bradford and published in the journal Health Affairs, examined 87 million prescribed drugs filled by Medicare Part D enrollees from 2010 through 2013. Savings from the lower number of prescriptions were estimated to be $165.2 million in 2013, when 17 states and the District of Columbia had medical marijuana laws implemented. The researchers state that if medicinal marijuana was legal in all 50 states, savings to Medicare would be about $468 million. But they also acknowledge that patients may not benefit from those savings if they pay for medical marijuana out of pocket, noting insurance doesn’t cover it. The study analysis focused on drugs that treat conditions for which medical marijuana could be suggested as an alternative treatment method–such as depression, anxiety, nausea, chronic pain, sleep disorders, glaucoma, spasticity and more. With the exception of glaucoma and spasticity (a muscle control disorder), all other conditions listed correlated with fewer prescriptions in states with legalized medical marijuana. In states where medical marijuana had not been legalized, the same decline was not observed. Overall, glaucoma cases show the least proven benefit from cannabis use, which may correlate with the minimal decline noted in the study. Cannabis use can relieves eye pressure in glaucoma patients by about 25 percent, but the effects only last for about an hour – making the drug not the ideal option for patients. On the opposite side, pain showed the strongest medical evidence recommending marijuana use, according to the researchers, which in turn was the condition that had the greatest effect on prescriptions for painkillers. More than 1,800 fewer daily doses of painkillers were prescribed, on average, per year in states with legal medical marijuana compared to states where it is illegal”.
About your earlier comment:
“marijuana can cause disturbed thoughts and worsen psychotic symptoms in schizophrenics.”
Then why is there such a decrease in the Prescribed amount of the following DRUGS in states where medical marijuana is legal. (in daily doses) psychosis; 519, anxiety; 562 and depression; 265. Source, Bradford and Bradford Health Affairs July 2016. University of Georgia Researchers. Show me your PROOF Doc. P.S. I have used cannabis for over 47 years. I am told I am healthy by my Doctor and When I retired from our city planning board I received a letter from the Mayor and City Council to the effect “My Service and Input will be Greatly Missed”. Have A great day!!!!
We have an opium problem in America. The latest studies released show that more Americans died from the use of opium than from gun violence. A first.
BTW, medical marijuana in pill form was legal in the state of Florida. Now that Amendment 2 has passed law enforcement is expecting 2,000 pot shops to dispense marijuana for recreational use.
Thank you for your Opinion Dr. The reason I use the word Opinion is because Of the Facts in this Matter. First; I believe you are referring to the Man Made Drug, Marinol. I have seen the cute little foam Oranges with the word Marinol printed on them, handed out by the Drug Reps. I have one. The problem with your statement is debunked by the fact that Florida Overdose rate is increasing. Apparently Marinol has no effect on the Overdose Rate. Where as, Whole Plant Cannabis has shown to be the most effective tool to fight the Narcotic Epidemic (25% less by the Bradford and Bradford Study). As for “POT SHOPS”, Amendment 2 does not in any way Legalize Recreational Marijuana. Furthermore, Dispensary’s numbers and locations will be determined by State and local Government’s along with recommendation’s from the Department of Health. Thank you, HT Salisbury ” PHD, University of Common Sense and Truth ” Just kidding about the PHD but I Strongly Believe in Common Sense and Truth.
Lies from the 30’s…. http://meetharmony.com/2016/11/21/marijuana-banned-reasons-worse-think/ has done wonders for my neuropathy…. I have my card michigan but my employer can still fire me. What pills last 20-24 hrs NONE I used to smoke nightly but due to my job threatening me I have no say. My card doesn’t protect me from drug policies from 1988…. 30 years it’s medicinal change your drug policies and get your facts straight. Endure my pain see how enjoyable life is.