Cannabis card

I don’t agree with people saying cannabis should be legal. I smoked cannabis for years to self medicate for anxiety related to autism and it gave me drug induced psychosis, I was seeing shadow people and having delusions and extreme paranoia. Cannabis is NOT an innocent plant from Mother Nature like most people seem to believe these days. I used to think it was safe and would be good for me because all my friends were doing it and the news websites were posting headlines saying it cures anxiety, pain and a lot of other conditions. I found out the hard way the damage cannabis really does to your mind. I am now on antipsychotic medication for the rest of my life (probably) because I listened to what the news told me. I can only warn others of the consequences of smoking weed as with everything in life there are consequences for your actions. The consequences of smoking weed can sometimes mean becoming schizophrenic and having to take medication for the rest of your life.

I don’t agree with people saying cannabis should be legal. I smoked cannabis for years to self medicate for anxiety related to autism and it gave me drug induced psychosis, I was seeing shadow people and having delusions and extreme paranoia. Cannabis is NOT an innocent plant from Mother Nature like most people seem to believe these days. I used to think it was safe and would be good for me because all my friends were doing it and the news websites were posting headlines saying it cures anxiety, pain and a lot of other conditions. I found out the hard way the damage cannabis really does to your mind. I am now on antipsychotic medication for the rest of my life (probably) because I listened to what the news told me. I can only warn others of the consequences of smoking weed as with everything in life there are consequences for your actions. The consequences of smoking weed can sometimes mean becoming schizophrenic and having to take medication for the rest of your life.

I was gaslighted for years that my smoking dope was making me paranoid etc. Whereas with 20:20 hindsight I was just expressing my learned distrust of other people with a soupcon (big helping, actually) of confusion due to the undiagnosed Autism. 

I've smoked the stuff with the odd break here and there, for about 44 years both recreationally, and also because I derived a tangible benefit from it. It can make me feel pretty dreadful if I smoke too much of it, and it's certainly not suitable for work in my opinion. I've known many many people over that time who smoked the stuff, and your experience is unusual.

I need a goodly amount of magic mushrooms, or similar before I start to see the spirit world...

The consequences of smoking weed for me have been a somewhat calmer and less troubled life than I was having before I started smoking the stuff, because it does tend to make me more likely to think things through before taking ill conceived action.

NONE OF WHICH diminishes the horrific experience NAS76681 has endured. I can see why he doesn't want the weed legalised.. 

Until 10 years ago I smoked hashish, which due to the manufacturing process, gives you a different experience to the modern super weeds, and was also more predictable. With this modern stuff, by the time you can taste it, you are too wasted to work...

There must be a way of managing drugs, and Cannabis in particular so that young people don't get their lives and careers ruined if they get caught smoking their first joint, but also where we avoid people prosletysing for the lifestyle to be recognised as desirable and marketted to the young people at school etc.

If the cannabis lifestyle was desirable, I feel the local 420 day celebrations would be a tad more impressive than they are every year that I've taken a look... 

That's really hard and I've heard of this happening.  If you feel OK to talk about it here, do you mind me asking what strain(s) and what sort of amounts you used?  Also whether you only smoked or maybe used oils or edibles?  

Reading Prof Nutt's book on the topic allayed some of my concerns, but I think there's still a risk, especially if you are very young when you start smoking it and the THC is very high. 

Have the doctors said that you'll have to take medication for life?  Just wondering because I've also heard of people improving once they ceased or moderated their usage.  The shadow people sound horrible though - not something I'd wish on my worst enemy.