I totally agree with you as i have support people who have alcohol dependence all well. And yes some people a more susceptible than others.
However going back to cannabis .There a higher risk if you or anyone of your family have a history of mental health problems including depression developing schizophrenia because skunk is a stronger strain this becomes higher again.
I do feel warnings should go out if you have a family history of mental illness or depression beware.
Yea i have problems with cannabis. I support people with mental health problems. And Cannabis has been a contributer to 75% of my clients psychosis. And now skunk is female plant - that contains high levels of psychotropic substances. I can forsee even more mental health problems in the future.
These are articles read on Cannabis and in my opinion from what i have seen through my work bear out these findings
Depression
A study following 1600 Australian school-children, aged 14 to 15 for seven years, found that while children who use cannabis regularly have a significantly higher risk of depression, the opposite was not the case - children who already suffered from depression were not more likely than anyone else to use cannabis. However, adolescents who used cannabis daily were five times more likely to develop depression and anxiety in later life.
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Schizophrenia
Three major studies followed large numbers of people over several years, and showed that those people who use cannabis have a higher than average risk of developing schizophrenia. If you start smoking it before the age of 15, you are 4 times more likely to develop a psychotic disorder by the time you are 26. They found no evidence of self-medication. It seemed that, the more cannabis someone used, the more likely they were to develop symptoms.
Why should teenagers be particularly vulnerable to the use of cannabis? No one knows for certain, but it may be something to do with brain development. The brain is still developing in the teenage years – up to the age of around 20, in fact. A massive process of ‘neural pruning’ is going on. This is rather like streamlining a tangled jumble of circuits so they can work more effectively. Any experience, or substance, that affects this process has the potential to produce long-term psychological effects.
Recent research in Europe, and in the UK, has suggested that people who have a family background of mental illness – and so probably have a genetic vulnerability anyway - are more likely to develop schizophrenia if they use cannabis as well.
I don't wear make up in work. I have enough problems with the clients with out dolling up. However i do wear make up when i go out but not that much that i scare people when i haven't any on
Ouch Cris thats not good. So you nearly lost your cap fell off your bike. And now you will need a cap for you tooth by the sounds of it. Isn't irony great .
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