Entheogenic-gnosis! Once again, thanks for maintaining your excellent posting hygiene, and being terse and to the point and leaving out all the superflous bits.


Note that the thread starter originally asked specifically about anti-psychotic effects of cannabis. Most people who replied, concurred that CBD is the cannabinoid of choice here.


But how do you know that the THC did all that you claim it did?

Surely you agree that your mere personal second-hand observation of a few cases can hardly qualify as a scientific study.


So which studies were disputed by which other studies? You're not providing any facts or references.

I also notice that you are bending the terms of the discussion. We are talking about the effects of the different cannabinoids CBD and THC, not about cannabis in general. As far as I know, the older research that pointed out cannabis as a risk factor for psychoses has been superseeded by new insights about the nature of the different active components of cannabis. Specifically the differences between THC and CBD have created a new paradigm surrounding cannabis and psychosis.

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Then, you quote some text from a newspaper and a site "hellomd.com" that suggests being a medically credible source, but is clearly primarily involved in sales of cannabis related products. Both articles are almost entirely vague about the important distinction between THC and CBD.

Only the cannabis products website actually links a bit of scientific research, this article: http://www.ukcia.org/research/C...larAffectiveDisorder.pdf. It is a review of earlier research articles. If you care to read the article (did you?), it differentiates between CBD and THC. About THC and borderline attachment disorder (BAD), it states:


So the research that you indirectly point to, suggests that THC increases the duration of manic episodes. That is the clear opposite of what you claim.


I don't know for sure, since I am not cognizant of the full medical and psychiatric status of the cannabis users that I know. Also, in my country, bipolar isn't a popular diagnosis among resident psychiatrists. I think they like it more to label people here as borderline or adhd. Anyway, I know plenty of people who have or could have many kinds of labels attached and I've witnessed their responses to various types and forms of cannabis for over 30 years and I have my suspicions. I also remember what it was like before all the hybrid strains appeared.

At some time in the past I dated a girl who was a diagnosed schizophrenic, and at the time, she reacted very positively to high CBD cannabis extract, the more CBD, the better. With the help of the CBD, she was able to stay of the risperdal.

All that is however only anecdotal, and can at most point towards avenues for research. In comparison to proper research, personal anectdotes are dubious as a basis for claims of fact.


How do you knwo what it is that you are seeing? What if your observations are tainted by your wishes to see a specific outcome?

Are you at all familiar with the principles of critical analysis?


Thanks, you've already quoted this before in another post upthread, you do not need to quote it again, it will not make it more valid. It is just an anecdotal story, not science. It doesn't rel;ate to the thread here, because it only doing blanket coverage of cannabis use, without analysis.

The problem with anecdotal evidence is that there are people who self-medicate with cannabis (and many other things besides) thinking it is doing them good, when in reality it is not.

Again, it's only my personal observation, viewed through the lens of my personal prejudices, but in my opinion cannabis can also inhibit certain critical capacities of chronic users who are otherwise perfectly sane; indeed it's something I've observed in myself.

The upshot being that the science might be there when it comes to individual compounds such as CBD, but in a general sense I think "cannabis as anti-psychotic" is a very big no-no.