(Read Part 1 and Part 2. Permission required for reprinting) After Ryan’s death, I remembered reading many years ago in a magazine about Margaret Trudeau, then wife of the Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. She was in her 20s, partied with socialites, and also suffered psychotic breaks. Each time she referenced her use of marijuana … Continue reading The Unraveling, Part 3: Temporary Mental Instability vs Bipolar I
(Part 2 of 4, an anonymous testimony submitted by a reader. Part 1) For a person who had never shown the slightest mental instability and then goes into an altered reality—literally overnight–disregarding a drug classified as “hallucinogenic” as a trigger is outrageous. Mental health treatments fail when the root cause(s) are ignored. The culprit was … Continue reading The Unraveling, Part 2: Denial, Denial, Even as Dog has Seizure
(Here’s the first of a 5-part series. Names are changed, but details are true. Permission required for reprinting) No family should lose a child because of this ubiquitous falsehood that pot is benign. It’s not a level playing field for us, because of the marijuana financiers and the pot “evangelists” who try to silence us. I’m … Continue reading The Unraveling of Ryan, Part 1: First Episode
by Dr. Christine Miller, Ph.D. Myth #1. It is rare for marijuana users to experience psychotic symptoms like paranoia. In fact, about 15% of all users and a much higher percentage of heavy users will experience psychotic symptoms.1 Half of those individuals will become chronically schizophrenic if they don’t stop using.2 Fortunately, some do stop … Continue reading 10 Myths Marijuana Advocates want you to Believe
