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I'm no expert, but I think weed definitely promotes psychotic thoughts. More so, the stronger the THC content, and the longer and frequent the use of it. In ver

I'm no expert, but I think weed definitely promotes psychotic thoughts. More so, the stronger the THC content, and the longer and frequent the use of it. In very rare cases this can trigger Psychosis, but in most people it will not. Rather what you tend see in daily smokers is a attitude of mild delusional distrust, often leaning towards conspiracy theories, anti-authoritarianism, etc. Since many are not aware of any unreasonable thought patterns, it may be seen as a mild form of psychosis. It goes away only 1-3 days after stopping consuming it though. But I think it's worth keeping an eye on, in this day and age, we really don't need more people following misguided errands.

brokenmachine 8y ago
> attitude of mild delusional distrust, often leaning towards conspiracy theories, anti-authoritarianism, etc Almost every article here on hn is about how some entity is spying on you, hacking you, or selling your data. Just because I'm paranoid, don't mean they're not after me.
plmu 8y ago
Once you know that, you can resist these thoughts. The first few times I used it, it seemed like learning to drive a bycicle as a small kid for the first time. Once you learn how not too fall, it becomes trivial. If it were legal, like alcohol, people would better be able to deal with it. Even if not 100% harmless, prohibition is not helpful, for (almost) noone.