[AppinIsobel]

The Downside of High, Jan 28 CBC TV broadcast on The Nature of Things

An alert about an upcoming documentary that will be airing on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) in Canada Thursday January 28th at 8 pm in each time zone (8:30 in Newfoundland).

Program is about Canadian early treatment programs for young cannibis drug users that also are diagnosed with schizophrenia.

The latest scientific information.

[spiritual_emergency]

A link for those wanting more information: The Downside of High

[Shoe]

Thanks for posting this. I had a regular doctor tell me once that all of these recreational drugs are a form of psychosis. I think that is maybe a little too much of a broad statement though. I think that the hallucinogens help to break down the wall between the conscious and unconscious and some people can't handle the content. Stan Groff has written some interesting material on this subject.
Best regards, Shoe

[lynn P.]

I think it's good they're taking a stand there's a correlation between the two. I don't like the way marijauna has become so widely accepted as a harmless recreational drug. I do see the value of it for medicinal purposes for pain control etc. I wish more people would look at their bodies as a 'temple' and ask themselves "is this honouring my body by smoking weed, doing illegal drugs and drinking alcohol"?

[spiritual_emergency]

Marijuana played a significant role in my own child's experience of psychosis and mania, so much so that any formal diagnosis was delayed while we tried to determine if the behaviors we were seeing were solely drug-induced. I don't know if their own experience would have built to the same degree of severity if they had not used marijuana but at this time, they do have a formal diagnosis I would have preferred they didn't have.

In spite of our personal experience with it, I would not object to marijauna being legalized. One benefit of legalization is it would be more readily available for other conditions people use it for (i.e. anti-nausea treatment in chemotherapy); it would produce a standardized product as opposed to what's available on the streets (marijuana can also be cut with other drugs); it would generate some much needed tax income for the government and it would cut the cash flow to the various criminal organizations that currently benefit from it. It's so widely available everywhere now (including locked psychiatric units), whether my child can get it from across the counter or in a college dorm, it makes no difference -- they seem to have finally accepted that regardless of what it does for other people, it's detrimental for them.

Meantime, I gather the show has come and gone. The Nature of Things does have some episodes of older shows that can be found via Google Video. Hopefully, this one will soon be available there too.

[AppinIsobel]

Medical use of marihuana is legal across Canada.

Health Canada grants access to marihuana for medical use to those who are suffering from grave and debilitating illnesses. The following information is pertinent to applicants and stakeholders, such as health professionals and law enforcement agencies.

The access to marihuana legislation and regulation is handled within Health Canada by the Marihuana Medical Access Division .

[AppinIsobel]

Health Canada obtains dried marihuana and seeds for medical use from Prairie Plant Systems Incorporated, a company specializing in the growing, harvesting and processing of plants for pharmaceutical products and research. The production of marihuana is highly standardized and secure. Patients have the option of purchasing dried marihuana and/or seeds in order to grow their own.