Excellent discussion! Drugs and alcohol can interfere with the way brain cells function, altering the way they send, receive, and process signals. It can also lead to various conditions involving the central nervous system, including everything from headaches, stroke and seizures. long-term use can cause issues with memory, attention and people can experience cognitive and behavioral issues. Thank you Doug and Dr. Tommy for sharing this super helpful video with us!🙌❤👍
I smoked weed daily for about 15 years. Quit over 20 years ago. I would also always claim that it did me more good than harm, and that I was fully functional etc. The problem is that after prolonged use, that all changed and I started to feel many negative effects from it but of course would never admit that until long after I quit.
In my experience, cannabis is certainly not all it's cracked up to be, but I needed to use it as a form of harm reduction while I stopped drinking alcohol. My life would be a hell of a lot worse right now if I had kept attempting to quit alcohol cold turkey, if only to appease those that thought I should just stop all substances immediately. When used for a specific purpose, I believe it can be helpful, as long as one is aware of the potential drawbacks. As with any drug that alters brain chemicals, there is always the potential to impact one negatively. I experienced many physical and emotional withdrawal symptoms when stopping cannabis, but they paled in comparison to those from alcohol.
My son had multiple schizophrenic episodes triggered by pot use. That was the initiation of a condition which-- now years later-- seems to be under control with a monthly injection. Some of my friends use pot and say it's the only thing that effectively gives them relief from chronic traumatic stress.
@@gobarbiego1 there's so little mention of that connection. I always told my kids to stay away from all drug experimentation because members of our family have had serious mental health issues-- and we are convinced that some of us cannot recover from casual drug experimentation. My younger sister put her brain through stresses with drugs and never was able to recover from what got triggered. She eventually took her life. I find it very scary-- what people will put themselves through as if drug experimentation is not a big deal.
We are all trying to put so much on one element .. yet we are beautifully complex beings with many variables that interact in different ways On THC .. on addiction … on surviving long term abuse The big picture similarities are sufficient enough to get the story line But character variations need individual and specific assessment While in the initial stages of trauma I couldn’t have got through a day without something .. ideally that would have been intense therapy straight away In Canada .. we aren’t used to paying for healthcare … out of pocket that is But after going on 3 years being on trauma Therapy wait lists And specialists referrals Is beyond ridiculous I know I was sitting back just waiting for life to be over I already accomplished so much … and after all I lost … knowing the work it took to get .. I just don’t want to .. but .. there are things I want to do .. like helping others in the same Struggle .. someone who has ADHD has led me to an abundance of research to figure this all out After all I learned And been through I have enough to help others … and that’s something I wanna do
This is the worst episode you have done. I have great respect for your work in general and find many of them super interesting and helpful. However, in this one, you are the one making extreme comments and your scientist essentially modified every one of your statements, if not disagreed with you entirely in a polite way. You hear him say 'this isn't my area of expertise', 'the research isn't solid enough on this yet', 'a modified approach is probably the answer', etc etc. Your questions are biased, leading, and from an addict perspective (all due honor and respect for your journey). But you didn't seem to absorb his answers. You kept repeating your extreme comments, and they are essentially click bait. You're better than this!
