'Cannabis-Induced Psychosis' Killer Stabs Lover 108 Times | Bryn Spejcher Case Analysis 

Letting her off with murder because she was high is like letting a drunk driver off with murder in a hit and run because they were drunk.

I feel like if I smoked marijuana and fell into a cannabis induced psychosis that led me to steal a car, I would have been charged with grand theft auto.

100 hours of community service. That's not even 1 hour per stab.

She was actually mad the judge ordered her community services. I feel so bad for Chad's family

"Pot made me violent", said no one ever!!

I took thc gummies for my chemo. The only thing I became savage on was the fridge.

100 hours of community service is a crazy sentence The judge must have smoked some of Chad's weed also

So let me get this straight, you can murder someone if you smoked weed. Others will certainly take note of this. I call serious bs. These judges are out of their minds. Wait until it’s their loved ones that are murdered as a result of someone smoking pot/doing drugs. This world is too far gone. Condolences to the victims family. Chad was murdered, but the person responsible didn’t serve jail time. This is absolutely awful.

It is weird how if someone is under the influence of any other drug, harms or kill someone they say that drug is no excuse…

I would be interested in knowing that judge's view on drunk driving accidents. Does he believe someone should serve no prison time if they end up running someone over while drunk?

I am an avid consumer of THC, and I have never heard of anything like this happening to someone. If you kill someone and assert that you are not guilty and shouldn't even have community service, then you do not feel bad about the crime you committed. I can't believe she got away with this. In 10 years she's gonna be back under investigation for her husbands mysterious disappearance.

I dont understand how anyone could feel safe around this lady.

Are you fucking kidding me? She choose to ingest a drug and then committed murder through her own actions. This is murder

She was crazy before the marijuana

Makes you wonder if the killer is related to anyone within the justice system.

Watch out everyone, she's out there!

That is wild. You get the same amount of community service and probation if you’re drinking underage. She killed a person and abused an animal.

This sentence is outrageous. It's similar to petty vandalism. I'm half speechless.

I think she probably was in a drug induced psychosis of her own doing. I highly doubt she meant to kill her boyfriend and injure her dog but she did and should have had to face some serious consequences. She got off with a slap on the wrist while most people would have suffered pretty greatly for what she did. It’s weird how she got off so lightly. It really makes you wonder why she was so special here.

I agree 100% with you, Dr. Grande. Using drugs does not remove responsibility from a person's actions. Bryn should have served some time in prison for her actions.

Drug disparagement allows reprehensible people to get away with horrible crimes by blaming the drug and not taking any responsibility. The absolute narcissism and psychopathy to act as if they are the victim in this situation is genuinely disgusting. The police and politicians then use these horrible people to justify their puritanical denial of bodily autonomy. The drugs aren't the problem, it's the people who are the problem.

Every killer is crazy! I don't see how this can be a factor to lower the sentence.

I just can't fathom this verdict. The amount of people I have seen with alcohol induced psychosis.... no one would ever imagine forgiving those crimes, but because it's weed it's different somehow? What the fuck?

There should be no difference in criminal responsibility for crimes committed under the influence of marijuana, alcohol or any other mind-altering drug.

I've been smoking for more then 20 years and not once have I freaked out or hurt somebody. its all about the person. evil people do evil things.

That judgement has set a terrible precedent!

Shocking!!!! Extremely poor judgement by this judge!!! Absolutely appalling! She definitely deserved some prison time. So sorry to the family

Was the judge experiencing psychosis during the sentencing? She will volunteer 108 hours to hand out anti-marijuana flyers on the sidewalk?

Aside from that sentence, being the most ridiculous sentence ever handed down in the history of the court system, I’d like to know what their plan is when she smokes marijuana again?

wow, so you can get away with murder by just saying you did a shit load of drugs... was there a judge or jury who decided the outcome of this case?

I don’t know much about this case or if she’s lying BUT I myself can’t smoke marijuana because I have had THC induced Psychosis. It’s not that rare. I began hallucinating and everything. I see a few comments saying that it’s BS and I’m here to say that from personal experience it’s not BS. Also, I had smoke a few times before it actually happened. Nevertheless after that last experience I NEVER smoked again!

Her wounds are superficial.

This here is definitely a case of privilege. She had a doctorate, came from a wealthy family, had a good lawyer, is pretty....

It's murder she said she thought she was dead and had to kill him to come back so she intentionally killed him and she knew what she was doing

Thats insane and ridiculous!!! Wtf???!!! Shes gonna kill again!!!

His last moments were absolutely terrifying

Like you have pointed out several times, being high on drugs or drink is NOT an excuse for criminal behavior. This was 2nd degree murder.

Cannabis user here and I will say this I am aware there have been countless murders done while high on marijuana people have smoked tobacco before and after killing and many more have been drunk on alcohol killing on purpose or manslaughter. When a person is mentally disturbed I don't think their substance use is the prime motivating factor in a deadly murder they commit it but can possibly for some people. I think its safe to say that it is very rare for marijuana users to commit murder crimes and confident to say alcohol has made best friends and family members pull guns on each other all over a drunken rage. It was said in the house floor before marijuana does not make men beat their wives alcohol typically does.

This is why I don't let my roommate smoke weed, it sends him into a spiral of psychosis.

Sad and awful...poor Chad...but can I say that this is the first time someone bothered to say that the dog was ok...thanks for that..poor little thing must've been terrified!

As I’ve said before, doesn’t matter if someone is drunk OR high murder is still murder. (Involuntary manslaughter here I guess but still) Getting off easy with killing a person is always terrible, RIP Chad 💜 Weed tablets have helped my anxiety and daily pain amounts *immensely* I can literally walk around with x5 less physical pain and then having people being idiots after using substances (often times too much) makes it look bad for us all. Something else was definitely up here imo. Thanks for another good one Dr Grande we always appreciate your case analysis/opinions! Edit- I know seeing her as a “murderer” might be a strong opinion, but she used herself. Involuntary manslaughter is appropriate but I still think something was strange with this case. I think people forget it’s still a drug and medicine, not just a plant. Abuse and misuse ofc can lead to worse outcomes, but to end someone’s life who was offering you free weed is just strange imo. Ofc I’m not a doctor, judge or anything of the sort! Just my two cents as well lol, thanks again good coverage I hope more awareness comes soon surrounding safe drinking and drug practices. Some would say that none is safest, but abstinence training doesn’t work too well lol. I think having a wider conversation about how drugs (and drinking) can seriously affect your brain and *how* they can, because it’s like people forget they can easily become paranoid on weed?? That’s one of the things it’s most known for, yeah it makes most of us chill out but for some it also turns on their negative brain issues. If you just take without recognizing your potential consequences, and especially if you let others take the brunt of those consequences, I think that makes you an extremely immature person who deserves to go to jail for a while. RIP again Chad how horrible of a way to die ❤️‍🩹 and the dog too like ???? If she knew she reacts adversely to it and hasn’t had much effect before, then she proceeds to do it again with someone experienced and then attack them, that’s her fault %1000 not his. She knew her past with the drug and decided to ingest it, then take more when she didn’t feel anything. It reminds me of the recent case with the kid on mushrooms who killed his parents because he took too much with his friends. If you don’t respect your medicines, and then take the consequences of your actions out on others, I think that’s stupid and always will lol. Will stop rambling now sorry!! 😅🫣🤷‍♀️

You don’t just get to paint every single person who has smoked or used marijuana as a murderer or criminal. That’s absolutely unfounded in truth.

Cannabis (and really any substance) can cause delirium and psychosis; that’s been proven; what really IRKS me is that she got NO incarceration (just probation and community service) for an act she committed during voluntary substance use!!!

Wow, Dr. Grande, you have never been so wrong! This is at least 2nd degree murder!

I think that judge must’ve been high.

She had a good lawyer. She should have gotten more than 4years

I wonder what it was about this pretty, educated girl that helped her get away with murder ?

So you’re saying the prosecution and judge got lost in the “weeds” of the cannabis induced psychosis defense theory and ignored the fact that she willingly inhaled the marijuana. I think your point is valid. I honestly don’t know much about cannabis induced psychosis. When I read the thumbnail, I thought it was another defense team trying their best to make the most out of a really tough case to defend. She was caught knife in hand, with the victim in the next room. I can’t help but think about the victims family might be feeling about the lack of prison time for the person who killed their loved one. I’d be frustrated and angry.

It really feels like there has to be more information to this story.

I want to add something that nobody is considering in the legislature surrounding weed: The fact that most strains today have at least 15-20% thc and a lot less cbd. And some go up to 30% thc/1-0% cbd and are associated with episodes of heavy psychosis and early-onset schizophrenia. But at low doses it far far less associated with psychosis. So maybe it should be time to look further than "weed bad/good" and go into the specifics. There is a reason why a lot of european states banned drinkable alcohol above 50-60% ethanol, it's the drug that's linked to the most cases of violent behavior over here.

As someone who has smoked marijuana since age 8 ( not the best parents) , thats 15 years, im now 23, i have never experienced a high like this, there has to be something wrong with her deep down for it to come out when under the influence. Just like how drunk words are sober thoughts. You have to already want to kill your bf in order to even think about doing it. Especially high, youre not feeling very active so where she got the energy to stab someone that many times and her high NOT go away during the process is beyond me. In stressful situations ive snapped out of being high cuz it ruins it. She wasnt high people, marijuana doesnt do this. Shes using the system.

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Marijuana isn’t for everyone this is a crazy story as much as I don’t like it I agree with Dr Grande …

Those self-induced wounds looked superficial.

Well done analysis. I suffered from cannabis-induced psychosis after I started self-medicating for chronic pain. One of the worst experiences I have been through in my life. I also suffer from both anxiety and major depressive disorder so it makes sense. I wasn't aware of that before.

I think that alcohol is a greater danger by a massive factor.

Reefer Madness!! I can't believe they fell for that.

It's amazing how clueless people still are about pot.

American law has an ambivalent attitude when it comes to drug-influenced behavior. DUI is a crime, with the driver held responsible for his or her actions, but legally speaking, an intoxicated adult is incapable of giving consent for sex, so that casual sex at a party can morph into a rape charge if remorse kicks in. The remorseful partner is not considered to be at fault for his or her decision to engage in sexual activity, while the non-remorseful partner may be judged to be a rapist. Drunks who get aggressive and fight with people are still charged with assault and battery, even if the next day they have no memory of the event, and have never done anything like that when they were sober. But in cases like this, being high (or experiencing temporary insanity or cannabis-induced psychosis) was considered to be a reason for a lighter sentence. A review of cases involving bath salts or steroids will give a very mixed result. So... is a person responsible for their actions and decisions while drunk/high/stoned/intoxicated or not?

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Had this been a man doing this frenzied killing no way would he escape a prison sentence!

We are convicted in Australia for having canibis in our system when we drive. There is no leniency with sentencing for drug induced related crime here.

Psychosis that is underlying can be brought to surface from different types of drugs. Usually hallucinogenic drugs which marajuana is. I can see this happening.

When I was in my teens 12 to 18 every time I smoked I felt electric shock feelings and very detached. Peer pressure kept me smoking until one night a week after I did it I had a flashback and experienced the same uncomfortable stimuli. From that date on I never touched it again. I am actually shocked to learn 15 % of population experience psych disturbances after using. Btw if Bryn was let off with probation then a person High on alcohol or another substance should be too if they acted psychotic. That was not a just verdict she avoided the drug because it made her uncomfortable and just won't admit it.

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My younger brother had a psychotic break. He boarded up all of his doors and windows. He then stabbed himself in the chest 3 times and cut his wrists. I asked the hospital psychologist to not release him. She assured me he was going into therapy. He was in the hospital for 3 weeks. I called days later to check on him and he had been released. He had cut off contact with our family. A month later his ex-wife died. A month after that his body was found. He had overdosed on his pain meds. He was over 1,000 miles away during the worst of covid. I wish I would have gone immediately. But my husband has a lung condition. I ended up having to go to clean out his house anyway. I'm so broken. 😔 Please check on your people. 🙏♥️✨

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It’s horrific of her to blame her victim (“He made me take the drug and the drug made me do it”).

This case is infuriating. No jail time and she complains about community service. A young man is dead. His family received no justice and I truly hope that Judge is investigated.

It's pretty disgusting that she essentially blamed Chad for "forcing" her to smoke weed. It was her decision and hers alone. I don't drink alcohol, and despite many offers, no one has ever "made" me drink it.

Thank you for this analysis, Dr. Grande. You provided more information than I had heard before. It does sound like she had a marajuana induced psychotic episode, or some type of psychotic episode, it doesn't seem someone in their right mind would harm themselves and their beloved pet just to use as a cover to kill someone else. I have a friend who refuses to consume any form of marijuana because it increases his already known schizophrenic symptoms. It did take him some time using and not using to realize it was making his schizophrenic symptoms worse. Remember, mind altering substances can alter minds in different ways. Everyone who has a good experience, that's awesome!!! But have compassion for those who have a bad or VERY bad experience.

I believe that there was a political aspect in the DA's and judge's motivations for giving virtually no punishment for this crime, particularly considering where it occurred. If it had happened as a result of an alcoholic blackout the results would have been far different.

I used to work on a mental health ward. Half the patients were there because of cannabis abuse. I've never heard of someone suffering psychosis from one hit though. It's usually through habitual use.

The idea that cannabis can cause ultraviolent murder is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. What is this, Reefer Madness? Have some accountability.

I can’t speak about the weed that is available today because it’s been over 43 years since I’ve smoked it on a regular basis. I smoked it daily for about 15 years then off and on for another few years. Neither I, nor anyone else I associated with, ever had anything close to a psychotic break. I will admit that, towards the end of my smoking days, I did start to get anxiety sometimes. I mainly quit using it because I became a mother. That all being said, I have a hard time believing it can induce psychosis on it’s own.

Stay away from drugs, period!

This one is hard to believe. So many people are sentenced to looong sentences regardless of their state of mind at the time of the crimes

This case has an almost unbelievable outcome. Thank you for covering it Dr. Grande. We greatly appreciate your analysis 🙏

Many men have gotten years in jail merely for using drugs and not hurting anyone from it. And even if she was temporarily psychotic, again many psychotic people have gotten years in jail for the crimes they committed during psychosis. If that isn't an excuse for them, that shouldn't be an excuse for her. Her walking free is an insult to Chad and his family.

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Unlike drinking too much alcohol and killing someone in a bar fight, marijuana has never caused murderous psychosis in anyone else, yet the evidence suggests that she really did go into psychosis, therefore she hadn't been reckless in anyway whatsoever. Something that has never happened before is not a foreseeable risk in doing that activity.This should not even be involuntary manslaughter, she is not guilty of anything, unless she faked it, but she doesn't have a motive, isn't irresponsible, nor shows any indicators of prior antisocial behaviour. This is more like an undiagnosed coeliac going into psychosis from gluten and debating whether she deliberately ate a slice of bread, even though violent psychosis in undiagnosed ceoliacs is much more likely than violent psychosis induced by marijuana.

That’s messed up. That poor kid in Florida was eating and killing his neighbors, and he was I think diagnosed to be psychotic at the time,and he still has to spend the rest of his life in prison. That kid in Fl like 19 yrs old. He had no drugs or alcohol. He was into racing cars one night everybody’s gathered around watching. This dude starts racing another guy he’s all adrenaline excited when he looked up he was about to blow a stoplight, and he almost didn’t even see the lady pushing a baby carriage.

"It wasn't ME your honor... It was the one-armed marijuana!" This is now a legal defense strategy that murderers can use to avoid prison time. I wonder how long until the copycat cases start rolling in. Her community service sentence totals out to less than 1 hour per stab.

absolutely absurd she clearly belongs is jail

A friend of mine once got into a total psychosis from smoking too much weed in Amsterdam (where the weed is rly strong). He was convinced that he was dead and in an afterlife test of faith created by god. He was convinced that he needs to harm himself to prove himself to god, so he would put his hand into torches or smash his face into windows. All my attempts to reason with him were futile, it was as if he couldn't even hear me talking to him or even notice that I'm there at all. He snapped from one moment to another and he was completely disconnected from reality for some hours. Also, it was not his first time smoking weed. Just saying, for those of you judging her as a murderer, just because you or nobody you know experienced cannabis-induced psychosis, doesn't mean it's not a real phenomenon. Any psychedelic substance can cause a total rupture from reality to certain individuals when the dose is high enough

Is an irresistible craving for Cheez Korn a psychotic symptom? Just asking.

The first time my body recognized cannabis, on the fifth session of consuming, I definitely had hallucinations, but fortunately it only caused a one hour couch-lock.

Truly unbelievable 😢

This is the first time in my 62 years I've ever heard of weed causing aggression. I cannot consume weed because if I smoke it, I get pschotic paranoia, and if I eat it, it triggers my depressive disorder. Of course the weed today IS extremely more potent than the stuff when I was younger. I agree with you about her consequences. There weren't any. She killed that man, and should have spent time in jail. I believe this is an example of women possibly getting off easier than men. I'm a woman, by the way. This gal should have had some prison time. Some who was drunk would have.

Dr. Grande, this is first-degree, life sentence without the possibility of parole. After this analysis I will say: Dr. Grande's intuition is 99 percent true, instead of 100 percent. Thank you. Best.

She stabbed her dog something strange is going on i think he did something to the stuff noway she hurt her dog she liked her dog somethings wrong here

Psychosis is one thing, but psychosis on drugs is deadly.

Her actions may sound like psychosis they also may sound like angel dust😊

“When will the effects of marijuana be taken seriously?”… cmon man, the probability of smoking pot and brutally murdering someone has to be one in 10s of millions at least. Is it a stressor that can cause psychosis? Sure, so is losing a loved one or a breakup. We don’t tell people not to date because they might end up going on a murderous rampage because of how insanely unlikely that is. Lots of things can cause a psychotic break for a person with an unusual predisposition to psychosis while being completely harmless to 99.9999% of people. I don’t even smoke pot, but this habit of taking crazy outliers like this and using them as cautionary tales for the masses is ridiculous.

The same can be said for the negative effects of alcohol which lead to negligent behavior. Only worse than cannabis by the numbers.

The last time I tried cannabis I could barely do anything. I couldn’t even fish. Of course it was almost 2 decades ago. I’m sure that it’s different now

Responding to so many comments here…just because you haven’t experienced it and don’t know anyone who has experienced it doesn’t mean it isn’t real. I know someone who has experienced cannabis-induced psychosis. Psychosis can actually be induced by other drugs as well. It’s rare but some people are just vulnerable to it. There isn’t enough research about it, but it seems to effect certain people who are more vulnerable to bipolar disorder and schizophrenia…there are plenty of anecdotes about people who believe the onset of their bipolar or schizophrenic symptoms resulted after drug use, too. We do know that bipolar disorder and schizophrenia are genetic but with life factors playing some role in when and whether those genes are expressed. So it makes sense drugs could cause onset of symptoms just like stress could cause onset of symptoms.

Marijuana don’t do that

I agree; I think people should be held criminally responsible for their behavior during voluntary substance use; a person list their life due to her decision to use cannabis; sure, it wasn’t premeditated or intentional; and sure, she was almost certainly psychotic during the killing, but why should she get to go without incarceration while she took a human off of the planet? Makes me wonder if she elicited daughter-like transference and sympathy from the judge

Ayo, watching while rolling one up, thanks Dr. Grande as always!