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I live in a town where there is a major mental health hospital and research centre. I have heard anecdotally from staff that there is an increasing number of patients, especially but not exclusively youth, being admitted many with problems linked to cannabis use. Problems can include paranoia and schizophrenia; my cousin's son is among t…
I live in a town where there is a major mental health hospital and research centre. I have heard anecdotally from staff that there is an increasing number of patients, especially but not exclusively youth, being admitted many with problems linked to cannabis use. Problems can include paranoia and schizophrenia; my cousin's son is among the patients severely affected.
The following study corroborates increased potency and discussed the impact of legalization on youth, among other things: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.984485/pdf
Article about schizophrenia:
https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/ed-visits-for-cannabis-use-linked-to-higher-rates-of-schizophrenia-especially-in-young-men
From a shamanic perspective, plants vibrate lower (3) than humans (5) (animals, 4). I've heard that the average human is now vibrating at 3.4, basically 'vegging out'.
It's not just plant medicines like cannabis, but also alcohol (made from plants) consumption contributing to 'altered states'. Alcohol consumption has also increased during and since the pandemonium.
https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/healthy-living/infographic-examining-changes-alcohol-cannabis-consumption-stigma-covid-pandemic.html
Socrates — 'The mind is everything; what you think you become'. What if humans are losing their/our minds, no longer thinking? Who are we becoming?
Excellent quote from Socrates … it can also be posed as a question: What do you think you are becoming?