Cannabis is the world’s favourite drug, but also one of the least understood. Can cannabis cause schizophrenia? Is it addictive? Can it lead you on to harder drugs? Or is it simply a herb, an undervalued medicine?
Addiction specialist Dr John Marsden discovers that modern science is finally beginning to find answers to these questions. John traces the cannabis plants’ birthplace in Kazakhstan; finds the origins of our sensitivity to cannabis in the simple sea squirt; and finds out just what it does to our brains.
He meets people who have been changed by this drug in drastically different ways – from those whose lives have been shattered to those who lives have been revived.
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April 16, 2011 at 7:00 am | Bronte
The Alcoholics are hypocrites. They run government and don’t want anyone else to have any other drug. The alcoholics bash, rape, steal and fight yet point to drugs like pot with a finger of condemnation. The alcoholics are doctors, lawyers, politicians in fact they infect all walks of life. Try and ban the alcoholics drug and all hell would be cut loose as it did in the 20s.
Every one knows alcohol and cigarettes are the worst drugs but the alcohol and the tobacco addicts infect all sectors of life and deflect the argument.
I don’t take any drug but view the alcoholic as a curse on society for their rampant and unabated hypocrisy. The war on drugs was started by Nixon because he hated blacks, Hispanics and hippies. The war on drugs is social war between the alcohol and tobacco addicts vs all the other drug users on philosophical grounds. I remember my father telling me not to take drugs whilst holding a beer and a cigarette. This is the hypocrisy of the alcoholic.
April 23, 2011 at 2:33 pm | Sorcerian
I totally second your speech.
However, if you ban alcohol and tobacco, this will only lead to a second prohibition era. That would be only good to reinforce organized crime.
I recommend you to watch documentaries about Systembolaget in Sweden.
Alcohol trade is strictly regulated, and yet Swedish people are among the first consumers of Europe.
April 23, 2011 at 2:50 pm | Sorcerian
If Alcohol is so strongly tied with our current society, it’s because it’s one the oldest drug known to mankind. It was very early associated as a social cement to tie links with strangers. Sumerians were already brewing beer, along with Egyptians.
Indeed, it’s all hypocrisy. When cops seize large amount of weed, they celebrate it with champagne. Oh the irony, don’t you think ?
July 7, 2011 at 9:02 pm | Racinjasin101181
That’s how the great sport of nascar was born. I love to see them try that stupid shit again, sorcerian.
April 23, 2011 at 2:33 pm | Sorcerian
I totally second your speech.
However, if you ban alcohol and tobacco, this will only lead to a second prohibition era. That would be only good to reinforce organized crime.
I recommend you to watch documentaries about Systembolaget in Sweden.
Alcohol trade is strictly regulated, and yet Swedish people are among the first consumers of Europe.
April 22, 2011 at 6:37 am | Si
Its not a weed. Biochemically, its technically a fruit because of how the seed forms XD
April 22, 2011 at 6:37 am | Si
Its not a weed. Biochemically, its technically a fruit because of how the seed forms XD
April 22, 2011 at 7:26 am | Hashish Addiction
All addictions, including hashish addiction, require tender care, if the body is expected to return to a state of near normality. Support from family and friends, new pastimes that do not include hanging with the hashish crowd and a change in every day habits and routine all help to break the rituals and cycles of addiction.
April 22, 2011 at 7:26 am | Hashish Addiction
All addictions, including hashish addiction, require tender care, if the body is expected to return to a state of near normality. Support from family and friends, new pastimes that do not include hanging with the hashish crowd and a change in every day habits and routine all help to break the rituals and cycles of addiction.
April 26, 2011 at 7:20 am | Johnny
Who came up with this notion that schizophrenia is evil? I think branding schizophrenics in such a way is no less than that same descriptor. You’ll never know the beauty that a schizophrenic knows. Suffering has many faces, not just the one you want us to see.
April 28, 2011 at 8:22 pm | How to Get Backlinks
Marijuana is becoming more and more legal in each state, this is all propaganda.
April 29, 2011 at 3:34 pm | concerned citizen
alcohol is a socially acceptable drug, yet can be a very destructive one, the cannibis plant serves a thousand different purposes from making sails for the british fleets when they first discovered its value to treating many alments. when someone is being loud obnoxious and violent is he DRUNK or smoking POT? we all know the answer people. Big bussiness dictates our laws whether we like it or not and it would be very bad for big bussiness if pot all the sudden became the #1 cash crop. lets stop with all the anti pot propaganda like it gives you physcosis and shit because the only way pot doees that is if u have a prior disposition to getting those mental illnesses, its time to move on out of the legislation shakles into an actual free world where no drug is illegal as this will all but eleminate really harmfull drugs like herion and crack and powered cocain, as the leaf itself is a powerful medicine. But around the world we continue to elect the rich cocksuckers that dont give a fuck about us and only care about their big bank acount and power hold on society, and of course some to thier secret societys like illuminati, skull and bones, bohemian grove ect ectt the list goes on.
May 10, 2011 at 12:30 pm | G.hype
Fucking Rats taking my stash!
May 11, 2011 at 9:38 pm | mattbone
TRASH
May 14, 2011 at 7:30 pm | Nick Aka Cursed
Instead of talking about cannibis. lets talk about alcohol… Alcohol eats at the brain. Alcohol hastens
dementia and many other different diagnosis’ of brain damage… I’ve been an every day pot smoker for 20 years and I have no problems with me. I use to be a very angry person until I smoked pot.
May 14, 2011 at 7:33 pm | Nick Aka Cursed
On the other hand my grandmother has been an alcoholic for 30 years and she has a huge chunk of her brain dead and has an alcohol induced liver disease. So meanwhile we have cigarettes and alcohol legal on the streets which people die from everyday. And we have this little plant called “cannabis” illegal? Its ridiculous.
May 15, 2011 at 4:04 am | feet_onthe_ground
I was pleasantly surprised at the unbiased approach of the host/narrator. That’s not to say his personal views didn’t come across in the video, but he did present information from both sides of the story and only looked at the cold facts. I must say – fairly refreshing.
May 19, 2011 at 11:06 pm | Vjcubedv
Everyone watch the Union !
May 19, 2011 at 11:06 pm | Vjcubedv
Everyone watch the Union !
June 5, 2011 at 6:28 pm | Dicks
Bullshit, Cannabis does not cause schitzophrenia.
June 10, 2011 at 3:49 am | Ty_dale
LEGALIZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 14, 2011 at 4:56 pm | jonothan
loool that john is sum next fukin mongol who finks hes bad wat a fagget
June 18, 2011 at 1:38 pm | Chrychek
The blissful release is the curing power of the plant, but only if you eat the cannbinoid oils. Watch RUN FROM THE CURE. This “Evil Weed” movie is propaganda. When people understand the truth, this becomes really silly. The cure for cancer IS cannabis.
June 18, 2011 at 1:38 pm | Chrychek
The blissful release is the curing power of the plant, but only if you eat the cannbinoid oils. Watch RUN FROM THE CURE. This “Evil Weed” movie is propaganda. When people understand the truth, this becomes really silly. The cure for cancer IS cannabis.
June 26, 2011 at 12:20 am | Aa
Enjoy responsibly.
July 3, 2011 at 6:28 pm | Lauren
ugh that man is such a pussy, he’s not addicted to cannabis he’s using it as an excuse for his shit life, he could change if he wanted to.
July 3, 2011 at 6:28 pm | Lauren
ugh that man is such a pussy, he’s not addicted to cannabis he’s using it as an excuse for his shit life, he could change if he wanted to.
July 5, 2011 at 12:30 am | Bandhighway
I think cannabis can have a negative effect on people who have a mental disorder before hand..Normal rational people who smoke do not hear voices telling them to harm themselves. This is not the fault of the cannabis but their own state of mind.
July 7, 2011 at 8:26 pm | Racinjasin101181
I belive that we all have choices and those choices lead to paths. I would really like to see people take some responsibility for their decisions! Over indulgence in any way, shap, or form is gonaa hurt you in one way or another. Start taking responsible for your choices instead of blaming it on the drugs! Get some will power for christ sake. Boo freakin hoo! Start bein productive for a change. Ever heard of moderation?????
July 7, 2011 at 8:26 pm | Racinjasin101181
I belive that we all have choices and those choices lead to paths. I would really like to see people take some responsibility for their decisions! Over indulgence in any way, shap, or form is gonaa hurt you in one way or another. Start taking responsible for your choices instead of blaming it on the drugs! Get some will power for christ sake. Boo freakin hoo! Start bein productive for a change. Ever heard of moderation?????
July 9, 2011 at 1:29 pm | Bruce
People are Apathetic because our current capitalist society is sucking the life out of us all. We know deep down it’s not right. We do not need to wake every day and work so we can buy shit.It all gets so boring. So lack of participation is a good thing in my eyes. “What measure of health is it to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society?”
July 26, 2011 at 2:13 am | Numberdude
I don’t smoke pot, but I admit there are some benefits for some people. Probably the worst thing about smoking pot is that you are inhaling smoke into your lungs. That can’t be good for you.
July 26, 2011 at 2:13 am | Numberdude
I don’t smoke pot, but I admit there are some benefits for some people. Probably the worst thing about smoking pot is that you are inhaling smoke into your lungs. That can’t be good for you.
July 26, 2011 at 2:13 am | Numberdude
I don’t smoke pot, but I admit there are some benefits for some people. Probably the worst thing about smoking pot is that you are inhaling smoke into your lungs. That can’t be good for you.
July 26, 2011 at 6:05 am | Nbaira
hi ! i was just requiring that cannabis can Affect your everyday business
or in anything you do,
Some people think it’s a good thing smoking cannabis is easy to solve
there problems.. it’s just the weed that growth from the dirt of the growned
that something that we all know that God created every living things
big great and small or any other living things that breathe through our
nostrils. maybe some people really don’t realize what they are doing
or should they do it!.( smoking pots) WHY?
July 30, 2011 at 7:26 am | Artdas
That guy john was a retard and a loser.
July 30, 2011 at 7:26 am | Artdas
That guy john was a retard and a loser.
July 30, 2011 at 7:26 am | Artdas
That guy john was a retard and a loser.
August 1, 2011 at 10:45 pm | Bwkerr
Why dont they test the animals with whole cannabis extracts instead of pure THC ?
August 1, 2011 at 10:45 pm | Bwkerr
Why dont they test the animals with whole cannabis extracts instead of pure THC ?
August 29, 2011 at 6:03 pm | Guest
John looks to me like a full blown depressive. He needs to get that treated, and then he may no longer feel the need to rely on cannabis.
August 31, 2011 at 11:12 am | Arumdalu
What I gather from this video is the message that it’s damaging for kids under adulthood and a great tendency to continue with harder drugs.
within those limits, it is quite safe to take marihuana. So far I’ve been smoking it for 35 years, on and off, and suffered no damaging effects at all. On and off is to say in the Netherlands, where I live most of the time and marihuana is not against the law, I smoke it daily, pure, about 4-5 joints. Some of the time I spend my time in a country where it’s strictly against the law. No problem for me to stop the habit immediately.
Ther’s no enjoyment to be got from smoking it being when haunted by a sense of paranoia ( the feeling that the law is at your doorstep ready to arrest) Conclusion is: No addiction whatsoever; a slight sense of paranoia, which in this case saves me from spending time in prison.
Use it wisely and get the most enjoyment out of it,
September 6, 2011 at 5:28 am | Bob
What a stupid bloody experiment to expose rats to THC and then see how many times they push the heroin button. If they were to put a potato chip button right beside the heroin button, I’ll bet they would have doubled their results. The rats aren’t pushing the button because they want heroin, they are pushing it because they are bored and hungry.
John is just a depressed idiot that can’t for the life of him make the association between his need to alter his mental state with his obsessive compulsion toward cannabis. Give John nutmeg and he’ll be complaining about his nutmeg addiction instead.
And I find it hard to watch a documentary that calls cannabis a gateway drug while completely ignoring the fact that 99.9% of cannabis users tried alcohol 1st and then tried pot. Where’s the documentary about alcohol being the primary gateway drug?
December 13, 2011 at 5:11 am | Brittany Rosco
herehere
September 11, 2011 at 12:32 pm | Zeke
It all boils down to money.If they made weed legal tomorrow you would put millions of people out of work.The judicial system would have much less to do. The law enforcement community would have much less to do.The prison systems would be under utilized, and there four people out of work.Glad sandwich bag would be just about out of business. Or maybe they would actually make money. But one thing is certain. Glad plastic bags are then norm for utilizing as a container for weed.If they’re were no weed tomorrow Glad would be out of business the next day.Then what would all these factory workers use to put they’re lunches in then. Oh, i forgot. We don’t have factories in America any more. Just joblessness.
October 4, 2011 at 11:33 pm | Stonezster
If it is manufactured and sold on the market, it would probably create jobs and bring in more tax revinue that wheat.
September 21, 2011 at 7:26 am | BrownBurr
I personally think that this life is just a projection of energy that my consciousness interprets as life on Earth, and that I am here on Earth to experience as much as it has to offer. With the exception of things that are detrimental to my physical form, I think that drugs are just another category for me to experience, such as food, music, etc.
September 21, 2011 at 7:26 am | BrownBurr
I personally think that this life is just a projection of energy that my consciousness interprets as life on Earth, and that I am here on Earth to experience as much as it has to offer. With the exception of things that are detrimental to my physical form, I think that drugs are just another category for me to experience, such as food, music, etc.
September 21, 2011 at 7:26 am | BrownBurr
I personally think that this life is just a projection of energy that my consciousness interprets as life on Earth, and that I am here on Earth to experience as much as it has to offer. With the exception of things that are detrimental to my physical form, I think that drugs are just another category for me to experience, such as food, music, etc.
September 25, 2011 at 10:44 pm | El Cacique
WHAT!!! Common dude seriously. I’ve been smoking cannabis since for over 12 years, almost every day. I drink very little and have never felt the need to try other drugs. I have no comment about John, but the NIH designed gateway drug experiments are a joke. Where is the positive control here? Like Bob said “give them a potato chip in another area and see what happens”.
September 25, 2011 at 10:44 pm | El Cacique
WHAT!!! Common dude seriously. I’ve been smoking cannabis since for over 12 years, almost every day. I drink very little and have never felt the need to try other drugs. I have no comment about John, but the NIH designed gateway drug experiments are a joke. Where is the positive control here? Like Bob said “give them a potato chip in another area and see what happens”.
October 4, 2011 at 11:13 pm | Stonezster
I’ve been
smoking Pot daily for over 25yrs with friends and I have never met a single pot
smoking friend that got schizophrenia and some of these friends started very
young. It seems obvious to me that this poor young bloke was already susceptible
to schizophrenia and it had nothing at all to do with the pot. That seems
obvious to me considering I have never seen pot do this in 25yrs of heavy
use??? Actually, I have a good friend with schizophrenia caused by not
sleeping. Smoking pot helps him sleep and keeps the schizophrenia away. So, In
that case, Pot helps schizophrenia.
November 4, 2011 at 5:10 am | mac
this doc. is bullshit.
November 4, 2011 at 5:20 am | mac
if you want a real documentary about cannabis watch “The Union”
November 21, 2011 at 3:16 pm | Fuk
thank god for drugs….
December 21, 2011 at 8:44 pm | Luke
So many flaws in all their experements that were showen… were to start… Fuck it im rolling a joint