Marijuana and Autistic Spectrum Disorders

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I'm skeptical of marijuana. It seems to help most people and I like some people on it but other people, not so much. Ultimately it's just like any other drug in that it's not going to be the same for everyone.

Pot make me super paranoid and have seizures. I hallucinate but then lots of things make me hallucinate.
Some autistic people may be more sensitive to the drug. Many are sensitive to prescription medication anyway.

I think both the anti and pro marijuana people are being extremely biased. What works well for some might be a nightmare for others. I can't touch the stuff because it gives me full epileptic seizures, same with too much sugar or alcohol but marijuana makes it so much worse. So I got to stay away from the stuff. It never seemed to work on me too. I can get drunk but not high.

I decided post on this old thread because I was recalling my one pot experience and was wondering how it affected other aspies.

In the beginning, I was excitable, plain and simple. As I came down, I didn't feel much of anything, which was boring. I wasn't really thinking either, which was really odd considering that my inability to stop thinking and analyzing things is a distinct part of who I am. That was weird. I definitely lost most of my social skills. I couldn't really understand what anyone was saying.

It wasn't disturbing or exciting or fun or anything really, probably because I was just in my house. In the beginning, when I was outside, I was having a lot more fun. Other than for those few who have severe reactions to weed, I don't really see why people get so into it. I can see it as being useful in stressful and overwhelming situations since it pretty much nullifies everything, at least for me. However, I don't really see the use in smoking it on a regular basis, and why people get into it. Perhaps I just wasn't in the right situation to have it be very interesting.

If I was to smoke it now I would use a Vaporizer it puts the smoke into a platic baggy that you inhale from.

http://marijuanavaporizer.com/vaporizer ... rizer.html

I've been around people who smoke and gotten kind of a second hand smoke effect from it. Its quite nice, calms my mind down alot. I don't intend to smoke it in the future, but I don't see why its illegal or why people are so funny about other using it. It has loads of uses, especially medically. Did you know that it can help cancer patients?

The vasodilation caused by cannabis on blood vessels to the brain seems a link to schizophrenia imo. I am sure I read that schizophrenics exhibit wider brain blood vessels and I do not believe the effect of cannabis in this area would be completely temporary, especially with prolonged use and beyond the age of 30.

My opinion is, that marijuana is helpful for some people, and not helpful in others. It's the same as any prescribed drug though, it's just about finding what's going to give you what you need.
Marijuana is different than other street drugs, in that it doesn't create dopamine in our brains. Basically, it doesn't create the chemical that gives us a rush or a "reward", and therefore an addiction. We actually have cannabinoid receptors in various areas of our brain, and the location of them is what makes cannabis such a useful "drug".
-It is not possible to over-dose on marijuana
-There are hundreds of thousands of deaths every year from tobacco and alcohol alone. But not even one from marijuana.

There are studies that have been done on heavy long-term marijuana use (approx. 10 joints a day for 30+ years). There have been no ill health effects found, no cognitive delays or memory loss...nothing that would set a user apart from a non-user.
One of the commonly used arguments against cannabis, is the short term memory impairment. Of course it is true in novice users, but as tolerance develops the effects become diminished.

I've had psychotic episodes when I've smoked that stuff in the past (hearing voices and such). This makes me worry that I might be latently on the schizo spectrum, since other people seem fine. I'm not psychotic when I'm not stoned, though.

The effects if cannibis are highly dependant on the consumour and what is being consumd.

Good ol pot or high end headies contain varing amounts of different psychoactice chemicals

Thc which is a mild psychadelic is the main one u think of ( itsvalso what causes parinoia)

You also have a wide range of other cannibinoids.
The more common cannabinoid causes cns depression. Ie makes u sleepy, there are several otjwrs that are less know that have a great deal of influenxe as well.
It is in this last group that we find a cannabinoid currently being resurched for its antidepresdinat qualities. (its in aboundance in sour desiel)

I would however caution that for people that get really obsorbed in thier ibterests taking up one that is illegal can bring new chalkenges into ur lufe.
Mind u in my early 20s that was a great way to meet new people. Just incite em to smoke, then they attribute ur weirdness to thd drugs

Marijuana does not cause ASD and any "autistic" traits developed after using it are not true autistic traits but are effects of the marijuana. Marijuana is bad for you and will cause more harm than good in the long run.

Cannabis use has risen sharply since the 60's

Schizophrenia has not

Fail on that idea

Cannabis usually worsens some things like executive function and face reading

Cannabis is quite specific in its medical actions: anxiety, anti cancer, eye problems etc etc