I have always believed marijuana was the link between my son’s first psychotic break in 1984 and the beginning of his battle with the symptoms of schizophrenia

So many poohed poohed my questioning including medical professionals and those I considered to be much wiser than myself. I had no proof except that I knew he had spent thousands of dollars, mostly on pot, during the short time he was living in Toronto. When he arrived home, a painfully thin, old looking young man who had voices in his head, he still appeared to be stoned at times.

There had been oddities every once in awhile. Some things that fit in with my on-again, off-again previous psychic experiences

 First oddity – the stacks and stacks of Readers Digest mags containing two copies published in (February) 1981. I remembered those articles, published 2 1/2 years earlier concerning a link between psychosis and marijuana, when I looked into the disarranged cupboard. My hands reached into the mess picking out the exact same copies I knew contained the article. It was in two installments.

Over the years other oddities showed themselves. In a book written by 2 science professors in California, they quoted from a study done by the government of India in 1894 or so that concluded insane asylums housed a much larger percentage of those who had smoked hemp than those who hadn’t.

Other newspaper articles contained similar results from studies discovering a link between marijuana use and schizophrenia. A study in the UK concluded that one in every five people tested were vulnerable to becoming psychotic from smoking marijauna.

For me the TV documentaries done by David Suzuki told the.story “The Downside Of High” revealed that young people’s brains are not fully mature until about 25. Cannibus can interfere in the maturation process and psychosis may set in, sometimes permanently.