[dlorde]

While I agree that cannabis likely has little causal impact on schizophrenia disorders, it is foolish to ignore the reality of these disorders.

Yes, heavy cannabis use appears to be associated with some disorders, but as I understand it, those sufferers often show a predisposition to the disorder (genetic, e.g. familial, or long-term behavioural predictors).

It's not always clear in which direction the correlation is causal (if indeed it is) - are such personality types more likely to self-medicate with cannabis? does cannabis trigger psychosis in the predisposed? can cannabis cause psychosis? or is it some combination of the above?

The other confounding factor is the type and strength of cannabis involved. In the 1960's and '70's, a wide variety of cannabis was imported from Asia and India, mainly as varieties of hash, including oil. Herbal cannabis was a far lower percentage of the market than it is today. All these forms were rich in cannabinoids and relatively lower in THC than many modern strains. Cultivation of herbal cannabis and breeding programmes to increase the strength of the product have markedly reduced the percentage of cannabinoids in favour of extremely high THC levels in varieties like Skunk.

Cannabinoids have been shown to have protective effects against THC-related psychosis, and it may be the huge reduction in cannabinoids in 'super-strength' varieties that is behind the apparent rise in diagnoses - I say apparent rise, because it's possible that some of this reported increase may be due to greater diagnosis with cannabis posited as contributory, and some may simply be due to wider reporting via the internet (social media, etc).

What is clear is that, for the vast majority of cannabis users, there are no significant health effects of long-term regular use other than those attributable to the unfortunate habit of mixing it with tobacco.

[smart (OP)]

I'm sorry that I did not notice before the you got sucked in by the Scientology cult. I am sorry for you and I hope you make it ok.

LOL. Could you please enlighten us why you think I'm a scientologist? I'm fascinated by how you connect "Scientology" to introspection in general.

[smart (OP)]

Is cognitive introspection a form of scientific meditation ? Can THC-mediated introspection be used to meditate about metacognitive subjects not accessible without chemical activation of CB1 receptors? I believe cognitive introspection is a form of scientific method to gain access to higher functions of consciousness, including imagination and critical thinking.

[smart (OP)]

What is meditation exactly?

I believe endocannabinoid synthesis can trigger meditation and cognitive introspection
via intracellular CB1 receptor activation.

Higher levels of consciousness exists and depends on neuronal phase coherence
to hypercompute reality.

[JeffreySharp]

I'm curious how the topic of the forum about introspection was replaced by a debate about the influence of the cannabis on schizophrenia and Scientology? You have completely reworked the topic.

[smart (OP)]

I'm curious how the topic of the forum about introspection was replaced by a debate about the influence of the cannabis on schizophrenia and Scientology? You have completely reworked the topic.

It's not me who hijacked the thread with Scientology stuff.