but marijuana is one of the most safe medication out there today why do you think Canada and specific States have all ready approved the use of medical use and people on here need to wright what med's that cause memory issues need to tell people so someone can make a difference in the world if we do nothing to change it

I think it really can help settle the manic phases, the anxiety and such, but I've seen it turn bipolar disorder into schizo-affective disorder. The hallucinations can be bad, along with the paranoia.

But, if I didn't know that, I'd be toking it up all day.

I hate the 20 slot..

"but marijuana is one of the most safe medication out there today why do you think Canada and specific States have all ready approved the use of medical use and people "

Have they? I'm in the UK they haven't here.

I thought it was treatment of glaucoma, MS and some pain related ailments. I didn't know it was being prescribed for mental illnesses anywhere?

The thing for me, Mathieu, is not so much what I think, as much as how things that are "fuzzy" might affect others.

What I think may be of Value, may not be to others. What I think is Bad, may not be for others. I have to watch myself about promoting things, whether it be weed or religion or Anything, and sometimes I slip up.

Weed is So not a good idea for me, for example. Even if it wouldn't have been "that bad" when I was younger, I had a temporal lobe seizure of sorts when I was your age, due to uncontrolled Mania, and now I can't drink, can't deal with caffeine, and apparently can't deal with weed, either.

I say "apparently" because I just tried a joint a couple of weeks ago, after 30 years (!!) of not smoking it!! (Manic attack, lol. Mis-Take!!!!)

Point is, when a thread starts and you post a thought or comment, it's okay when you get lots of people with opinions; just remember we are all Triggers for each other, and this is one of those "divided" issues.

:)

I'm not getting into the debate itself but wanted to look up whether or not marijuana can be prescribed for bipolar in the US. It can be prescribed for bipolar disorder in California. I don't know about other states.

"Significantly, California is the only state that permits marijuana to be used for any condition for which it provides relief in particular, psychiatric disorders, such as PTSD, bipolar disorder, ADD, anxiety and depression, which account for some 20%-25% of the total patient population."

http://cannabis.hawaiinewsdaily.com/2011/05/31/america%E2%80%99s-one-million-legalized-marijuana-users/

@ acuriousfish Take anything that the National Institute on Drug Abuse with a pound of salt. It's a government program. And the US government is famous for twisting the facts on cannabis.

Check out this link that says the exact opposite, of what the NIDA says

http://www.dailystrength.org/treatments/Marijuana