Big Pharma’s Most Dangerous Lie and the Dark Truth About Weed
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How does marijuana affect the brain?
Thank you, doctor. You study the brain, not just emotions, but the physical brain, the actual biology of the brain. I've got a lot of questions for you about that, but let's just start with cannabis. What are the effects of cannabis on the brain, marijuana on the brain?
So I published a study on a thousand marijuana users, compared it to our healthy group. Every area of their brain was lower in blood flow and activity. And then just this year. Measurably. Measurably. On the imaging study we do, which is called SPECT, S-P-E-C-T, single photon emission computed tomography. It looks at blood flow activity, but also looks at mitochondrial function.
I have to ask you this, pardon my ignorance, what's mitochondrial function?
Why is brain damage on the rise among young people?
So the mitochondria are little energy powerhouses in your cell. They activate and keep the cell energized and alive. And 49% of the tracer that we do this study with is actually taken up by the mitochondria in the brain. So when we see low activity, it's really low activity along with decreased blood flow. And then there's a new study by a completely separate group than ours on a thousand young marijuana users. And the areas of the brain involved in learning and memory were low. and blood flow and activity. So it's not just me because I have a problem with marijuana.
It's other scientists as well saying marijuana is not great for the brain.
What are the effects of less mitochondrial activity and lower blood flow?
So it can go with tiredness. It can go with low motivation.
What impact does marijuana have on testosterone levels?
It can go with depression over time. It can go with more anxiety because your brain can't settle it down. And in vulnerable people, it can go with an increased risk of psychosis.
how does that work we're all of a sudden seeing because marijuana is not a drug it's a medicine we've been told it's the most healing medicine ever discovered it's quote natural god made it um and it's the answer to most of our physical and psychological problems and now all of a sudden there seem to be all these studies showing a direct connection between heavy marijuana use and psychosis. Is that connection real? And if so, how exactly does that happen? Do we know?
Well, it's absolutely real. And... People who have a certain genetic makeup are more vulnerable to becoming psychotic. One gene in particular, if you have a combination of an abnormality in that gene, you have a seven fold, so that's a 700% increased risk of becoming psychotic if you are a heavy user of marijuana. So not for everybody, but for everybody, the risk is somewhere between two to four times, especially if you start young. And now it's the young that are suffering. From the idea that marijuana is innocuous, because it's not innocuous, but because they think it's innocuous, I think psilocybin is going to go the same way. When the perception of the dangerousness of a drug goes down, its use goes up.
And that's what we've seen. And teenagers who use... have a higher incidence of anxiety, depression, suicide and psychosis in their 20s. And so you're taking a developing brain and altering how that brain develops. And what we're seeing is the highest incidence of brain and mental health problems in young people we have ever seen. A study from the CDC, 57% of teenage girls report being persistently sad. 57%? 57%. 32% have thought of killing themselves. Think of that. Of all? There's a whole population? Girls, teenage girls, 32% have thought of killing themselves. 32% of all teenage girls in the United States?
Why isn't the government warning about the dangers of marijuana?
Yes. 24% have planned to kill themselves and 13% have tried.
What are the risks associated with increased mushroom use?
we're in this mental mess and we have to go, why? And it's more complicated than just marijuana, but marijuana is clearly part of it. And part of it are the societal lies that I've seen from the 80s. So I started my psychiatric residency in 1982, and I trained at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., And 1987, video games started to come out. And they're like, oh, these are so exciting. With no neuroscience study on what do video games do to development. And it's not good.
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Chapters
8 chapters
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How does marijuana affect the brain?
0:00–1:15
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Why is brain damage on the rise among young people?
1:15–2:28
3
What impact does marijuana have on testosterone levels?
2:28–5:21
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Why isn't the government warning about the dangers of marijuana?
5:21–5:28
5
What are the risks associated with increased mushroom use?
5:28–6:27
6
How is AI impacting mental health and brain function?
6:27–6:48
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What societal lies contribute to drug use among youth?
6:48–8:19
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How can we promote brain health and prevent addiction?
8:19–1:56:22
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