True Stories About the Effects of Marijuana

While the media carries plenty of news about the benefits of marijuana’s different ingredients, there are not many stories about the adverse effects of this drug on young peoples’ lives. The few that show up in the headlines are the ones that are too drastic to be missed. Like the story of young Levy Thamba, who died after experiencing a marijuana-induced panic attack that drove him to jump off a hotel balcony.

The less drastic and dramatic effects of pot seem to be swept under the carpet these days. You might think the media would present a balanced picture of the benefits and the risks, but that is not necessarily the case.

There is a website for POPPOT—Parents Opposed to Pot—which has a page featuring stories about ways that marijuana users were blindsided by the damaging effects of pot. Before they used this drug, these young people weren’t warned about what could happen. That certainly seems to be a defining characteristic of a drug dealer and drug users as well, as they seldom if ever provide any accurate information to the new drug user.

These stories align with the tales we hear in Narconon drug rehabilitation centers.

The following are some excerpts from these stories:

• In one story, the former pot user said that he got “flashbacks that came unexpectedly… Now I’ve read enough to know pot stays in the body much longer than alcohol and that flashbacks from pot are real.” He (or she) got scared enough to stay away from any more pot or other drugs.
• In the second story, a parent reports that her child came home from college in a deep depression. Emergency treatment saved her but later, she admitted that the depression had resulted from “smoking tons of weed.” This parent’s second daughter was never expected to delve into drug use but admitted later that when she was 15 years old, she had been pressured by friends to use the drug, even though she had previously thought herself immune from social pressures.
• A third writer told the story of her brother and his college roommate. The roommate was a championship swimmer at an Ivy League school when he discovered marijuana. He became addicted, dropped out of sports and flunked out of school. His parents, not knowing the best way to help him, withdrew all financial support. Having lost everything and working as a janitor, the young man “slipped into a deep depression and killed himself.”

The full article can be found at http://www.poppot.org/2014/08/14/ways-were-blindsided-by-pot/.

These stories are unfortunately very common. They are played out millions of times across our country, in millions of homes as well as high schools and colleges. Our young people should know the truth before they ever pick up a drug. The drug dealer surely won’t tell them. Their friends who are already using drugs won’t tell them. Their friends who DO tell them will probably be shouted down by the drug users.

Don’t let your children go out into this world unprotected. Let them know what marijuana use is really like.

For more information about marijuana abuse and what you can do visit: http://www.narconon.org/drug-rehab/marijuana-rehab/