Drugs As Weapons, Part II: Cannabis-induced Psychosis

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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4.3 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Ah, cannabis! That oft-vilified, oft-worshipped source of so many creative snacks, amazing music, and... legal chaos. In tonight's episode, Ben, Matt and Noel return to the world of "drugs as weapons," exploring the allegations that cannabis ingestion can lead some people to extraordinary psychotic breaks, resulting in dangerous breakdowns -- up to and including murder.

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0:00.0	From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies history is riddled with unexplained events.
0:07.0	You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know.
0:12.0	A production of I-Heart Radio.
0:14.0	Hold the phone, fellow conspiracy realist.
0:27.0	Yeah, we have some breaking news, funny story right as, or directly after we recorded this episode. We got some
0:37.1	astonishing reports from the DEA and Matt you hit up the group chat instantly.
0:42.1	I did. The DEA, well can I, do you mind if I just say what it is?
0:46.7	Please. Yeah, that's why we're doing this part at the beginning.
0:50.7	We're okay, okay, okay, see guys, we have talked about, well, people keep calling it marijuana in the news, but as we're going to talk about in this episode, please call it cannabis, that's what it is.
1:00.7	Shout out to Higher Side chat. There you go.
1:03.0	Thanks guys.
1:04.0	Is it because marijuana is kind of still like has like sort of stigma?
1:07.0	Yeah.
1:08.0	Because of sort of racist overturns.
1:10.0	Okay, that's what I thought. We're literally about to have this conversation.
1:12.0	I remember.
1:14.0	Yeah, just double class.
1:15.0	The DEA Drug Enforcement Administration.
1:20.0	Yes, they are planning to or at least proposing to reschedule marijuana from a Schedule 1 to a Schedule 3 drug.
1:32.0	Or an iconic substance.
1:34.0	Has it happened yet.
1:35.0	Schedule 1 for anybody outside of the US
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