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I generally do not think marijuana is something that can be abused unless in extremes (ie, allowing it to envelope your life, and be everything you are about). I know someone who's diagnosed bi-polar and is on lithium, and wonder what the complications of the amount of pot he smokes (extreme) and the lithium, to me it almost seems to be a much worse combination than any good.
Do you think that drugs, certain experiences on drugs can lead to brain chemical imbalances that cause such depression? I tend to lean towards this, I know a few people who have abused various substances to the extreme and then even if they still do it, or have even quit, they just always seem down and out. I know others that got extremely depressed and were diagnosed as depressed and given prescriptions, and they decided to come clean, drop everything, and seem to be much better off.
Sometimes I wonder if the person I mentioned above simply quit, and cleaned up that he might not even need lithium, but I know in his mind doing such a thing is not even an option.
Sorry for bringing up a touchy subject King, just after seeing two completely different views on this subject I became extremely intriqued and have wanted to attempt to understand it better. I've read a few different studies since, and depending on what type of degree the people had depends on how the study results turned out (whether they claim it's genetic or cause by social circumstances).
Anyone know of any good books (one opinion or the other) that delve into the subject further?
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