Stoned in Suburbia
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A funny British documentary interviewing various cannabis users (hilarious to see grandmas talking about being arrested for growing etc!)
More people smoke cannabis in Britain than ever before, 10 Million of us have confessed to trying it, and over 2 million spark up every month.
Stoned In Suburbia is a social history film, examining the change in people’s opinions to cannabis over the past 50 years.
Discussing the impact of the 60’s sexual revolution, the Hippie movement, the emergence of the Punks right up until the modern day.
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June 9th, 2009 at 07:13
I really enjoyed this doc. You really see another side of what is thought to be a younger persons choice of relaxation. This is not a drug but a beautiful natural plant with great gifts.
June 18th, 2009 at 08:39
The part about mental illness, is bull****. People who are in the mental rehabilitation centers are not for there because of cannabis, they are their because of other much more harmful drugs.
- Marijuana is known to cause anger in those who DON’T use it.
July 7th, 2009 at 01:02
To the poster above, your comments are bullshit. Marijuana causes paranoia, mood swings, anxiety and panic attacks and psychosis. Seen it for my own eyes and I’ve experienced mood swings and anxiety attacks myself so I know what I’m talking about. Took about 15 years of smoking it to get to that stage then I stopped for good. 7 years since I smoked a spliff and I’m no longer the unmotivated lazy moody skint individual I once was but I can’t blame you for thinking that way. I used to. Just remember, what goes up must come down!
July 7th, 2009 at 07:40
“Marijuana is known to cause anger in those who DON’T use it.” Does that even make sense? Most people in rehab are their for weed, sorry to break the reality to ya.
July 12th, 2009 at 23:29
most people in rehab for weed are there because the other alternative is jail. And Marijuana do causes paranoia and states that could be diagnosed as psychosis, but the cause isn’t physical but psychological. Abuse of any drug can potentially lead to health problems, and as the psychosis has a psychological cause, it can be surmounted by simple will or restraint in use. Weak minded people are obviously going to be more affected by psychoactive drugs than more balanced persons.
Reasonable dosage and frequency, friendly setting, knowledge of risks and effects can go a long way in preventing harm in recreational drug use, and that is any drug from alcohol to PCP.
Of course some drugs have harmful side effects that are inevitable even through careful use (nicotine, cocaine, almost any opiates, solvents) and that is why knowledge of risk and effect is the best way to ensure people will not use the more harmful drugs or even worse “no return” drugs (I’m thinking of intravenous drugs mainly), and that they will use other drugs responsibly.
Sadly there is no cure for stupidity and people will keep doing stupid things with drugs legal or not. But legalization would ensure accurate, cleaner doses and information.
July 12th, 2009 at 23:33
forgot to mention (it’s pretty obvious to me but just in case), like it has mentioned in the docu., psychosis, or apparent psychosis is extremly rare in cannabis user, and could be attributed to other causes in some if not many cases. The paranoia that can come with being too stoned is short lived and might just be a good deterrent to important abuse of cannabis.
July 18th, 2009 at 10:21
weak-minded people? That has absolutely nothing to do with addiction. Addiction has everything to do with biology. If you have history of addiction in your family you are at a stronger risk of addiction than others who do not have this hereditary element.What is the psychological cause of psychosis? If psychosis can be surmounted by simple will or restraint in use, why dont people simply stop? IT has nothing to do with weak and strong mindedness, because those terms are very subjective.
September 9th, 2009 at 14:15
I disagree that a person who succumbs to the addiction and paranoia/anxity/psychosis is “weak minded”. I myself only smoked for around 2-3 years but it caused massive amounts of damage due to the fact that I had undiagnosed, untreated ADHD-PI which causes a high substance abuse risk and thus a higher chance of paranoia/anxiety/psychosis.
September 9th, 2009 at 19:05
If ppl are in rehab for weed, then they have poor will power to simply stay away from smokers and dealers. As soon as these ‘pot addicts’ (lol) return to the same geographical area, they will immediately return to their ‘addiction’ (lol) I’m a daily pot smoker, have been for 20 years. After watching some pot docs, I tested myself and quit for 4 days (lol, ya real long, i know) but anyhow, other than a poor appetite and NO motivation, there was not a single problem. On the 5th day I got high as hell. I do it for fun now and call them tolerance breaks!! yEEHAAA smoke away- gotta go roll a salad. Certainly, marijuana is known to cause anger in those who don’t use it- OUT OF JEALOUSY, SPITE, AND COMMON SENSE tells them they SHOULD be smoking it!!!
October 20th, 2009 at 11:37
If one needs anything outside like drugs to to have peace and joy then they are only chasing after the wind like riches, material things, illicit sex, alchohol, gambling, fame etc. True peace and joy will come from the inside and will not be affected by circumstances on the outside. I am glad I have the peace that surpasses all understanding and the joy that knows no bounds in my Lord!
November 15th, 2009 at 21:58
When folks speak about addiction, paranoia etc … most focus on the person by saying he or she is weak, and on the substance by saying it made him her that way. And avoid the obvious societal factors in both addictive distraction behaviour, personal anxiety and paranoia. We live in a culture that CONTROLS. The worst offenders are those whose ‘cure’ allows to to fit into a sick society, because they choose to be blind to others experience…. to protect their egos from the awakening – from the truth that society, as currently organised, is at the root of much emotional distress and trauma.
November 23rd, 2009 at 06:14
cannabis is not physically addictive so if your addicted you are weak in the mind hence you should not touch it + psychosis only happens to 1 in 10000 ppl as for the saying cannabis cause`s anger in other my god that is so true you cant believe it as a frequent user i have never had any health issues physical or mental i am not lazy in fact i work over a 100 hours a week as a chef + how many ppl are in these rehab places because of alcohol i rest my point free the weed.
November 26th, 2009 at 13:36
Who says being weak minded isnt biological/genetic?
People have the “holy-shit-burn-the-narcotics” mentality.
Face it. People are in ‘rehab’ for everything. People are rehabilitated after addiction to cheeseburgers, there is always going to be people who cant handle there shit. The difference between the everyday pot smoking person and the silly stoner stereotype that has gone insane from the violent hallucinations induced from ’skunk’ marihuana, is that some people don’t physically and mentally agree with the reefer.
Peanuts have been killing allergy affected persons for years, the time is nigh, we must illegalize peanuts before our children start playing with fire in a metaphorical nut sense.
December 1st, 2009 at 05:25
Cannabis can cause paranoia and psychosis.. people who deny it are ignorant. I don’t think that its as physically damaging as alcohol though.
December 20th, 2009 at 12:45
sorry to dissapoint but there is no scientific evidence cannabis causes any of the problems, but there is evidence is helps with pain releif ect, cannabis is not harmful it kills 0 people a year, people who have smoked cannabis and who experience paranoia, mood swings, anxiety and panic attacks and psychosis, often have big problems before the cannabis, and the weed shouldnt be to blame.
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Smokin for 10 years
December 20th, 2009 at 19:57
cannabis is a psychoactive drug so it changes the way you think and percieve things for a short period of time, and if these changes in perception make sense to you after the drug has worn off then you’ll incorporate that into your everyday mindset
for example if you get paranoid that the cops are outside because you heard a car door shut down the street somewhere you’re hardly going to be freaking out every time a car door shuts for the rest of your life, the drug wears off and you laugh about it.
if however, you notice something in someones behaviour that you hadn’t previously noticed due to an altered awareness and it indicates you cant trust them or they don’t like you or something like that it may affect you later on if whatever you have thought still makes sense to you after the drug. this is of course not the drugs fault, if its not true its the persons fault for being of a ‘paranoid’ mindset to be inclined to believe those sort of things, if it is true it should be considered helpful, but unfortunately for some reason in our society it is normal to think too highly of yourself and that everyone likes you even if its not true but if you think most people don’t like you theres something wrong with you even if it is true.
December 20th, 2009 at 21:31
Its amazing how many people have authoritative views about something they have f*** all experience of. Keep reading Pravda peeps.
January 9th, 2010 at 22:59
“if however, you notice something in someones behaviour that you hadn’t previously noticed due to an altered awareness and it indicates you cant trust them or they don’t like you or something like that it may affect you later on if whatever you have thought still makes sense to you after the drug. this is of course not the drugs fault, if its not true its the persons fault for being of a ‘paranoid’ mindset to be inclined to believe those sort of things, if it is true it should be considered helpful, but unfortunately for some reason in our society it is normal to think too highly of yourself and that everyone likes you even if its not true but if you think most people don’t like you theres something wrong with you even if it is true.”
Thats what happenes to me every time i smoke. IT’s killing me
January 10th, 2010 at 22:39
Excellent documentary, well worth a watch.
Since there is an off docu-argument ill jump in
To round up:-
Generally speaking doing somthing illegal, you will be paranoid. (It makes alot of sense to not want to get caught doing somthing that you would be punnished for)
If somone offered you a joint in las Vegas and told you there is manditory prison sentances for a joint, would you or would you not be paranoid?
If you went to amsterdam where it is not illegal to have a joint and were handed one, would you feel paranoid?
If you thought your mother would disown you and your father would beat you whist quoting Ezekiel 25:17 (The one thats quoted by samuel jackson in pulp fiction)
Would you not be paranoid?
Its a matter of situation, education and common sense.
If your a parent who would kick off that your son/daughter/dwarf was if you caught them smoking then you are soley responsible, get off your soap box stop preaching and listen to your kids for fuc*sa*e
If your smoking in las vegas, becareful this is bat country.
As for psychois, there have been certain cannaboids (THC is the main cannaboid in cannabis) that have been found to have anti-psychotic properties, along with some being found to aid caner and aids patients in recovery from medication.
And so a more logical statement would be, certain compounds found in cannabis may lead to psychological problems but this IS unconfirmed.
If its so good why is it banned then? because you cannot patent a plant. The pharmaceutical industy makes its money from man made drugs that can be patented. Bullcrap you say?
Do the searching yourself, look for synthetic cannaboid patents and you will soon learn that major pharma companies are producing patentable compounds that are present in cannabis.
If you havent watched the doc dont post comments, theres a forum for all your soapboxneeds.
January 11th, 2010 at 18:51
nice doc, nice people!
January 27th, 2010 at 03:14
All i can really say is, if ur a nut job before smoking it… what do you expect?