CAN CANNABIS CURE SCHIZOPHRENIA?

   CAN CANNABIS CURE SCHIZOPHRENIA?

It is my personal reasoning that the true cause of the social decline that we are seeing increase in our age today is to be found in the 207 year old history of modern psychiatry. The goal always seems to be the suppression of the individual, and not to actually cure mental illness. Mental disorders have been around as long as mankind has but before the 1800’s there was very little hope for mental patients and mostly it was believed that they were victims of demonic possession and were treated brutally often fatally.  Women with mental disorders were considered witches and burnt at the stake.

Modern psychiatry has now moved beyond the mental institutions and into society. It has evolved into a hungry profit driven industry which results in shocking statistics of deaths resulting from the side effects of their treatments.

So it is not hard to see from the many stories shared online; you can watch the movie “Side Effects” written and produced by ex pharmaceutical representatives, how modern psychiatry has basically repackaged human emotions and behaviors as  ‘disease’ or ‘disorder’  with the sole intention to sell their drugs at massive profits. If you look closely you will clearly see that this is a smartly executed marketing campaign rather than a science.

Personally ii believe that all mental conditions are related, such as autism, ADD, ADDH, schizophrenia, bipolar, Alzheimer’s and dementia are one and the same resulting from common human emotions, behavioural traits and Cannabinoid deficiency.

WHO ‘INVENTED’ SCHIZOPHRENIA

The term ‘schizophrenia’ originated in Switzerland and it literally means ‘splitting of the mind’ which was always intended to refer to a difference between thought and action and not to multiple or ‘split’ personalities. Multiple Personality Disorders is another study. Switzerland is also where the great teacher Carl Jung did a lot of his work on the development of psychoanalysis and worked extensively with people suffering from schizophrenia. His essays on his theories were published in 1986 in CA Meier’s book, Soul and Body. Meier was a student and assistant of Carl Jung at the Burgholzli Clinic.

Teachers like Carl Jung and Bleuler, also of Burgholzli Clinic Switzerland urge us to understand schizophrenic development as primarily a human rather than metabolic process. Dr Bleuler says:

“When the tension between his own drives and between his drives and his social environment become overwhelming he retires into an autistic…contradictory world that is better adapted to his contradictory self than reality…this conception…summarizes well our present knowledge of schizophrenia”

This is exactly why personalized treatment programs work more effectively because ‘schizophrenia’ is not a mental disease. It is a lifestyle disorder brought about by intentional stress, negativity and the consumption of harmful and neuro-toxic chemical substances found everywhere on earth, in our environment, our food, water, soil, medications, everywhere, no one can escape these substances not even on the North Pole.

A 2011 study undertaken by Dr Y Horesh and colleagues provided evidence that certain molecular substrates were shared in the brains of people suffering from both Alzheimer’s (AD) and schizophrenia.

“The findings point to a specific molecular background shared by AD and schizophrenia, suggesting that impairment of the autophagy pathway regulation system could be one of the common bases of the two diseases; however, further studies are necessary, taking into account exposure to medications, sex hormone influences and with a significant expanded sample size in order to strengthen the evidence in support of the notion that at least part of the molecular background of AD and schizophrenia is shared by these two diseases.”

This study proves that there is a legitimate link between these two conditions and for me personally there is enough evidence to prove that through ‘medical repackaging’ we can create or ‘invent’ a multitude of disorders as well as expensive dangerous designer drugs for these. 

In my dialogues with loved ones of patients as well as my personal experiences ii have come across a lot of people who say that dealing with their mother with Alzheimer’s and younger acquaintances with schizophrenia was really no different in most cases discussed.  This finding again convinces me that all these dementia conditions are related.

This line of reasoning allows me to include conditions like Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis (MS) into my reasoning as these two conditions are also set about by damaged brain cells. The medications prescribed to people suffering from Parkinson’s and MS also have debilitating side effects of which you can read hundreds of testimonies to online. Another reason ii include these two conditions is because we are also having wonderful success in treating both with Cannabis. So all these conditions seem to respond negatively to their prescription medicines and they all respond positively to Cannabis treatment.

Dr Joseph Mercola makes some powerful statements on his site such as “Inventors of Paediatric Bipolar Diagnosis had strong drug industry ties.” In my reasoning this suggests that other mental disorders were also ‘invented’.

There is a story about three psychiatrists from Harvard who were disciplined after it was discovered that they all received millions of dollars in undeclared drug company monies.

“In a July 21, 2011 article, Vera Sherav for Alliance for Human Research Protection writes:

 

"An investigation, prompted by Sen. Charles Grassely, was conducted by Harvard University-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital. It concluded that psychiatrist Joseph Biederman and two of his protégés, Thomas Spencer and Timothy Wilens - each of who failed to disclose millions of dollars they had each received from the makers of antipsychotics, the drugs they promoted for the treatment of bipolar in children – had indeed violated the University's/ and hospital's conflict of interest reporting standards. The three wrote a mea culpa letter stating "we want to offer our sincere apologies… 'Acknowledging' our mistakes…"

However, no mention was made anywhere about the profound consequences of these psychiatrists' commercially-driven clinical recommendations. No mention about the corruption of the scientific literature, about clinical practice that deviated from the Hippocratic Oath, 'First, do no harm,' nor was any mention made about the harm suffered by children whose doctors were misled about the safety and efficacy of highly toxic drugs. Child psychiatrists and paediatricians throughout the US were guided by these exceedingly influential Harvard psychiatrists."

The investigation also unearthed evidence of commercially-driven corruption of the research produced by these psychiatrists. A New York Times article revealed that court documents showed Dr. Biederman promised Johnson & Johnson that the results of a planned study in preschool children would "support the safety and effectiveness of Risperdal in this age group."

 

We absolutely have to educate ourselves and become aware of what is really going on in the world today.

THE FIRST DEMENTIA DIAGNOSIS

The first official diagnosis of (pre-senile) dementia was in 1901 by Dr Alois Alzheimer (1864 – 1915) and according to scienceblogs.com this lady was only 51 years old and in today’s world she would have been diagnosed with ‘early onset Alzheimer’s. The lady died at age 55 in 1906.  Early onset Alzheimer’s is defined as development of the condition before age 65. So you can see how dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are linked and it seems obvious that it is ‘age based’.

This is why ii believe that schizophrenia is not a new and separate mental disorder. It is an update of dementia and its ‘age base’ is from the onset of the teenage years. So it is my reasoning that all these conditions like schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s, various forms of dementia, bipolar, autism, ADHD, ADD and so on are all one and the same thing and this is what ii mean when ii speak about human emotions and behaviour being repackaged as ‘mental conditions’. 

And the number one reason why we are seeing an increase in conditions of dementia at younger ages is directly linked to the toxic poisons in our food, water and vaccinations. Think about it, the pregnant mother is consuming the toxins so in utero there is already a degenerative process starting to happen to the unborn child. Then the child is hopefully breast fed but shortly after taking its first few breaths it starts getting pumped with vaccinations and once the child starts eating around 4 to 6 months of age, immediately the toxins present in the child’s food are starting to work. This is also why we are seeing so many young children starting to develop epilepsy at around 6 months old.

It is interesting when you look at the history of Monosodium Glutamate (MSG). It was invented in 1908 so this is around the same time as people like Dr Alzheimer were starting to diagnose conditions of dementia.  Dr Russell Blaylock (Nutrition and Behaviour) has researched thousands of food and nutritional studies and research has proven that during pregnancy and lactation a diet rich in MSG causes damage to brain cells because infants and small children are four times more sensitive to MSG than adults are. This is a scientific fact.

THE RISK OF SCHIZOPHRENIA

There is currently a global awakening of consciousness that all is not well in our world, especially our medical health world, and that we need to look closer at what is going on. Misinformation, manipulation, mind control and main stream media are some of the negative things we are all dealing with.  The sad thing is the realization that these experiences have always been intentional and it is blatant trickery on the part of the system which we look to for protection but which continues to fail us all dismally, all in the sole interest of generating increased profit margins.

The plain truth is that scientists and psychiatrists still do not fully understand the causes of schizophrenia and other mental disorders like Parkinson’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease.

“In forty years, ‘biological’ psychiatry has yet to validate a single psychiatric condition/diagnosis as an abnormality/disease, or as anything ‘neurological,’ ‘biological,’ ‘chemically-imbalanced’ or ‘genetic.’” —Dr. Fred Baughman Jr., child neurologist, Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology.”

Medical professionals continue to tell us that they do not know the causes of these mental conditions nor do they have the cure. As such they continue to simply treat the ‘symptoms’ often with disastrous side effects.  In a future paper ii will address this issue at length but for now this is my list of the top 18 causes of psychosis in no particular order as they are all equally accountable in susceptible people:

·         Alcohol and drug abuse

·         Dehydration

·         The aging process

·         Pain and fever

·         Insomnia

·         Emotional trauma

·         Depression

·         Malnutrition and low blood sugar levels

·         Food additives 

·         Stress

·         Environmental pollution

·         Sexual health

·         Adverse side effects of pharmaceutical drugs

·         Brain tumours and cancers

·         Malaria

·         Syphilis

·         Vaccinations

·         Cannabinoid deficiency

With all the environmental negativity, stress and increase of poisons in our food, soil and water which we all have to endure today, symptoms of these will naturally manifest in many different forms of behaviour and thought processes amongst our diverse human race. In medical matters some repetition is necessary and again ii say, it is mostly due to the added poisons in our food, water, soil and vaccinations that we are seeing such a radical increase of dementia related conditions at younger ages manifesting as autism, ADD and ADD, bipolar and schizophrenia.

Humans have always been evolving and ii see this clearly when ii look closely at the youth.  Children today are different to when ii was a child and even when my own children were young.  There are many studies you can look at on Indigo Children, Crystal Children and even Diamond, Rainbow and Golden children. 

All these studies indicate that many children are now coming to earth with a higher wisdom and consciousness.  They are highly sensitive and can sense the deceit and negativity on the planet and many indeed find it over whelming and too much to bear, and this how ‘autism’ is developed in young children.  These children find the energies around them, sadly even in their own homes to be undesirable and this is why we find so many children ‘withdrawing’ but actually they are just looking for peace from the negative environment which could be a simple thing like a television set playing or music playing around the 741 Hz frequency vibration which is the frequency of fear and negativity. It might help some parents to be aware of frequency vibrations as my experience with young children has indicated that they are very sensitive to these so you must try to only play music which vibrates to either 528 or 432 Hz which are the frequencies of love and harmony.

These children also come to earth with memories of past lives and verbally speak about these memories and these are the children who would be diagnosed as mentally ill and put on some strong anti psychotic drug and usually this would sort the problem out.  A lot of children around the age of three, myself include (1970’s), quickly realize that they are receiving a negative vibration to their meditations and they start to block these thoughts and stop verbalizing sometimes not speaking to anyone at all.  It is not unreasonable to imagine a young child in this state of mind wishing to escape their undesirable reality.

Whether you accept evolution as a science or not you have to accept that children today are far more spiritually advanced than previous generations and there is a lot of solid proof of this fact because it is not just a theory and this is a very important factor to consider when looking for logical solutions for mental disorders. We absolutely have to treat the inner and outer human when looking at mental and physical health.

According to the NIMH (National Institute for Mental Health) 51 million people are currently suffering with schizophrenia worldwide and The South African Federation for Mental Health says that approximately 1% of the our population between the age of 15 to 35 will develop schizophrenia. In America it is said that every 67 seconds someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and 5 million people are living with it there and even more research shows that 1 in 3 seniors will die of Alzheimer’s disease or some other form of dementia.  If you add to these already horrific statistics to the numbers involved with the other conditions like bipolar and autism, this is beginning to represent global epidemic.

We live in a world where a bunch of carrots is double the price of a hamburger filled with toxins and the majority of most populations are living in poverty. It is a world where the majority of the money and power is kept in the hands of the few. Most of our people besides being poor are also dealing with other diseases of civilization such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity, high cholesterol and so on, take note all diet related.

These medical conditions eat away at already tight budgets. And ii have seen loads of family interviews from middle and lower income groups where people are forced to make serious decisions about how they eat based on how much money they have and they end up buying ‘cheap and nasty fast foods’ because it is cheaper than fruit and vegetables.

It is no secret that good nutrition is required for optimum performance of the brain however there is a lot of information which is not taught at school or tertiary level and ii highly recommend the teachings of Dr Russell Blaylock and Dr Joseph Mercola which ii used as my main sources in my original dissertation under the topic of Nutrition and brain function and in particular the destructive effects of food additives such as MSG and Aspartame.

SO, CAN CANNABIS CURE SCHIZOPHRENIA?

 

In previous papers ii have written about the functions of the recently discovered physiological system named The Endocannabinoid System (named after the Cannabis plant) as well as the top 6 cannabinoids we are currently working the most with.

The most important fact that ii have realised through my studies thus far, is that whole herbal Cannabis is far more superior to any synthetic attempt to isolate cannabinoids, in particular THC being the main active ingredient.  Cannabinoids simply do not seem to work as effectively in isolation.

The chemistry of the Cannabis plant is complex and there are over 460 known chemical constituents of the Cannabis plant and more than 80 of these are cannabinoids, with new ones being discovered almost daily.

So much more research is required to secure an over standing of the full mechanisms of the Endocannabinoid System and all of the cannabinoids present in the Cannabis plant, and how they work together to produce this life saving natural medicine.

For the purpose of this paper we can look at the effects of the top six cannabinoids on the human brain.

THC – Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol - psychoactive

THC is the most well-known of all the cannabinoids and is the most active ingredient as well as the most psychoactive component of the Cannabis plant.

More than any other cannabinoid THC is associated with the majority of the pharmacologic effects of Cannabis, which means, without THC most of the other cannabinoids would not occur or function in its absence. This fact supports the idea that cannabinoids do not work in isolation.

It is critical to have an overstanding of the effects of psychedelic substances and in this respect we must strive to gain the responsibility to respect our dosage as only tiny amounts of cannabinoids is required to sustain optimum health.

It is very important to be aware that the chemical profile of Cannabis has changed drastically over the past 30 years.  It is true that these days modern Cannabis contains more than double the amount of THC as it did back in the flower power 1960’s and as a result of this these modern strains tend to contain far less of the neuro-protective cannabinoid discussed below CBD.  This again supports the idea that strains which are lower in THC will naturally be higher in CBD.

It is also a reality that growers who selectively breed high THC strains are also selecting against the gene that produces CBD, which means that in the pursuit to produce stronger Cannabis some growers may actually end up out breeding a chemical which is responsible for the wellbeing of mental health. This is exactly why ii advocate that each person who needs Cannabis for medicinal purposes opts to grow their own.  It is false freedom where you are not in control of the production of your medicine and you do not know for sure what is in it or where it comes from or how it was grown.

Again, so much more quality research is required in this field of study and factors like growing customs limit our ability to fully interpret findings and to make generalizations about CBD and THC administration on psychotic symptoms, and indeed there are researchers who claim to be achieving positive results with “CBD only” extracts.

THC has the ability to alter behaviour, mood perception and consciousness and often promotes the meditation of sharing, humour and creativity, and feelings of euphoria. In my paper “Does Cannabis cause psychosis” you can read about how Cannabis reveals YOU to you…

The healing properties of THC include anti-cancer, anti-nausea, pain killer, appetite and metabolic regulation, anti-spasm, anti-inflammatory, muscle relaxant, antimicrobial, neuro-protection (assists the brain from degenerating over time), anti-oxidant and so many more.

CBD – Cannabidiol – Non psychoactive

CBD is a major constituent of medical Cannabis and does not possess psychoactive properties.

The presence of CBD can reduce some of the psychoactive effects of THC. So in other words a strain which is high in CBD will naturally be lower in THC so there will be less if any of a ‘high’.

CBD continues to show potential to relieve convulsion and inflammation, CBD has also been shown to have neuro protection, anti- anxiety and anti-psychotic properties and is proving to bring great relief to people suffering with schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s and frequent anxiety attacks and seizures.

This is ironic since the opposition keep on insisting that Cannabis causes schizophrenia, and remember one of the functions of the Endocannabinoid System is neurogenesis, generating new brain cells. Many people suffering with schizophrenia admit that using CBD rich Cannabis oil provides relief with overwhelming benefits.

There is no evidence to support the statement that Cannabis causes schizophrenia or psychosis and in fact there is more evidence to suggest that Cannabis use does NOT cause mental disorders. In numerous controlled studies it has been proven that CBD enhances the signalling of Anandamide (a natural cannabinoid produced by our bodies) and which naturally relieves the psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia.

CBD also promotes uninterrupted sleep patterns which is essential to overall health and well -being. Insomnia is usually a big problem for people suffering with schizophrenia and indeed all the other conditions involving degeneration of brain cells.

There is not much you can do to increase CBD levels other than to choose strains with a known high CBD content.  CBD is naturally found in higher amounts in low THC varieties such as Cannabis ruderalis and some hemp species. So in other words, people suffering from schizophrenia and other dementia conditions would need to source a ‘lower THC quality’ herb to prepare a high CBD medication. Some of the known high CBD strains include Charlotte’s Web’, Harlequin, AC/DC, Sour Tsunami as well as Cannatonic.

CBN – Cannabinol – Slightly psychoactive

CBN is only somewhat psychoactive at approximately 10% of the activity of THC.

CBN is a breakdown product of THC which takes place when THC is exposed to light or heat.

CBN levels in buds can be influenced by harvest, drying and curing processes and by waiting a little bit longer to harvest, until the trichomes are amber in colour, often results in higher levels of CBN. Higher exposure to air during the drying and curing stage and a longer curing phase also results in higher levels of CBN.

CBN in the presence of THC presents anti-anxiety properties, but does not in the absence of THC.

This is where we start to realise the intricacies of this plant and its components and in my experience treating a number of conditions, you will often hear me saying that all indications are that truthfully cannabinoids do not work effectively when isolated especially from THC.

CBN has sedative properties and has shown very promising anti-spasm properties, which is helping many children and adults who suffer from seizures. CBN also promotes uninterrupted sleep patterns.

CBN cannot exist without the presence of THC, and again this is the main reason why synthetic cannnabinoids are not as successful as herbal Cannabis.  CBN is the primary product of THC degradation, and there is usually very little CBN in the fresh plant.  CBN content increases as THC degrades in storage, and with exposure to light and air.  This is known as the curing process after harvest and is critical to the potency and purity and therefore to the quality of the medication you are making.

CBG – Cannabigerols – Non psychoactive

CBG has been identified as a primary cannabinoid because of the ability of the Cannabis plant to produce Cannabigerolic Acid (CBGA) which is exactly what makes the Cannabis plant so unique.

So chemically speaking CBG is the forerunner to the three major branches of cannabinoids:  Tetra-Hydrocannabinolic acid (THCA), Cannabidiolic acid (CBDA) and Cannabichromenic acid (CBCA).

Cannabis has natural enzymes called synthases (a chemical enzyme which is the catalyst in a synthetic process), which breaks the CBGA down to produce the various cannanbinoids.

The Cannabis plant has three synthases which have been identified (THC –synthase, CBD synthase, CBC –synthase) and are so named after the cannabinoid which they create.

CBG is found in higher concentrations in hemp than in varieties of Cannabis usually cultivated for a low THC content. So again, if you are looking to make a medicine which is high CBD and CBG you need to source a low THC quality herb.

THCV – Tetrahydrocannabivarin -  Psychoactive

THCV is almost identical in chemical structure to THC, but slightly different in that unlike THC, CBD and CBC, THCV does not start out as a cannabigerolic acid (CBGA).

Instead of combining with olivetolic acid to create CBGA, the geranyl phosphate joins forces with divarinolic acid, which has two less carbon molecules. 

The result is Cannabigerovarin acid (CBGVA).  Once CBGVA is created, the process continues exactly the same as it does for THC.  CBGVA is broken down to tetrahydrocannabivarin carboxylic acid (THCVA) by the THCV synthase.  At that point, THCVA can be decarboxylated with heat or UV light to create THCV.

The effect of THCV on the CB1 and CB2 receptors is different to the effects of THC.

THCV has shown to reduce and even completely block panic attacks and this feature has THCV also showing great potential to be able to lower the seizure and convulsion threshold for people suffering from seizures and spasms.

Some of the best loved sativa strains are known to be high in THCV for example Durban poison and many of the ‘Haze’ and ‘Cheese’ strains as well as their hybrids.

CBC – Cannabichromenes – non psychoactive

NEUROGENESIS

The Endocannabinoid Research Group stated that their results suggest that CBC can help the growth and survival of NPSCs. 

Neural Progenitor Stem Cell (NPSCs), are the stem cells of the brain and are vital to brain functioning.  NPSCs are the precursors to the three types of brain cells, being neurons, oligondendrocytes and astrocytes, and because they are able to create any of these cells, they are now being investigated to help regenerate brain cells. One can only begin to imagine how valuable this therapy would be in the treatment of Epilepsy, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, schizophrenia, Multiple Sclerosis and other neurological disorders.

Astrocytes are the most prevalent cells in the brain and their role is to support and protect the neurons. At the site of injury, astrocytes repair a damaged area and replace any area that cannot be repaired.

The scientists at The Endocannabinoid Research Group have found that CBC is related to higher concentrations of NPSCs.  CBC also seems to inhibit the creation of proteins that cause the NPSCs to convert to other brain cells and this suggests that CBC may interact with this process and also take on the characteristics of being able to decide what brain cells are being developed and when they are being developed at cellular level. Brilliant natural technology!

CBC’s ability to promote neurogenesis is a fairly recent finding but previous studies suggest that THC and CBD can do the same, which again illustrates my reasoning that isolated or synthetic cannabinoids simply do not work as well as when working with the whole Cannabis plant and in particular THC.

CONCLUSION AND FINAL MOTIVATION

It can be extremely difficult to know how to respond to someone suffering with schizophrenia or any other neurological disorder. Because people suffering from schizophrenia suffer from difficulties in thinking, perceiving the world around them, and controlling their emotional responses, schizophrenia is especially difficult to treat.

Remember that these beliefs or hallucinations seem very real to the person. It is not helpful to say they are wrong or imaginary. As a caregiver one has to be extremely humble, tolerant and patient at the exact same time. Being respectful, supportive, and kind without tolerating dangerous or inappropriate behavior is the best way to approach people suffering with schizophrenia and other dementia related conditions.

Currently, treatment comprises of therapy and antipsychotics, however, treatment with medication is far from perfect. Because patients taking these drugs have to deal with a range of side effects, such as drowsiness, uncontrollable movements, and weight gain, schizophrenia's symptoms and the medication's side effects can result in many patients failing to take their medication properly.

Research shows that an alarming 42% of mental and neurological patients do not take their medication because of the side effects and this means that there is a large and unmet demand for new treatment options.

In many places around the world including South Africa and specifically the Eastern Cape there is not much in the way of treatment and sometimes patients and caregivers alike may feel that the only real way to deal with schizophrenia is to lock the sufferer up in an institution where they are medicated all day. Such institutions offer nothing more than to ‘keep’ and take these ill-fated souls off the hands of their caregivers who are often simply not able to cope.

The story of Yvonne Jensen as documented by her daughter Toni Wombaker and can be viewed on you tube.  It is a heartbreakingly accurate account of what millions of people are suffering with across the world. To be honest sometimes ii have more compassion for the caregivers because conditions of dementia really are very difficult to deal with if you do not know what is going on. Take note when you watch this clip towards the end when her daughter is singing to her, Mrs Jensen begins fidgeting and rubbing her legs for quite some time. In working with people who suffer from schizophrenia ii have seen this often before and ii have found that it is very often a sign that they are feeling the cold but they never seem to ask for a blanket, so it might help someone to be aware of this especially since our older folks in any case do tend to feel the cold more.

Something else ii  have noticed is that people suffering from schizophrenia tend to be more emotional when they are getting cold and as you can see Mrs Jensen was shedding a few tears and ii really think that this is because she was getting cold. It is also interesting that research has shown that schizophrenia is more common in cold climates and latitudes further from the equator.

Another thing ii have noticed with people suffering from schizophrenia, as well as MS and Parkinson’s disease is that they often have problems swallowing and this can affect their nutrition and even cause death. So you have to be very careful when administering foodstuffs, drinks and medication. Research studies are currently underway at the Reuth Medical Centre in Israel with Drs Jean-Jaques Vatine and Aviah Gvion.  They wish to establish a link between Cannabis and improved swallowing.  Cannabis has shown promise of stimulating the regions of the brain which controls swallowing reflexes and this will have a positive impact on people struggling with this condition.

Since the medical professionals cannot tell us what schizophrenia is instead ii would like to confirm what schizophrenia is NOT.

It is not a possession by an evil spirit.  It has nothing to do with multiple personalities even though the word originally meant ‘split mind’ in fact referring to a difference between thought and action.  It also has nothing to do with a chemical imbalance of the brain.  In fact if there is any chemical imbalance and we took a closer look you would see an imbalance in the harmful and neuro-toxic chemicals which are intentionally hidden in our food and water supply.

Schizophrenia is not a character flaw and its symptoms are a bit like seizures are to people suffering from epilepsy meaning that their symptoms are not their fault. The same must apply for other symptoms like memory loss and verbal rambling and lack of organization. Victims of schizophrenia are not violent people and usually they are more likely to withdraw from society than to go around causing problems. Some of the examples used in the media are the exception rather than the norm. Schizophrenia is not a clear cut situation where a person either has psychosis or not. It develops over time and can happen to anyone.  Schizophrenia is not a genetic condition and there is no evidence to support this claim.

Most importantly schizophrenia is NOT a death sentence.  It is perfectly treatable without turning victims into zombies by administering harmful neuro-toxic chemical substances.  People suffering from this condition can by just making simple changes in their lives, based on personalised treatment programs can live perfectly normal fulfilling lives and achieve their full human potential.

The most responsible thing to do is to educate yourself with the facts about psychiatry so that you yourself can make informed decisions on your health and that of your family.

There are healthy solutions to control mental illness and Dr Loren Mosher MD and founder of the Soteria Project supports this theory. This project illustrated that there are better ways to treat the terrible afflictions that are often labeled ‘schizophrenia’, ‘bipolar’ and other man made psychoses that destroy the lives of so many families around the world. We give thanks because we now live in an era where there is hope where there was no hope before.  With personal responsibility and self discipline we can all heal ourselves of any medical condition be it physical, mental or spiritual within the body.

Perhaps more important than education and research is the actual unlearning of certain aspects of human behaviour.  We need to unlearn the negative behavioural traits associated with the ego and strive to become more in touch with the positive behavioural traits of our intuition which is governed by LOVE where the ego is governed by FEAR. 

Also we seriously need to think hard about what we are consuming.

We must stop blaming Babylon (the system) and Monsanto and MSG and we must take responsibility for our own situations because in reality as humans we have become too busy too lazy too preoccupied too distracted to notice that we do not even know where our food comes from and we have blindly accepted non organic and processed foods and big business has simply taken advantage…we are responsible for this situation ourselves and we need to reverse this situation.

It was only the initial observation that many schizophrenic patients were consuming marijuana that created the whole "Cannabis-causes-schizophrenia" commotion in the first place. So if you went to the doctor with any mental illness, including schizophrenia, they would ask if you've ever used marijuana before. Then they would automatically blame the Cannabis as the source of the patient’s entire problem, and claim that Cannabis triggered psychosis... which is complete utter absurdity as there is absolutely no scientific or other proof of this.

Only in recently studies has it been correctly established that in fact these patients were actually successfully treating their symptoms with Cannabis and that most patients were getting effective relief. Of course, it is now too late to take back those scary headlines, and prohibitionists continue to this day to spread their lies.  Be that as it may there are many positive clinical trials currently underway most of which are producing positive results that indeed Cannabis Can Cure schizophrenia!

Scientists and researchers all over the world are suggesting that CBD high Cannabis could treat schizophrenia and be much more effective than other drugs by having fewer side effects. Such suggestions indicate that Cannabis may be helpful in the management of psychotic symptoms characterized by a loss of contact with reality, such as those experienced by people suffering with schizophrenia. These suggestions are coming full of fire as pressure continues to rise on world governments to legalize Cannabis for medicinal purposes.

In previous papers on the discovery of the Endocannabinoid System ii have stated emphatically that there is no medical condition physical, mental or spiritual, which cannot be cured with Cannabis since we are designed to consume this plant, and the more research ii do the more ii am convinced that in fact all medical disorders are in fact due to Cannabinoid Deficiency.

The Endocannabinoid System communicates its messages in a unique way because it essentially works in reverse, where other neurotransmitters are released and attach themselves to receptors on the post synaptic neuron forward to the presynaptic neuron. 

When a neuron is activated, the chemical messengers (neurotransmitters) of the Endocannabinoid System, cannabinoids, are produced on demand from the fat cells already present in the neuron.

Cannabinoids are then released from that cell and travel in reverse to the presynaptic neuron and attach to the cannabinoid receptors of that cell.

The importance of this is that cannabinoids can actually act on presynaptic cells and therefore they can control what happens next when these cells are activated. Indeed a superior and brilliant defense system.

So cannabinoids work like a “dimmer switch” for presynaptic neurons by limiting the amount of various different neurotransmitters that gets released and this affects how messages and hormones are sent and received and processed by the cell.

The sole purpose of this function is to protect the cells from homeostatic imbalances which, is essential to sustaining life and optimum health as well as adjusting to environmental changes which are constantly changing and sadly not positively.

All evidence indicates that cannabinoids can act as both stimulants and inhibitors of the CB1 and CB2 receptors, (the immune and nervous systems) and this is particularly evident in the research we have already seen on how cannabinoids affect neurological disorders, seizures and spasms as well as anti- psychotic functions, its seems clear that whatever stress the brain is under from external sources, where there are cannabinoids present they will rectify the situation and in certain cases avoid, relieve and rectify a neurological disorder.

The most wonderful thing about Cannabis is that it works perfectly well with prescription medications and in fact alleviates most of the horrible side effects of these medications such as nausea for instance.  For example many chemotherapy patients are using Cannabis effectively to deal with the negative side effects they have to endure.

If you or someone you love is ill please refer to my paper “The Cannabis Coconut Connection” to learn how to make this medication.

Be Healthy Be Blessed!