Reply #124: I'm going to have to disagree [View All]

>But I know a LOT of people with ADD/ADHD who report to me that marijuana helps them focus.<

First of all, I am not a doctor. This is anecdotal, but several people observed the following over a couple of years. Many of those we knew are recreational users.

We formerly knew a guy that believed he could treat his ADHD with marijuana. The guy in question was obviously smoking several times per day -- we don't believe we've ever seen him sober. Instead of the beneficial effects some of you are speaking of, he made others' lives a living hell by his behavior (i.e, lack of the most basic adult behaviors - such as self-control - in public, personality traits that became even more annoying while he was high, etcetera.) We finally had to disassociate from him.

If the drug is beneficial, so be it, but he would never be able to use "a small amount". This guy couldn't even spend a couple of hours at someone else's house without going outside to light up.

Julie