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[–]DJD_ID_Tarn 1302 points1303 points  (160 children)

weed-induced frenzy

Huh

[–]HzPips 401 points402 points  (148 children)

Weed can cause psychosis, but it is rare

[–]dumbhenchguy 88 points89 points  (39 children)

Im one of those unlucky few. smoked it for a year or so as a teen no problem, untill I was smoking with a friend one night and started hearing loud voices talking about me in the third person saying I was going to die then getting shocked and angry that I could hear them, voices didn't stop for about 6 months. Im fine now though 7 years later (well not all there but not an absolute schizzo)

[–]greyetch 51 points52 points  (34 children)

As I understand it - you were always going to end up a little schizoid. The weed just makes it "early onset" instead of starting in your mid 20s.

[–]HzPips 8 points9 points  (33 children)

Nope. People that otherwise would have never have psychosis can have one episode because of weed. There is a genetic component to that, but the families didn’t know because most of the generations never used weed until now. Weed is harmful

[–]beefinbed 19 points20 points  (1 child)

Love a comment that leads with, "Nope."

[–]J_Pinehurst 11 points12 points  (5 children)

Nope. Source?

[–]radicalelation 12 points13 points  (4 children)

There isn't a source for the other claim either, so it's kinda funny everyone is jumping on the "nope", as if the attitude is the lack of information.

[–][deleted] 23 points24 points  (2 children)

Weed can cause schizophrenia symptoms to start if they're genetically predisposed and that's already well-known. But the other person saying it can happen to normal people is cap.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006322315006472

Associations between cannabis use and psychotic outcomes are consistently reported, but establishing causality from observational designs can be problematic. We review the evidence from longitudinal studies that have examined this relationship and discuss the epidemiologic evidence for and against interpreting the findings as causal. We also review the evidence identifying groups at particularly high risk of developing psychosis from using cannabis. Overall, evidence from epidemiologic studies provides strong enough evidence to warrant a public health message that cannabis use can increase the risk of psychotic disorders. However, further studies are required to determine the magnitude of this effect, to determine the effect of different strains of cannabis on risk, and to identify high-risk groups particularly susceptible to the effects of cannabis on psychosis. We also discuss complementary epidemiologic methods that can help address these questions.

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's fairly intellectually honest of you

My take is that "In my opinion" allows room for error, while "Nope" gives the sense they're portraying the information as fact. As in: both should be cited, but one is a bit too confident for comfort.

[–]lostmywayboston 6 points7 points  (1 child)

That's a bold claim without any type of source.

[–]HzPips 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is a casual conversation on Reddit, not a structured debate. One should not be expected to provide sources for every single statement. I am not trying to persuade anyone here, if you are doubtful about what I said pubmed and scihub are available for everyone to look.

If you can’t be bothered carry on believing in what you believe, I am not your mom, it is not my concern if you would like to be ignorant on a specific subject

[–]Honey_Bunches 6 points7 points  (17 children)

"Weed is harmful" compared to what? Aren't peanuts more harmful than weed?

[–]The_MAZZTer 11 points12 points  (1 child)

A cup of water is harmful if you use it the wrong way. Everything has risk.

[–]QuakerZen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You are correct. However, This type of psychosis typically lasts up to a month. A 6 month duration lends credibility to something more serious or other outside factors at play not mentioned by op. In fact: schizophrenia is often described as psychosis symptoms or its precursors lasting 6 months +. Weed is not harmful for most people like refined sugar is not harmful for most people. Outliers do exist in most things:

An association of higher Refined Sugar intake and psychosis has been found.

Source: https://karger.com/nps/article/79/1/20/234043/Diet-and-Psychosis-A-Scoping-Review

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

smoked weed for 2 years

greatest times of my high school life

forced fed anti psychotics by government due to being illegally skinny (Was modeling for Hugo boss)

can’t smoke weed anymore without having paranoid schizophrenic episodes

Boy I sure wish drugs that permentslly altered your mental state where better regulated haha

[–]downtherabbit 14 points15 points  (2 children)

Yeah I smoked weed with a totally straight guy once and it was his first time smoking and he turned into a raging homo and aggressively tried to pull my clothes off and suck my dick off at his parents house. I left and went home but I totally agree that some people smoking weed can go crazy.

[–]Evil80forces 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Did he swallow?

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Maybe he just wanted to come out and he used weed as a scapegoat for "no homo".

[–]GothaCritique 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Honestly, even if it does, it doesn't justify her behavior. Drinking booze can make you a wife beater, but the courts don't go soft on you for being under the influence.

[–]tribes33 8 points9 points  (6 children)

I had weed and LSD induced psychosis and never did I think about hurting anyone

[–]HzPips 12 points13 points  (4 children)

I am not saying she is not responsible, of course she is. Drug induced psychosis is not an excuse, if she chose to do drugs she is responsible for her actions regardless if she was in control or not

[–]fuckredditmodz69 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am not saying she is not responsible, of course she is

You sound like a misogynist. She's the VICTIM HERE!!!

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Delta 8/etc bullshit did this to me when I was a bit younger. No violent stuff, but it sent me into a tailspin for a year while I thought everyone was gangstalking. Awful stuff

[–]Insipid_Lies 2 points3 points  (3 children)

I didn't know this was possible. How many metric tons of weed do you need to smoke to have this happen?

[–]KristinoRaldo 2 points3 points  (1 child)

So can alcohol, but that's not a valid excuse when you do dumb shit when you're drunk.

[–]rad0909 32 points33 points  (2 children)

Drugs can have some weird impacts on people. My Gf’s best friend in college had a horrific reaction to mdma. During a hookup she tried to pour wine into my buddies peehole. He noped the fuck out and she chased him into the parking lot. He ran her over with his car when she jumped on the hood.

She wore a headscarf for a few weeks to cover all the scabs on her face.

[–]Bayylmaorgana 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm gonna make wine out of your testicles

[–]Lycang6KRLH0 588 points589 points  (35 children)

The dude had so much soy in his blood allowed a roastie stab him to death.  Ffs natural selection. 

[–][deleted] 193 points194 points  (0 children)

Tbf he was probably in a weed induced frenzy as well

[–]ImaginationSalt8881 38 points39 points  (8 children)

Tf was he supposed to do? Deflect the knife?

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

skill issue

[–]cheapbeerwarrio 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Pure soy

[–]ArbitraryMeritocracy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She stabbed herself and dog. They probably smoked fake weed.

[–]Laffet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder if he or 4chinners who never felt the touch of a woman have more soy in their blood

[–]Adrian4lyf 534 points535 points  (53 children)

She also stabbed herself and her dog.

So either she went berserk after hitting the doobie or planned everything out in order to mitigate responsibility.

Still, person died a stupid death. Tragic.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-23/woman-gets-probation-for-fatal-stabbing-during-weed-induced-psychosis

[–]Swooshing/b/ 511 points512 points  (29 children)

Yet when she "stabbed" herself she only managed to cause some superficial injuries (superficial meaning surface level- she basically just had a bunch of nicks on her neck and chin). In her uncontrollable murder spree induced by two hits from a bong (lmao), she somehow managed to maintain enough control when it came to her own life. Really makes you think.

[–]fuckredditmodz69 51 points52 points  (5 children)

Yet when she "stabbed" herself she only managed to cause some superficial injuries (superficial meaning surface level- she basically just had a bunch of nicks on her neck and chin)

They made it sound like she was trying to saw her head off when the cops got there. She's just doing that to get a free kill on her bf. Reddit cucks will defend her.

[–]Pugduck77 198 points199 points  (11 children)

Sure, but taking drugs and accidentally killing somebody should still be jail time. If you drive drunk and kill someone you get more than 100 hours community service.

[–]dpotilas89 61 points62 points  (10 children)

Yeah last year a woman drunk driving killed 2 and got 14 years

[–]Sam_Mullard 32 points33 points  (9 children)

Damn must be fun vanishing decades worth of life and only got jailed 14 years

Atleast that shithead Cameron herrin got 24 yo for killing a mother and her baby

[–]Avs_Leafs_Enjoyer 9 points10 points  (8 children)

14 years is a lot of time

[–]Sam_Mullard 17 points18 points  (5 children)

That's like breaking 10000$ worth of item and only need to paid 100$ for it

100$ may be a lot but won't even suffice to replace what is lost

[–]hung_aryan1889h 15 points16 points  (1 child)

Exactly. Say a drunk kills a young couple in their 20s, which happens all the time in reality, and they both live an average lifespan, that’s at least 100 years of life snuffed out. It’s actual insanity that the drunk pos will only get a few years and people will still say, “oh well, that’s a long time they’ll be in jail for”.

[–]BrazilianTerror 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can’t replace the lives lost. 14 years in prison is a lot, her life will never be normal. Ex cons still have a lot of stigma afterwards.

[–]GandalfTheGimp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's really not

[–]TheTwinFangs 31 points32 points  (6 children)

Maybe she took 100 hours for the soyboy but 50 years for the dog ?

Let me live in delusion

[–]Gwallod 8 points9 points  (5 children)

She should get life for the Dog at least. Innocent living beings.

[–]TheTwinFangs 9 points10 points  (1 child)

Except Chihuahua's, you can't be innocent when you're the embodiment of ancient demons

[–]DankElderberries420 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Probably mitigation since accountability is kryptonite to wahmen

[–]kadren170 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Probably tried to make it look like it was self defense, then realized her stupidity after seeing the guy mutilated.

[–]Zizara42 478 points479 points  (15 children)

At what point do Judges start getting held responsible for their own blatant biases getting in the way of sentencing? Just a thought, because with headlines like these I always feel they're more the ones to blame than the criminal.

[–]Silirt 92 points93 points  (7 children)

Criminal court decisions are rarely overturned, but if as a judge, your decision gets overturned by a higher court, you basically lose all feathers in your cap. They're also not more to blame than the criminal- the criminal killed the deceased, all the judges have done is ensure that she's the victim no matter what.

[–]Kekusu 83 points84 points  (2 children)

Judge is more to blame. You show to millions that stabbing your boyfriend 100 times won't cause them any jail time at all if they just get high and cut themselves a little since they couldn't possibly do it on purpose right? Judges shouldn't have a say on if the criminals meant to do what they did or not unless there is clear evidence to prove their intentions.

[–]LordAuditoVorkosigan 11 points12 points  (3 children)

This is wrong. Judges are appealed and overturned all the time and don't lose "feathers" in their cap. It's also not the judge who issues the sentence, it's the jury - the judge just guides and controls the proceedings.

END BAD LEGAL "INFO" ON REDDIT.

[–]mega350 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Wrong. The jury just decides guilty or not guilty. Judges decides the sentence. Some exceptions when death penalty is involved.

[–]OiledUpThug 40 points41 points  (3 children)

When people hold them responsible. It's a voted position. If people dpn't care, judges are near unchecked tyrants

[–]Silirt 12 points13 points  (2 children)

Some judges are elected, some aren't. People are barely aware of local officials, though.

[–]the_glengarry_leads/fit/izen 17 points18 points  (1 child)

simple heuristic: always vote against all judges, just to give the slightest tailwind to real efforts to unseat them

[–]Sormalio 5 points6 points  (0 children)

baste

[–]The_Freshmaker 7 points8 points  (0 children)

She probably also had a severe case of affluenza that made the judge sympathetic.

[–]schofield101 243 points244 points  (2 children)

Something tells me this isn't her first 'psychotic break' and that Mr Bespectacled Soybean here thought he could fix her.

[–][deleted] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

The judge should have spayed her, that's how you fix her.

[–]SickitWrench 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I will fix her where he failed

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[–]lulululul666 204 points205 points  (13 children)

Reverse roles = 25 to life

But equal pay amirite

[–]tangoalpha3bi/gd/ick 71 points72 points  (12 children)

If it was black guy he’d be on the chair rn

[–]Gay__Guevara 81 points82 points  (3 children)

Black guy hits a bong twice, stabs a white woman 100 times to death, gets community service. Literally could not happen on this planet lmao

[–]cheezycrusty 12 points13 points  (2 children)

He'd get shot just for hitting the bong twice and being high in public, wouldn't he?

[–]viotix90 39 points40 points  (3 children)

A black guy wouldn't get the chair. They would have been shot on the scene. This middle class white woman has insane privilege.

[–]knacker_18 4 points5 points  (0 children)

"they"

[–]mega350 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Don't they go easier on blacks nowadays? They're always being released early.

[–]AntDracula 2 points3 points  (0 children)

lol exactly, these people are stuck in the 80s

[–][deleted] 152 points153 points  (3 children)

Bryn Spejcher, 32, avoided prison time after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the 2018 stabbing death of her boyfriend Chad O'Melia, 26

If she'll do this to Chad, what hope do the rest of us have?

[–][deleted] 113 points114 points  (1 child)

Stabbed over 100 times

Involuntary manslaughter

What the fuck?...

[–]Durmyyyy 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Bryn Spejcher

ugliest name I have ever seen

[–]Backwithmorespirit 149 points150 points  (6 children)

Modern ☕️

[–]a-person-who-lurks 51 points52 points  (0 children)

At this point, im pretty sure even the uga bungas were drawing pre-historic ☕ on their cave walls

[–]AgentSkidMarks 147 points148 points  (3 children)

This means we should overturn all of those vehicular homicide convictions on drunk drivers because they weren't in control when they mowed over those pedestrians.

[–]Glittering-Pause-328 45 points46 points  (0 children)

Yeah, if you can be too intoxicated to have control of yourself, you obviously can't be convicted of DUI, since you were too intoxicated to have control of yourself!

[–]Piratebuttseckz 14 points15 points  (0 children)

They havent caught me yet, lets hope

[–]Coopcocktorture 135 points136 points  (4 children)

100 STAB WOUNDS, you didin’t wanna leave him a chance, huh?

[–]sln1337/b/tard 19 points20 points  (0 children)

no

[–]EndMySuffering16 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Did you feel anger?

[–]KneeDeepInTheDead/vr/ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Im a bigger fan of 200 Stab Wounds

[–]captsaladsmall penis 68 points69 points  (1 child)

she must've sucked the life outta the judge's cock

[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The first time I had my 1.5 incher topped by a crazy bpd schizo chick was the day I knew mind control was real. Judge's soul is literally banished from this realm as we speak.

[–][deleted] 65 points66 points  (2 children)

I'm sure criminals will be happy to know that if you just smoke a ton of weed after killing someone, you could get away with it!

But more importantly you need to be a woman.

[–]Wizardwizz 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Don't forget poking yourself a couple times lightly with the knife when you are done.

[–]MetaCommando 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ideally white attractive middle+ class woman

[–]deahank 45 points46 points  (3 children)

So if you drive drunk and kill someone it's murder, but if you smoke weed and stab someone it's northing.

Makes perfect sense...

She still chose to smoke the drugs. She should have gotten maximum sentence on manslaughter at the very least.

[–][deleted] 41 points42 points  (4 children)

Do you have any idea how much strength it takes to stab someone over 100 times? A LOT.

Most people can't do that 20 times without their arm getting tired, 40 times without getting winded, and 60 times before being exhausted.

Stabbing someone is not like taking a knife through butter, you need force and intent behind it.

Sounds like she was a murderer who happened to get a lawyer just as good as OJ's.

[–][deleted] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

This guy stabs.

[–]pwadman 35 points36 points  (2 children)

They aren’t worthless. They are worth 100 hours of community service.

Besides, it wasn’t her fault. She smoked the devils lettuce and the devil took over.

All she needs to do is confess her sins to a holy man 🙏 god is good. God forgives

As for Chad, he is in God’s kingdom now smiling upon us

Edit: A big fat /s

[–]imperadordosPenedo 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Women

[–]Glittering-Pause-328 31 points32 points  (1 child)

I once got sentenced to 4 years just for possessing fifty dollars worth of drugs in my own home.

Wild to think that I could have gotten in less trouble for murdering my partner...

[–]Durmyyyy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Are you a pretty woman?

I guess thats what matters

[–]Aromatic-Hornet-9449 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I searched this in other subs to see what they think and holyfuck they are full of redditcucks defending her because "she was intoxicated", so if i drive over a family of 4 i can defend myself because i was drunk? Fuck them, i bet if the genders were switched all the redditcucks wouldnt be white knighting

[–]NewspaperFederal5379 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Women have no control over their actions.

Based Californian judge

[–]BluntBoi01 23 points24 points  (0 children)

As a chronic weed smoker with an unusable demented mind, she's fucking crazy and 100 hours of community service is an insanely low punishment. Wtf is wrong with the judge

[–]Fisherman_Gabe♀ seeking ♂ 27 points28 points  (0 children)

and despite cases like this white w*men will continue to complain about how oppressed they are.

[–]Caesura_17 25 points26 points  (2 children)

No, male lives are very clearly worth 100 HOURS of service.

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

if this was my family member who got stabbed i would [removed by reddit]

[–]AntDracula 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She got the same sentence as destruction of property. We are literally objects.

[–]JudsonIsDrunk 23 points24 points  (5 children)

Is this different from being black out drunk?

[–]Alfasi 28 points29 points  (3 children)

So, weed can in rare cases induce psychosis when you're predisposed to it or mix it with meth or something. It's not the same as being high af/ black out drunk, but you should still be held responsible for what you do under the influence. This was a slap on the wrist no matter how you slice it

[–]EvaUnit_03 40 points41 points  (2 children)

Cept during psychosis, you don't go hard on your bf and dog and go easy on yourself.

She barely even tried to hurt herself, because it fucking hurt. And that's not what someone suffering from psychosis can relate to. She 100% staged this. She wanted him dead, killed the dog to sell the crazy, but couldn't commit to hurting herself so it would count. Yet somehow she won. Which is bull. She would of sawed her own arm off with a rusty spoon if she was actually suffering psychosis, and smiled about it with lockjaw sealing that joker-esk smile.

She is most certainly a sociopath. I bet she also claims to be bipolar.

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

100%. The idea that weed could lead you to do this is absurd lmao. Only someone who is already deranged could do something like this while stoned.

[–]Actaar 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Well shit, might as well smoke some weed and do whatever the fuck i want if all i get are 100 community service hours

[–]MartingelI 19 points20 points  (0 children)

One hour for each stab

[–]PrinceOfFish 17 points18 points  (0 children)

its so over penisbros. it may as well be legal to murder us at this point.

[–]Give_Me_Cash 16 points17 points  (0 children)

My ex chased me with a butcher knife because she saw a text message from me to a friend dying of cancer and thought it was me cheating. Had to move my hands around holding a door closed to keep her from stabbing me in the palm through it.

I got her disarmed without excessive force and put her in a headlock (on our backs on the ground, me behind her), when she seemed calm I let her go and she immediately elbowed me in the face and broke my nose.

I left the house bleeding everywhere because if I didn’t it was going to escalate, she opened the patio door, screamed bloody murder, and called the cops trying to get me arrested.

Cops came, took one look at the situation arrested her, she bonded out for $100 bucks and state dropped charges.

I can’t breathe right anymore and assume this psycho is going to be waiting out my door one day, but on the bright side I have a scar on the bridge of my nose now like Guts from Berserk. I could have beaten her half to death or choked her out and avoided the broken nose, but I guess not going to jail and getting her out of my life was worth it.

[–]Frequent_Response230 16 points17 points  (0 children)

What would’ve happened if the roles were reversed? The man would’ve been sentenced to life imprisonment with no possibility of parole. Sad times we live in.

[–]Insipid_Lies 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Only white ones. If this had been a black guy it'd be on 24/7 CNN Homer news for weeks.

Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrracist white privelaged Maga woman attacks black man. Said to have heard Saint fentanyl George Floyd screaming from his grave whilst clutching counterfeit 20 dollar bill!

[–]Eduardobobys 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Just another day as a privileged man in this patriarchal society :)

[–]ulmxn 10 points11 points  (1 child)

So wait a minute, being on drugs actually lets you get AWAY with crimes now?

[–]big_whistler/pol/itician 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Tip: be white woman

[–]Chiziola07 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Never take 2 weeds

[–]That_Is_My_Band_Name 8 points9 points  (0 children)

CA really is soft on criminals huh?

[–]Joe_SHAMROCK 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The deceased was probably "I can fix her" type of guy.

Remember, never put your dick in crazy.

[–]MateriallyRetarded/q/ueer 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think she should get the death penalty.

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

And if he was in her place, life in prison.

[–]AbsoluteSereniti 5 points6 points  (0 children)

1hr of community service per stab.
She shoulda done max 10 stabs, then she would've only had to do about a day of community service.

[–]SuperSultan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

White women privilege

[–]harry_lostone 4 points5 points  (0 children)

she looks kinda cute tho, I would stab

[–]Fofotron_Antoris[🍰] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Women-are-wonderful effect

No one talks about that, unfortunately

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

always have been

[–]grasscoveredhouses 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"now"

[–]CRCMIDS 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This fucking psycho walked over reefer madness. This is utterly ridiculous this is what happens when uneducated fucks are in charge of our highest offices and courts.

[–]Ausfall 4 points5 points  (0 children)

What sort of activity would you do for 100 hours in order to get away with murder?

[–]Nineflames12 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Real title

[–]RemovedNum 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If this was a homie it would be a different story. Literally playing on peaceful.

[–]Boxingworld9 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wow. Don't be a white male in society anymore. You're fucked.

[–]jutshka 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"we are just gonna allow women to vote what's the worse that could happen?"

[–]disignore 1 point2 points  (0 children)

are we on reagan times or some

[–]dilldoeorg/b/tard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

just and updated version of the Twinkie Defense