Interview · moment 14 of 33
DMT, Psychedelics, and Schizophrenia Risk
from The Joe Rogan Experience | #330 · #330
2 min
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They discuss psychedelic experiences helping people find meaning, referencing Alex Berenson's book "Tell Your Children" about marijuana potentially triggering schizophrenia in predisposed individuals, and the massive number of people on SSRIs.
- Tim explains that DMT and psychedelic experiences help some people feel better about everything after the trip.
- The reality that psychedelic experiences are possible raises the question of why they're not more widely promoted.
- Alex Berenson's book 'Tell Your Children' documents the link between marijuana and schizophrenia triggers, a notion pro-marijuana advocates instinctively reject.
- Tim has seen multiple people in his life crack from taking heroic doses of cannabis edibles and go genuinely crazy.
- People with underlying schizophrenia tendencies often smoke pot all day every day, making cannabis their primary interface with reality.
- Everyone is on SSRIs, depression meds, and anxiety medication anyway, so there's massive money in pharmaceutical treatment.
Alex BerensonTell Your Children