Julie Fast on Bipolar Disorder, Pot and Spice- the name for synthetic pot…..

New video from the Daily Mail talks about synthetic pot in prisons. Spice…. it sounds nice, but it’s dangerous for people with bipolar disorder.

Click here to watch the video and come back to read my opinion!

All of my newsletter readers and blog readers know how I feel about what I call the

New Psychotic Pot that’s been legalized in two states so far here in

the US. Now, we have a bigger problem in

the world- synthetic pot. I spoke to a lot of younger people when I was

in California last week- (wow, when did I get old enough to call those

in their 20s ‘young people’ he hehe! )  I said this and I stick by it,

“I don’t care what people without bipolar disorder do regarding smoking

pot. Their brains are not like our brains. Bipolar brains don’t respond

well to the new, incredibly strong, hydrophonically grown and

genetically modified pot. So, if you have bipolar disorder, you need to

think about your pot use differently. It’s a choice. Now, the bigger

issue is synthetic pot- also called Spice. Here is a short news story on

the topic. It highlights the dangers of using synthetics when the real

stuff is illegal.

I’ve also included a link to a superb TIME

Magazine story on synthetic pot.  I smoked a lot of pot in the 80s and I

have bipolar disorder.  So this isn’t some soap box. I would not TOUCH

the stuff that’s out there now. I respect my bipolar brain too much to

subject it to possible drug induced psychosis! I don’t want to offer a

judgment… just information.  Tell me what you think after you watch

the video! I’m interested! Julie

Click here to read the Time Magazine Article.

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Julie Fast Video: Feeling intimidated by your bipolar disorder doctor?
HealthyPlace.com Web interview with Julie A. Fast on How to Get Things Done When You’re Depressed
Julie Fast is speaking about bipolar disorder in Portland, Oregon on March 28th, 2014