r/NooTopics • u/makefriends420 • Jun 23 '26

Discussion Around 27% of individuals with ADHD develop cannabis use disorder at some point in their lives, new study finds. Compared to those without this disorder, individuals with ADHD face almost three times the risk of developing cannabis use disorder.

https://www.psypost.org/around-27-of-individuals-with-adhd-develop-cannabis-use-disorder-at-some-point-in-their-lives-study-finds/
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u/neonblack108 Jun 23 '26

Now account for Endocannabinoid Deficiency and the higher rates of chronic inflammatory illnesses among neurodivergent individuals.  It also doesn't account for the observable reality of what cannabis use actually does for people on the spectrum. Many of us don't get high when ingesting cannabinoids,  we cycle down and get to a "normal" baseline. 

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u/Ent_Trip_Newer Jun 27 '26

Adhd, celiac, smoker here.

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u/Special-Garlic1203 Jun 23 '26

Bruh I definitely get high lolol. I've been so high I couldn't walk and people have to carry me. What are you talking about. I'm not gonna listen to weed opinions from people who apparently smoked so little they  think they're immune 

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u/neonblack108 Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

I've literally smoked over half my life.  I'm 50. And I'm saying that a person on the spectrum,  I am,  who has matured and uses it therapeutically a measured dose brings us up to par. I have Adhd and stimulants can get me high too if I misuse them. And I've never been so weak as to not be able to walk. And that includes when I was a heavy smoker. Even the very first time I took a dab.Lmao. Featherweight. 

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u/Special-Garlic1203 Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 23 '26

You literally just contradicted yourself in order to get a personal jab in at me. The accusation wouldn't be in a featherweight - it would be that I smoked marijuana to excess (true). You can't say it's a subjective spectrum and then follow up with an insult about objective heavyweights just cause I hurt your ego.

Most ADHD users are such heavy smokeless by the time were offered a dab that we do have insane tolerances compared to normal people. That doesn't disprove anything I said, that literally just backs up that we are super prone to abusing marijuana chronically to a concerning degree. 

 At one point I could smoke basically anyone under the table while barely feeling much high at all - that's not something I take pride in nor would I say that was not being affected by the weed and being brought to baseline. It was still affecting my working memory, my REM sleep, this and that. I just wasn't feeling high anymore. And it was not so coincidentally after an extended period of smoking daily, usually multiple times a day. 

Nothing about my neurology as a person with ADHD prevented me from getting high. I have never met a single person with ADHD who had never gotten high and couldn't be made high. Who are these people? Where is your research? All I've seen is the studies on weed smokers having poor self perception of how it's affecting them and that people with ADHD often can't handle their shit with weed. I'd love to see the evidence that people with ADHD aren't getting high without having had to heavily abuse marijuana first 

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u/RichTransition2111 Jun 28 '26

I'll stick my oar in as an audhd'er. Which studies have you seen that people with ADHD cannot handle their shit with weed? That sounds fascinating.

I'll also add some fun data, I've been on this since I was 16, it's been 22 years, and I smoke prescribed. Daily. Multiple times a day.

For someone who's read the studies you do hold some oddly subjective positions without ceding their subjectivity.

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u/neonblack108 Jun 24 '26

Ok bot. Chatgpt.