XPost: rec.drugs.cannabis, alt.drugs.pot, alt.support.autism   
   XPost: misc.health.alternative   
   From: terryjones@beeb.net   
      
   On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:07:48 -0700, stasya  wrote:   
      
   >This makes me wonder a bit. You guys who are autistic, are you also   
   >control freakish? My 3 yo ds doesn't like things he can't control.   
   >Which is not to say he's a dictator, he doesn't particularily care   
   >what other people are doing, but he is very aware of what's happening   
   >in his immediate environment and that he's in control. (He hates   
   >swings, he's getting used to slides and merry-go-rounds though). In   
   >relation to this thread, pot tends to send you out of control   
   >mentally, which would probably spark off a paranoid streak. Pot is a   
   >hard high to manage if you're the type that needs to manage.   
      
   Like many aspects of autism, the need for "control" isn't something   
   you can generalise about. (And indeed your own description shows that   
   "control" itself isn't one all-embracing thing. Perhaps is even the   
   wrong term for what's going on [that might make an interesting thread   
   for a.s.a]).   
      
   And (apart from the appetite effect, which seems to be quite common),   
   *is* it true that cannabis "tends to send you out of control"? From   
   what I've read it's described as having a more "mellow" effect than   
   alcohol, making people more relaxed and less prone to aggressive   
   behaviour. (Though recently there appears to be some concerns about   
   the "skunk" form.)   
      
   Plus (at least anecdotally), a fair number of older autistics consume   
   alcohol, which does reduce control in several areas - so again it   
   looks as if "control" isn't quite the right area to be looking at.   
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   Terry   
      
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