Weed Psychosis is exploding in America (but nobody warned us)
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
(African Diaspora News Channel) Feb. 10, 2026: Rosemarie Havsom reports: Marijuana (from the Chinese mahua,* not Spanish "Mary Jane," weed, pot, the Devil's cabbage, cannabis, THC/CBD) is being sold as “safe,” “natural,” and “harmless” — but emergency rooms across America are seeing a disturbing surge in weed-induced psychosis, paranoia, hallucinations, schizophrenia and violent breaks from reality. This isn’t about old-school [2% THC] weed. Today’s high-THC products are 10–30x stronger than what past generations used — and the brain is paying the price.
*According to our botany and plant medicine teacher, USC's Dr. Adams, who is fluent in Chinese and whose wife is Chinese, our word "ma-rijuana" (potent strain of hemp) comes from the Chinese word ma, including mahua (麻花), mafen (麻蕡), and mabo (麻勃), referring to specific parts of the male and female flowers of a cannabis plant with differing cannabinoid ratios. More
Don't smoke drugs, Kids, because according to good Dr. Gabor Mate if one has early childhood traumas, one will become addicted to its use and abuse.
This video segment was produced by the African Diaspora News Channel team. All content is human-generated and delivered. Connect with Rosemarie: @havsom
Why elite scandals never change anything: Prof. Jiang Xueqin
I blackmail. I don't get got. Cohen taught me.
(Prof Jiang Media) Jan. 8, 2026: Modern societies tend to believe that exposure brings accountability — that when scandals surface, power is finally put at risk.
In this lecture, Jiang Xueqin questions this belief. By examining history, political systems, and recurring patterns of elite behavior, Prof. Xueqin argues that scandals rarely dismantle power structures. More often, they reinforce them.
We work for Zionist Israel and get many perks.
Public outrage creates the illusion of justice, while institutions quietly contain the damage, shield their core interests [redact names of powerful participants in crimes], and continue unchanged.
Through a series of high-profile case studies, this discussion explores why exposure so often fails to generate real reform, why moral anger dissipates without consequence, and why modern societies repeatedly confuse visibility with accountability [and there is no real transparency].
What appears to be a moment of truth, Prof. Xueqin suggests, may instead function as a diversion — shifting attention away from structural power toward spectacle.
This video investigates how elite systems endure scandal, why genuine accountability remains structurally elusive, and why societies continue to misplace faith in exposure as a corrective force.
🎓 Speakers: Interview with Danny Haiphong and Professor Jiang Xueqin
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
Man, this is cool, this is the life 😭
From homeless drug addicts to high-functioning workaholics, the continuum of addiction cuts a wide and painful swath through our Western culture.
Blending first-person accounts, riveting case studies, cutting-edge research and passionate argument, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts takes a panoramic yet highly intimate look at this widespread and perplexing human ailment.
Countering prevailing theories of addiction as being a genetic disease or an individual moral failure, addiction specialist Dr. Gabor Maté, M.D., presents an eloquent case that addiction – all addiction – is in fact a case of human development gone askew.
No substance (not heroin, meth, crack) is addictive. If it were, everyone who took it would become addicted. They do not. We become addicted because we are predisposed by a history of early child trauma. Combined with substances or behaviors, drug use leads to addiction.
Dr. Maté, who for 12 years practiced medicine in Vancouver, Canada’s notorious Downtown Eastside – North America’s most concentrated area of drug use, begins by telling the stories of his patients who, in their destitution and uniformly tragic histories, represent one extreme of the addictive spectrum.
With trademark compassion and unflinching narrative eye, Dr. Maté brings to life their ill-fated and mostly misunderstood struggle for relief or escape -- through substance abuse -- from the pain that has tormented them since childhood.
Dr. Maté shows how the behavioral addictions of society’s more fortunate members – including himself – differ only in degree of severity from the drug habits of his Downtown Eastside patients.
In reality there is only one addiction process, its core objective being the self-soothing of deep-seated fears and discomforts.
Turning to the neurobiological roots of addiction, Dr. Maté presents an astonishing array of scientific evidence showing conclusively that:
Addictive tendencies arise in the parts of our brains governing some of our most basic and life-sustaining needs and functions: incentive and motivation, physical and emotional pain relief, the regulation of stress, and the capacity to feel and receive love;
These brain circuits develop, or don’t develop, largely under the influence of the nurturing environment in early life, and that therefore addiction represents a failure of these crucial systems to mature in the way nature intended; and
The human brain continues to develop new circuitry throughout the lifespan, including well into adulthood, giving new hope for people mired in addictive patterns. Dr. Maté then examines the current mainstream. More
"Ghost Month" (the Seventh Month of the Chinese Lunisolar Calendar, corresponding to Sept. 6 to Oct. 6, 2025) is the time of the Ghost Festival (Yulanpen). It is observed among the Chinese diaspora population of the world, particularly in Chinatowns, Malaysia, Singapore, and anywhere Mahayana Buddhism dominates. Hungry ghosts or petas (Sanskrit pretas) are miserable being who have been reborn deprived due to unskillful karma (deeds).
If hungry ghosts, demons, and malignant spirits are living beings, and Buddhists cherish all sentient beings, how do we exorcise them when they create obstacles in our lives? Why did Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) convert angry subhuman beings into "protectors of the Dharma" (Dharmapalas)? Why did the great Tibetan sage Milarepa have long conversations with ghosts and demons? How do can humans protect against curses and black magic? What are Buddhism’s Protective Verses (Parittas), and how do we chant them? These questions are answered in this “Buddhist Guide to Exorcism: A Spirit Handler’s Guide” and demonstrate some of the methods. More: Buddha Weekly
The Hungry Ghost Realm: A Buddhist Teaching of Hope in Addiction
(Mythos & Logos) Complete Archives: Mythos & Logos. The Realm of Hungry Ghosts (peta-loka) is a plane of existence in Buddhist cosmology, an unfortunate destination, an afterlife marked by deprivation, suffering, and dependency.
The journey of one of the Buddha's chief disciples, Maha Moggallāna (Sanskrit Maudgalyayana, Chinese Mulian), to this realm provides a first step for how to break the vicious cycle of addiction borne of trauma.
Many of us have a "hungry ghost" (peta, preta) lurking inside of us. If anyone is struggling, please reach out to a professional as there are many great organizations, including @TWLOHA, filled with people trained and willing to help.*
00:31 Bhavachakra at Punakha Dzong, Bhutan, photographed by Bernard Gagnon, licensed under Creative Commons
00:49 The Six Realms of Birth, Edo Period Japan, British Museum
01:13 Ghosts from the Bangkok National Museum
01:26 Hungry Ghost Scroll, Kyoto National Museum
02:06 Unending Hunger
02:09 Hungry Ghost Scroll, Kyoto National Museum
02:50 Haunting Ghosts from the Thirty-Seven Nats
03:15 Dr. Gabor Maté, In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
03:54 Hungry Ghost Scroll, Kyoto National Museum
04:39 Maudgalyayana [Maha Moggallana] Rescuing His Mother, Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum
05:05 From Darkness
05:08 Ven. Maha Moggallana at Wat Olak Madu, Kedah, photographed by Ven. Anandajoti Bhikkhu, licensed under Creative Commons
05:38 Hungry Ghost Scroll, Kyoto National Museum
06:37 Yulanpen Sutra, Mahayana canon
07:12 Shakyamuni Buddha from the Dazu Rock Carvings, photographed by Michael Gunther, licensed under Creative Commons
07:42 Mulian Saves His Mother, 19th Century China
08:26 Into Light
08:30 Silk Roundel with Endless Knot Symbol, 19th Century China, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
09:00 Rahans Receiving Offerings, 19th Century Burma
09:18 Hungry Ghost Scroll, Kyoto National Museum
09:57 Offering at Hong Kong Ghost Festival, photographed by Rose Tim Wing Mxuiek, licensed under Creative Commons
10:10 Begging monk in Himeji, photographed by Nesnad, licensed under Creative Commons
10:20 Mukaebi of the Bon Festival, photographed by Batholith
10:55 Conclusion
10:59 Homeless man in New York, photographed by CGP Grey, licensed under Creative Commons
11:09 The Drinker by Albert Anker
11:26 Sinhalese manuscript, photographed by Wellcome Images, licensed under Creative Commons
11:51 Floating Lanterns, photographed by San Lie, licensed under Creative Commons
12:25 Hungry Ghost Scroll, Kyoto National Museum Ambient - The Ambient by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
ABOUT: Mythos and Logos are two ancient words that can be roughly translated as “Story and Meaning.”
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Patreon: mythosandlogos. The purpose of this channel is to share the important stories at the foundation of human cultures throughout history. These include mythology, legends, folktales, religious stories, and parables from the dawn of history to the modern day. This channel provides interpretations and insight into these stories, to find and apply their meaning to contemporary life. All stories covered are treated academically. This channel makes no claims regarding the historical, scientific, or religious truth of these tales. Rather, its goal is to find the meanings understood by their authors and apply them to the modern world.
*All channel income from October 31-November 30, 2021, donated to To Write Love On Her Arms (TWLOHA) to help the Hungry Ghosts around us every day. Thanks for supporting an organization that helps those who are struggling.
Dr. Gabor Mate: ‘It’s like we’re watching Auschwitz on TikTok’
(Middle East Eye) Oct. 16, 2024: Our beloved Jewish Buddhist Dr. Mate (Zeitgeist star and father of journalist Aaron Mate) has this to say about Israel's genocide of Palestinians, PM Bibi Netanyahu's apartheid state, and Zionist Jews:
“Had there been YouTube and Instagram and TikTok around [Concentration Camp] Auschwitz, this is what we would have seen, people burning alive. And it’s beyond horrendous, it’s beyond comprehension.”
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
In an online meeting with French activist and film producer Frank Barat on Monday, Canadian physician Dr. Gabor Mate, MD, explored the psychological complexities of witnessing atrocities in Gaza and Palestine, saying:
“It’s like we’re watching Auschwitz on TikTok.” They delve into the emotional and historical roots of violence and state-sponsored oppression and terrorism by the New Israel (European/Ashkenazi Jews), highlighting the trauma, guilt, and helplessness experienced by observers.
Dr. Mate stresses the need to acknowledge these emotions and examines the normalization of violence, while contemplating the future implications for Gaza and global society.
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Dr. Gabor Mate (drgabormate.com) via Middle East Eye (YouTube); DemocracyNow.org, 10/21/24; Shauna Schwartz, Ashley Wells, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
This ancient Japanese scroll shows hungry ghosts starving, eating feces, suffering greatly.
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In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
(ItsCbdBro) Summer 2024: Drugs are bad for you, so don’t do any. Unfortunately, the world we live in nowadays has made that extremely difficult. We are exposed to substances and drugs so frequently that it’s insane. And, yes, by drugs I mean everything like weed, white sugar, caffeine, nicotine all the way to synthetic fentanyl contaminating most all street drugs and plenty of pharmaceutical ones.
Today we are going to run through all the notable substances people frequently use in hopes of educating would-be abusers about them, also helping understand what they do to us and our bodies and how harmful they can be.
(ItsCBD Bro) Faded vs. High: marijuana versus alcohol
The Wisdom of Trauma
Remember, according to addiction medicine specialist Dr. Gabor Mate (drgabormate.com), NO drug or thing is addictive because if it were, everyone who took it would become addicted, and they don't. He has found that those with early childhood traumas who use drugs (and coping behaviors) become addicted very quickly and intensely, entering what in Buddhism is known as The Realm of Hungry Ghosts, which is a literal afterlife, but Dr. Mate is using it figuratively here because some seem to be there already, in a miserable world of dissatisfaction, want, and misery.
Can't I just stay high forever? The Body Say NO
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Holocaust survivor Dr. Gabor Mate tells Piers Morgan why he’s not a Zionist
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Shocking expose destroys Israel's claims
(Owen Jones) Dec. 4, 2023: This is one of the most important revelations since Israel launched a "war" under the pretext that it was totally surprised by a retaliatory attack. Journalists at an Israeli-Palestinian media outlet have exposed claims that the Israeli military seeks to avoid civilian casualties -- by interviewing those at the heart of the military intelligence establishment. Jones goes through the findings here. They are shocking.
Read the article here: 972mag.com/mass-assassination...
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Get behind Zionist Judaism and Israel's war crimes, or else! Western governments will not tolerate peaceniks, free thinkers, and troublemakers who dare oppose the glorious new nation of Eretz Israel and its all-good leader, Mr. Benji Netan'yahoo, prime minister and leader of the first battalion of desk soldiers of the all-powerful IDF. You have been warned. Stay in your homes, and don't you dare make flags in the image of the enemy's tri-colored banner. We vill exterminate the wermin, and you shall shut up about it. Watch CNN and shut yer filthy gobs.
Israel can only kill helpless women and children: American-funded cowardice (exclusive interview)
(Lauren Booth) Dec. 2, 2023: In her latest interview, Booth discusses the steadfastness and super-goodness of the Palestinians, the hypocrisy of Western media, and the path to liberation. Follow @yenisafak for more like this in Turkish. To support the humanitarian relief efforts for our dear brothers and sisters, please make a donation to Action for Humanity, the Only Canadian Muslim NGO with a registered office in Ramallah (West Bank) and staff in Gaza. Link: launchgood.com/campaign... To push content and awareness on the bravery of our people and Israel's genocide on Gaza, please like, comment, share, and subscribe. #faith #gaza #jerusalem
(Useful Idiots) Jews Katie Halper and Aron Mate: Egyptian podcaster
destroys CNN reporter for Israel public relations and propaganda
Watch this week's Thursday Throwdown: Sen. Chris Coons throws Aaron Maté off a train usefulidiotspodcast.com.
0:00 Chris Coons throws Aaron Maté off a train (teaser)
1:04 The Four Food Groups of News
14:50 Rahma Zein interview
15:33 Rahma Zein confronts CNN's Clarissa Ward
25:19 What should media cover?
29:07 Rahma on Piers Morgan
41:00 Don't feel sorry
95% of world’s protests are Pro-Palestine AGAINST Israel – says Israeli think tank
(Jimmy Dore) Americans were paid $250 to attend pro-Israel rally in Washington, DC. That's how much citizens of the US want to support genocide, the killing of babies with bombs by Israel, apartheid, illegal occupation of the West Bank, and settler colonialism.
Join the Absurd Arena live chat with Katie Halper and Aaron Mate every Tuesday at noon EST at usefulidiotspodcast.com/chat. When Rahma Zein, host of the podcast The Arab Narrative, confronted CNN’s Clarissa Ward on camera at the Zein border crossing between Gaza and Egypt over CNN’s biased neglect of Palestinians, the video went viral.
More importantly, it exposed Western mainstream media’s complicity in Israel’s crimes against Gaza.
“The Zionist [Ashkenazi Jewish settler colonial] movement has” influence “not only in major industries but with thought leaders, major politicians, and media outlets,” Zein says, “so who’s left to speak up for the Palestinians?”
But can you really blame Clarissa Ward? Zein asks. “I shouldn’t really reprimand her, because the United States president came out and said that he saw beheaded children. So why should I reprimand a mediocre news anchor who is just a puppet of that?”
Following the confrontation, Zein went on Piers Morgan to call out the US’s “sick relationship” with Israel. She breaks down the entire story here.
Subscribe to watch the full interview with Rahma Zein where she debunks Israel’s malicious claims that Al-Shifa Hospital housed an underground Hamas command and control center, shares how it feels to be erased by Western media for being an Arab woman, exposes the DNC police for attacking peaceful protesters, and sheds light on Israel’s covered-up history of attacking Jews:
“I believe that [Ashkenazi settler colonial] Israel is one of the most antisemitic entities there ever was.” Important voices like Zein’s are rarely heard on corporate media. Listen here for a new perspective on Israel’s assault on Gaza.
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