Suicide caused by stronger marijuana, help please

Suicide caused by stronger marijuana, help please.

Carl G. Mueller, Nam 68 Phone: (909) 866-9310
PO Box 120707
38941 N Bay Drive
Big Bear Lake, CA 92315-8941

Los Angeles Times Phone: (213) 237-7001
Staff Writer, Jonathan Abrams jonathan.abrams@latimes.com
202 W. 1st Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Dear Mr. Jonathan Abrams:
And To Whom It May Concern:

Subject: 6-14-07, LA Times article titled: 3 suicides shake up high school.

Is it fair to say, because the students where minors, that is the reason why your article didn’t mention any possible association with marijuana or other drugs? Based on my personal experiences with teenagers, suicidal thoughts, and the ever-increasing potency of marijuana, I request more public discussion about marijuana being a trigger towards suicidal thoughts.

I’m currently involved in a Big Bear misdemeanor court case, MBV 700295, in which I bought small amounts of marijuana from a person under the age of 18 on two occasions. When this minor told me on 4,18,07, (Two days before Hitler’s Birthday) “he was a minor and thinking of suicide I blew the whistle on myself as well as him. Then about 10 days before my court date on Aug 3, 2007, I went to the VA to upgrade my medical records. After talking to the Dr.(s) we agreed that it would be best for me to be admitted into the Psychiatric lock-down ward because of my thoughts to commit suicide. I was treated for a total of 7 weeks at the VA hospital and three of the weeks where in the lock down unit. I had NOT drunk alcohol or used any other illegal drugs for over 3 years prior to this brief one month use of marijuana. My feelings of loneliness and distrust of the government was some of the contributing factors in my suicidal evaluation.

My heartfelt thanks goes out to the VA’s psychiatric lock down unit. Their total staff treated me with respect and kindness. Regretfully I have only distain for the VA’s association with the VARP Inc. VARP Inc. is the controllers of the Housing facilities for us in need of psychiatric and drug addiction help.

In the Harris House a rat lived in the kitchen closet for the four weeks I was there. But the rat brought relief to the Harris Housing demeaning tactics. It’s sad the Harris House Veterans are forced to live for 28 days under many humiliating situations. Many of those humiliating situations are brought back into the VA hospital in the form of group therapy, which lead to my fellow patients and one staff member Jerry a social worker, voting me out of the VA therapy group for a week. As a result I was automatically kicked out of VARP’s R-4 housing for a week. I paid for the R4 housing with my own money and no refunds was given to me because that is what the rules state. This sadness put me back in the lock down unit for 4 days at the VA. I was too pissed off at the VA and R4 housing to continue my rehabilitation. I took the buss back home to Big Bear.

One short funny story:
A rat also ran around in the R-4 housing where I stayed for a week after “graduating” from Harris house. A patient made an attempt to kill the rat with peanut butter and some of his psychiatric medication which was placed on the furnace-duck, but the rat dealt with the drug and raised up on his hind legs and watched with his red-eyes as one patient Scott, sat on the toilet. Then the red-eyed rat jumped into the furnace-duck only to be followed by Scott’s wide-eyed, paleface stare.

Point is:
Readers of this letter: please try and get more Americans motivated to encourage our politicians to provide more respectful help with understanding suicide and its possible relationship with today’s more potent marijuana.


Sincerely,

Carl G. Mueller, Nam 68


PS. Thank you Nicolaas-Joh-Van Nieuwenhuysen and my therapist Caron Bayor.


References:
Research links pot, psychotic disorders, by jia-Rui Chong, jia-rui.chong@latimes.com LA Times 7, 27, 2007, page A13,

Jeanne Clery Act, a federal law requiring disclosing information about threats to patients and students safety. Read: A killing kept in the shadows, by P.J. Huffstutter, LA Times article, June 19, 2007. p.j.huffstutter@latimes.com

Veterans have higher suicide risk than civilians, study finds. LA Times article, June 16, 2007 page A12, by Amber Dance, amber.dance@datimes.com

Veterans group assails Camp Pendleton
Advocates say the base discourages its Marines from seeking treatment for post-combat stress. PTSD, By Tony Perry, tony.perry@latimes.com

Raids yield pot plants worth nearly $3 million. The crops were controlled by Asian organized crime networks sheriff’s officials said. LA Times June 14, 2007, Inland Empire, In Brief section, Page B4