Pot and the brain

[kallend 2,146]

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No wonder the establishment wants it to be illegal.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

[IanHarrop 42]

Hey if it grows new brain cells, I know a few people that should go back to smoking that stuff

Let's see...

1) me!
2) GWB
3) just about everybody else in politics
4) anyone going to school that needs higher marks
5) anyone that wants to excel at their job
6).....

gosh the list start looking like everyone should
As the leader of the free world let's make sure GWB gets lots (i want him to be really smart)

Funny thing is in the old days, when I smoked this stuff, no one ever seemed smart that smoked a lot of it

"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

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about.upi.com/products/health_business/UPI-20051013-024854-9860R

No wonder the establishment wants it to be illegal.

But but, its killing our kids! It leads to crystal meth and baby raping! And really, who needs to eat when you are on chemo anyway?

All I know is that my last two years of college were my heaviest of usage and I got 4.0 every semester. Never got 4.0 beforehand Because of? Doubt it. In SPITE of? for certain.

Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing.

[ReBirth 0]

Cool! I know that alcohol gives you muscles...cause whenever I drink, I'm pretty sure I can beat the crap out of anyone in existence.

[IanHarrop 42]

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All I know is tha tmy last two years of college were my heaviest of usage and I got 4.0 every semester. Never got 4.0 beforehand? Because of? Doubt it? In SPITE of? for certain.

Well this is where science is proving you wrong... You're now learning that it was because of it

Of course you gotta look at the source.

Who's going to believe a pysch prof, with a name like that, from Saskatoon? All I know is that he wasn't one of my profs when I went there in the 70's

"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

[miked10270 0]

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Hey if it grows new brain cells, I know a few people that should go back to smoking that stuff

Let's see...

2) GWB
3) just about everybody else in politics

As the leader of the free world let's make sure GWB gets lots (i want him to be really smart)

Naaahh.... What we REALLY need is a drug that'll stimulate them to actually use the brain cells that they already have!

Mike.

Taking the piss out of the FrenchAmericans since before it was fashionable.

Prenait la pisse hors du FrançaisCanadiens méridionaux puisqu'avant lui à la mode.

[Lindsey 0]

Flowers for Algernon comes to mind.

But if they're gettin' a buzz now, then they're still the lucky mice. They got picked for the good experiment.

linz

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A conservative is just a liberal who's been mugged. A liberal is just a conservative who's been to jail

[Andrewwhyte 1]

"...the rats were quicker to eat their food than those who did not recieve the compound."

No shit.

[ShadowPenguin 0]

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"...the rats were quicker to eat their food than those who did not recieve the compound."

No shit.

i'll second that.

in other news, the sky is indeed blue.

[VisionAir 0]

Up until 6 months ago I spent the last 18 years of my life literally constantly stoned. I've never met anyone that smoked more then myself. I was self-medicating my ADD because it slowed my brain down enough I could keep up with it....or so I rationalized. I can tell you from experience that I did not "grow" more brain cells leading me to reduced anxiety and depression. In fact quite the opposite...there for a while I was also taking doctor prescribed anti-depressants. And the only thing those did for me was improve my sexual performance....which did improve my mood

Huh?!? What cloud?!? Oh that!!! That's just Industrial Haze
Alex M.

[Darius11 12]

I don’t think it is a coincidence that some of the most creative people smoke weed.
I also know many people who smoke weed, have jobs and are great parents as well. It is just stupid to say it is ok to have a 6 pack of beer but if you smoke a joint you are a criminal.

also you can not OD on weed.

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain

[Shotgun 1]

The link isn't working for me, but I assume it's the same story that was posted in the Bonfire(?) If so, it is not even pot that they have been testing - it is a similar substance to THC, but it's not the same thing:

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The team injected laboratory rats with a synthetic substance called HU-210, which is similar, but 100 times as potent as THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), the compound responsible for giving marijuana users a high.

So I think it's a little far-fetched to suggest that smoking weed might have the same effect. But it sounds like there might be potential benefits in using the HU-210.

[rushmc 23]

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Cool! I know that alcohol gives you muscles...cause whenever I drink, I'm pretty sure I can beat the crap out of anyone in existence.

Bbbwwwhhhhaaaaaaaa

Thanks! I needed that

"America will never be destroyed from the outside,
if we falter and lose our freedoms,
it will be because we destroyed ourselves."
Abraham Lincoln

[IanHarrop 42]

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also you can not OD on weed.

Well maybe not OD, but you CAN DIE!

While attending the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon (home of the study that started this thread) back in the 70's my psych prof (not the one from this study) provided us with the results of another study involving rats. It showed it was possible to ingest enough weed that you could DIE.

The dosage, when scaled up from the portions given the poor rats that died, would require a person to ingest 400 lbs of weed - at one sitting. May seem like a lot to some but some of us were very ambitious

"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

[Darius11 12]

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also you can not OD on weed.

Well maybe not OD, but you CAN DIE!

While attending the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon (home of the study that started this thread) back in the 70'a my psych prof (not the one from this study) provided us with the results of another study involving rats. It showed it was possible to ingest enough weed that you could DIE.

The dosage, when scaled up from the portions given the poor rats that died, would require a person to ingest 400 lbs of weed - at one sitting. May seem like a lot to some but some of us were very ambitious

If i had that much money........

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain

[Channman 2]

Well, i'll tell ya, I don't know what that marijuana is, but you bring it on over here and I'll drink it.

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Well, i'll tell ya, I don't know what that marijuana is, but you bring it on over here and I'll drink it.

I love that our choice other than marijuana is drinking a poison.

Doesn't mean I don't do of course.

Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing.

[IanHarrop 42]

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I love that our choice other than marijuana is drinking a poison.

Excuse me, but alcohol is an antiseptic.

If you had an external wound you would apply alcohol to it to make it better.
So if you have an internal wound, applying alcohol is required.
I've tried applying it topically (spilled lots on myself over time) but it doesn't work.
I found the only way to get the antiseptic to the internal wounds is to drink the alcohol.
I know this works because after I drink the alcohol, I always feel better.

"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

[rhys 0]

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I love that our choice other than marijuana is drinking a poison.

Doesn't mean I don't do of course.

alcohol is not necessarily poison. a glass or two of red wine makes you health better and your life expectency longer.

just like a toot on a pipe or even better a piece of cake made from cannabis stimulates the brain into thinking about your surroundings. and makes you aware of things you would have otherwise overlooked before.

overuse of either is not good for you but in moderation it is all good. just like anything.

cannabis is not a gateway drug that leads you to harder drugs, as was mentioned before, prohibition is the gate that leads our youth to these harder drugs,

teenagers 'will' try drugs and alcohol. if they have to go to gangs and criminals as they do with prohibition. they will be exposed to, and pushed onto harder drugs.

in new zealand weed can be up to $400 an oz on the black market. this is almost the same price as gold. when broken down into $50 bags it is worth more than gold.

alchemy has always been considered the ultimate way to get rich. prohibition allows gangs and other criminals to sell a plant for more than gold. this is essentially alchemy.

prohibition is the problem.

"When the power of love overcomes the love of power, then the world will see peace." - 'Jimi' Hendrix

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I love that our choice other than marijuana is drinking a poison.

Doesn't mean I don't do of course.

alcohol is not necessarily poison. a glass or two of red wine makes you health better and your life expectency longer.

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prohibition is the problem.

Dude, I am not against marijuana or alcohol. But I often find that people are against pot simply because it is illegal. And these same people often act like drinking is so much better for you.

But alcohol (the chemical) IS a poison. It dehydrates the brain and make the kidneys work overtime. it is not the alcohol in wine that is benificial.

Why yes, my license number is a palindrome. Thank you for noticing.

[nathaniel 0]

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But alcohol (the chemical) IS a poison.

Poison is a relative term. Water can be poisonous, air (oxygen) can be poisonous, marijuana can be poisonous.

The question is what amount will it take to kill you, not can it kill you.

My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir. The bums will always lose. Do you hear me, Lebowski?

[tso-d_chris 0]

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The question is what amount will it take to kill you, not can it kill you.

But that question makes water far more lethal than marijuana!

[IanHarrop 42]

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The question is what amount will it take to kill you, not can it kill you.

But that question makes water far more lethal than marijuana!

Not surprising... that damn water is more expensive than gasoline.

We need to boycott water.

"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

[Shotgun 1]

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it is not the alcohol in wine that is benificial.

Actually, while there may be other health benefits from red wine, alcohol in general (including the alcohol in wine) is thought to have certain benefits when consumed in moderation, such as reducing the risk of heart disease.

I once read something that said, "Alcohol is both a tonic and a poison; the difference is mostly in the dose," (or something like that) and I think that is probably true.

[Darius11 12]

If by moderation you mean a half a shot yes your right. But i don't remeber seeing any one just have a half a shot ever.



Small glass of whine is nice

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain