Marijuana’s Impact On Brain Function “Minimal,” New Study Says
July 28th, 2009 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy DirectorShare this Article
[Editor's note: This post is excerpted from this week's forthcoming NORML weekly media advisory. To have NORML's media advisories delivered straight to your in-box, sign up for NORML's free e-zine here.]
The consumption of cannabis, even long-term, has a “minimal” impact on brain function, according to a systematic literature review just published online by the journal Psychological Medicine.
An international team of investigators from the United Kingdom, Spain, Brazil, Australia, and Switzerland conducted a systematic review of the effects of cannabis on brain structure and function.
Authors wrote, “We reviewed literature reporting neuroimaging studies of chronic or acute cannabis use published up until January 2009. … Sixty-six studies were identified, of which 41 met the inclusion criteria. Thirty-three were functional (SPECT/PET/fMRI) and eight structural (volumetric/DTI) imaging studies. … Only three of the structural imaging studies found differences between users and controls.”
Investigators concluded, “Minimal evidence of major effects of cannabis on brain structure has been reported,” noting that marijuana users and controls perform similarly on cognitive tasks.
According to a 2001 study published in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry, long-term cannabis smokers who abstained from pot for one week “showed virtually no significant differences from control subjects (those who had smoked marijuana less than 50 times in their lives) on a battery of 10 neuropsychological tests.” Investigators added, “Former heavy users, who had consumed little or no cannabis in the three months before testing, [also] showed no significant differences from control subjects on any of these tests on any of the testing days.”
Tags: brain, cognition, fMRI, neurocognitive, neuroimaging
July 28th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Let’s get this right folks! Pot smoking affects everyone differently mentally and physically. So how good is this information on testing people who are high vs. those not high?
July 28th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
About time! All that is needed is for the international community to give our “Czar” the finger and legalize. Our “Government” wont have much left to do besides follow suite or get ready for some serious internal revolts. 20 States already passed legislation to remind the government that they can easily claim soverenty a few more and we will have a good old civil war raging!
God Bless Americans, to hell with our government!
July 28th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
I am not surprised at the results. So many people indulge in cannabis without the “dangers” preached by D.A.R.E. and Reefer Madness.
My question is: How many studies like this will it take to convince the government to stop listing marijuana as a schedule 1 drug?
July 28th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Excellent!
More scientific evidence confirming what marijuana users already knew.
Pot doesn’t make people stupid. Stupid people make people stupid.
July 28th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
the the question is, will our new drug czar Kerlikowske care? chances are, no. but this doesn’t mean all hope is lost friends. our movement cannot be stopped now. it’s only a matter of time before legalization happens. and at that moment, the entire country will ask our government head on: “what the fuck was the point of prohibition?”.
July 28th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
None of this matters, science doesn’t matter to kerlikowski or any of the other talking heads. Time to take back liberty, it’s unfortunate that no real political change has occurred without violence.(ghandi exception) There are too many wedges driven into america for people to wake up and quit supporting the government with their taxes. They have taken another moral highground with the environment to shield the sheeps eyes from what is important. Remember Reagan and “It’s for the children!”, Environment, Healthcare, Democracy… NO NO NO. Liberty and Republic YES and YES
July 28th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
While not related to this post, CNN’s Wolf Blitzer at 4:40PM Eastern just did a well done report on the legalization efforts in CA. Aside from him opening the segment with putting undo emphasis on “controversial” the segment was unbiased and ended with the mention that CA may legalize as early as next year. It was mentioned about the feds still refusing to even consider medical cannabis.
Go California and show the rest of the Nation how it is done!
July 28th, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Daily, but not chronic use for 6.5 years has resulted in, believe it or not, a statistically significant “increase” in my IQ. However I attribute this to increased emotional stability, which in turn I attribute to cannabis. When I’m feeling better, I function better. This study is old news to me and, I’m guessing, millions of other smokers.
July 28th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
It pisses me off that the US government keeps lying to its citzens despite these studies. I thought obama was going to embrace science? I guess i justed wasted another one of my votes. Obama is a lier just like everyone else in washington. We need to throw them all out!!!!
July 28th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Ummm….DUHHHH! any long time smoker who has ever taken a break, as I have, would tell you exactly the same.
And we didn’t need all these studies.
This type of info needsa ot be picked up by major news outlets. The lack of such information in the mass media only perpetuates the misinformation that fuels the drug war.
LEGALIZE IT!!
July 28th, 2009 at 5:07 pm
The government makes up fairy tales that everyone thinks are true until legitimate studies come out proving otherwise. There are SO many studies that prove how safe this plant is and the government STILL refuses to acknowledge them. Some people have dependency problems, but name one substance in the world that no one has a dependency on! Millions of people can’t function in the morning without their caffeine in coffee. Millions of people have problems eating the right foods. If there is something that is enjoyable in the world then it is guaranteed that some people will abuse it. The gov stands on the claim that pot is dangerous, but we know that is simply not true. So what is it that they are really afraid of?
July 28th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Yeahh!!! I want to start telling off politicians!!!
July 28th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
I do not care if cannabis rots my brain. I do not care if alcohol destroys my liver. I do not care if smoking destroys my lungs. I do not care if Ding Dongs overload my heart. It is my brain, liver, lungs and heart. I and I alone am totally responsible and fully accountable for the things I freely choose to consume or do not consume, as well as the things I freely choose to do or not do. As long as I do not violate the God given freedom and liberty of another citizen as cited and acknowledged in the Constitution of the United States, IT IS NONE OF ANYBODY ELSE’S DAMN BUSINESS, OR THE BUSINESS OF GOVERNMENT’S AT ANY LEVEL. I suggest if prohibitionists want to run someone’s life, they should run their own; otherwise, KEEP YOUR DAMN NOSE OUT OF MY BUSINESS!
July 28th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
Boy is this good news. I was really worried about the long term effects of using cannabis. I,ve used since 1968. My Great Grandmother had a persrciption for cannabis extract the was produced by Eli Lilly. It came in a box that was similar to an old match box. She had a silver tray about 6 inches in diameter that stood on a 3 legged stand. Sha would put some of the powder on the tray a light a match under it. She used a silver cone about 10 inches long to inhale the vapor. I think vaporization has been in use for quite some time. I remember seeing her use this method in the late 1950’s. Medical cannabis that was produced by the drug companies was very potent and very pure. It was medical grade so to speak. Don’t we all wish that cannabis would return to those times. By the way she used cannabis to relieve PMS ( I don’t think it was called that back then).
July 28th, 2009 at 5:50 pm
link to study isn’t working
July 28th, 2009 at 6:17 pm
Legalize it?
LOL.
Getting Rand Paul in senate will help. He’s running in Kentucky since incumbent senator Jim Bunning dropped out. It may only be one pro-marijuana voice, but it’s a voice.
July 28th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
I remember seeing something on the news about brain structure on alcohol,coke and meth and I wondered why they did not show cannabis,now I know why
July 28th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
I bet the media will pick up on this survey like they did the thc levels right? right?!!?!…
July 28th, 2009 at 7:01 pm
Old studies…new studies…future studies…all say the same thing. SOS! Maybe if everyone E-Mailed a copy of this study to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, they might recognize “the point” with their hats off…maybe. I’m sure they count the E-Mails, and understand that each E-Mail represents a vote of non-confidence.
July 28th, 2009 at 7:05 pm
ithisr k tht mysrelf is yhe oposite of wht ths artiale is speking
July 28th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Amazing how theres myths about how marijuana kills braincells but articles like this will never hit top story. Thats why myths as silly and inaccurate like this exist. =\
July 28th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
I think the most important thing to note here is that it says only when the marijuana users abstained from it for a while did they perform normally. Marijuana does stay in your system for a while and when it’s their it does cause slower functioning. Hence my favorite term in the whole wide world: “wung-over”
July 28th, 2009 at 8:07 pm
I think the link to “systematic literature review” is broken
July 28th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
More ammo for the fight,not that our leaders will listen. Hell you can point at the sun and tell’em its the sun and they will deny it is . I’m feel it nolonger matters if science shows what we already know. They wont let the money go,ours and the lobbists.
This stupid drug war will have to end the same way we will have to end the waste of taxes,public outrage. I dont know which fight is more important,but I can tell you both fights are tied together. One wont end without the other following. SO, If your are outraged at the waste of tax dollars on prohibition,also fight the waste of all tax dollars. It’ll help this fight too!
July 28th, 2009 at 8:33 pm
Duh its been proven over and over again that there is no scientific or medical basis for outlawing cannablis! Are you listening lawmakers??
July 28th, 2009 at 8:40 pm
“GOD MADE CANNABIS”!. (MAN), MADE BEER!!,AND THE OTHER CRAP!! (WHOM DO YOU TRUST)? (I TRUST HIM), WHOM SAID, I LOOK UPON THE EARTH AND SAW THAT IT WAS “GOOD”. AND RETIRED TO MY TENT TO INHALE THE FRAGRANT HERBS AND SPICES. (DON’T LET MAN BLASPHEMY THE SACRAMENT, GOD GAVE US, TO USE, TO HEAL, TO COMFORT, THE WORLD OF SOME OF IT’S WOE’S. AND TO HELP PROVIDE, A MEANS, TO HAVE A RENEWABLE SOURCE OF MATERIAL, THAT HAS MANY USES FOR EVERYDAY LIFE). PEACE!!! AL….
July 28th, 2009 at 9:03 pm
OH YEA, DON’T FORGET TO PUNISH THE EVIL CZAR, FOR HIS JOB TITLE IS TO LIE AND NEVER TELL THE TRUTH AND ALWAYS SUBVERT THE PROOF OF HIS LIES, AND TO MAKE SURE THE MONEY KEEP’S ROLLING IN!!!. DOWN WITH TYRANNY!!! LET’S PUT, “GOD” FIRST, THEN YOURSELVES, THEN THOSE IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE, WIFE, CHILDREN, PARENTS, G-PARENTS, OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY, TOWN, COUNTY, STATE, THEN, NOT LEAST, BUT LAST, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AS IS THE WAY IT IS MEANT TO BE, AND TO (NOT), BE ABRIDGED OR AMENDED, BY NONE OTHER THEN, “GOD” HIMSELF. FOR NO MAN HAS THE RIGHT TO TAKE POWER OVER ANOTHER IN AN EVIL MANOR THAT DENIES THE OTHERS OF HIS FREE WILL. PEACE!!! AL…
July 28th, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Everytime I read these blogs,one thing comes to mind…Leaders of our great nation! Hear US! Do WHAT IS RIGHT! STOP THE WASTE! FEAR US! Or watch your political careers PARISH!
July 28th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
– Mohandas Gandhi
July 29th, 2009 at 12:57 am
“THIS IS MY FINAL JUDGMENT…MY FINAL WORD.”
“I CAN THINK FOR MY SELF.”
“L” has given me his gift of love…freedom of thought,
choice, and will…freedom to believe in what I beleieve ine…not in what some serpent with its fangs sunk into me, and its coils wrapped around me want’s me to think.
“I THINK FOR MY SELF.”
It’s beyond insulting to g.Adam and g.Eve to know that they gave up their innosense for nothing…for no purpose. They paid the ultimate price for their free will…and…ultimately ours. They experienced “L’s”
gift of free choice…to eat the Forbidden Fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, to satisfy their curiosity…while disregarding “L’s” prohibition…warning them that “Ye shall die.” Prohibition = “Thou shall not.” Don’t touch it and you keep your innosense…touch it and you’re dead.
FOOTNOTE: Sounds like someone we all know in this world…trying to play God.
“L” kept his word…and…introduced g.Adam and g.Eve to “death by time”…instead of the instant version of “Ye shall die.” Their punishment was eviction from Paradise, a lifetime of eating thistles of the field, pain in child birth, and old age. “DEATH IS DEATH”…but…”L” gave them a chance to redeem themselves in the life he had given them.
“L’s” prohibition…his first and only Thou shall not…with all of “L’s” power…couldn’t make it work. Yet…man keeps insisting it will work for him, as he continually fails in his attempts. Prohibition is NOT “L’s” work…it’s evil’s doings.
“L” speaks to all of our spirits. When I have nothing else to believe in…I believe in “L”. I believe in “L’s” gift of Manna as Holy Sacrament for Communion.
So!…I say to the prohibitionist:
KNOCK IT OFF!
THAT’S FIRST
AND THE LAST
KIND THING
I’M GOING
TO SAY.
“THIS IS MY FINAL JUDGMENT…MY FINAL WORD.”
July 29th, 2009 at 2:07 am
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH YOUR
ERRATIC Blog-software???
(Never received an answer to
this the last time I asked!)
COMMENTS aren’t even showing as
“Awaiting moderation…”
Are there certain “forbidden” words
and / or text-characters???
Have to sub-divide ONE comment
into several posts AGAIN!!!
July 29th, 2009 at 2:08 am
#20 Rob Says:
July 28th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
“Amazing how there’s myths about how marijuana kills braincells…”
RE: Rob,
Myths need to be VOCIFEROUSLY dispelled.
IF THE TRUTH BE KNOWN…
- Cannabinoids promote NEUROGENESIS!!!
(And vice-versa…).
- Allegations of brain-damage were culled,
‘cherry-picked’ from hypoxia-inducing,
smoke-studies, conducted on primates administered a
‘lifetime’s worth’ of pot-smoke, all at once!
(What would the results have been if cannabis-vapor
had been administered instead…???)
- The ABSENCE of OXYGEN,
not the presence of cannabinoids / THC
is what actually ‘killed brain-cells’…
- When will the TRUTH ABOUT CANNABIS
win-out COMPLETELY, 100% over
the LIES ABOUT MARIJUANA?!?
( (+) 3½ years is too long to wait…!!!).
July 29th, 2009 at 2:09 am
Google-Search:
‘Cannabinoids Promote Neurogenesis’
NORML ARTICLE
13 – October – 2005
Cannabinoids Promote Neurogenesis In The Brain,
Study Says
Journal of Clinical Investigation article:
Cannabinoids promote embryonic and adult hippocampus
neurogenesis and produce anxiolytic and antidepressant-like effects
neu·ro·gen·e·sis
n. pl. neu·ro·gen·e·ses
Formation of nervous tissue.
July 29th, 2009 at 2:10 am
#20 Rob Says:
July 28th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
“Amazing how there’s myths about how marijuana kills braincells…”
RE: Rob,
Myths need to be VOCIFEROUSLY dispelled.
IF THE TRUTH BE KNOWN…
- Cannabinoids promote NEUROGENESIS!!!
(And vice-versa…).
- Allegations of brain-damage were culled,
‘cherry-picked’ from hypoxia-inducing,
smoke-studies, conducted on primates administered a
‘lifetime’s worth’ of pot-smoke, all at once!
(What would the results have been if cannabis-vapor
had been administered instead…???)
- The ABSENCE of OXYGEN,
not the presence of cannabinoids / THC
is what actually ‘killed brain-cells’…
- When will the TRUTH ABOUT CANNABIS
win-out COMPLETELY, 100% over
the LIES ABOUT MARIJUANA?!?
( (+) 3½ years is too long to wait…!!!).
Google-Search:
‘Cannabinoids Promote Neurogenesis’
NORML ARTICLE
13 – October – 2005
Cannabinoids Promote Neurogenesis In The Brain,
Study Says
Journal of Clinical Investigation article:
Cannabinoids promote embryonic and adult hippocampus
neurogenesis and produce anxiolytic and antidepressant-like effects
neu·ro·gen·e·sis
n. pl. neu·ro·gen·e·ses
Formation of nervous tissue.
July 29th, 2009 at 2:35 am
This is the section of my comments
that won’t post…
Will it NOW?!?!
Med-Dictionary
neu-ro-gen-e-sis
(NOUN)
Plural:
neu-ro-gen-e-ses
Development of nerves, nervous-tissue,
or the nervous-system.
neu-ro-ge-net-ic
(Adjective)
July 29th, 2009 at 2:46 am
My apologetics,
(and apologies),
for the multiple-posts:
- NEVER had a problem BEFORE
with them
NOT EVEN SHOWING as
“Awaiting moderation”
UNTIL NORML-Blog added
mobile-device capability…
(BTW: These were posted via personal-computer…)
July 29th, 2009 at 4:05 am
The government acts like my 15 year old son, I say thats red he says its blue, I say go to bed at 10 he ends up staying up till 12, I say this is the song he likes, he says No I never liked it. I really think the government needs a kick in the ass, just like I had to with my son!
We can throw every study at them, prove every reefer madness point wrong and show them the right way to control instead of prohibit and not control,they just wont listen. When that first legislator loses his power, office and income, to a pro marijuana supporter, then and only then will things start to change and laws start passing.
July 29th, 2009 at 7:50 am
I’ve been smoking for 36 years now, 29 of those years on an almost daily basis. There’ve been times when I’ve practically CHAIN SMOKED the stuff, smoked about as much as is humanly possible. Yet I still attained a master’s degree, have held my last two jobs for 12 and 9 years respectively, kept up on a house and mortgage. Probably most telling about how long term heavy marijuana use has affected my brain function was I underwent psychological testing for ADHD (my therapist and I were both curious) and of course I tested positive (for functional traits that have been going on since I was age 7) (and no I wasn’t smoking pot at that age). But the telling part was that I also tested over the top (in the “very superior” range) in areas of language and math performance. I had underwent similar testing at age 10 because of poor academic performance and had also tested then in the superior range, so obviously at least for me long term pot use hasn’t affected my intellectual functioning.
Pot is going to affect people differently and it’s not for everyone. That lady featured on CNN that said she was bipolar and had tried it and made her symptoms worse (in true manic fashion she hadn’t just “tried” it but went overboard with it) it obviously doesn’t work for her, but just because she can’t handle it shouldn’t mean that I should be prohibited from using it.
Some people would say I’m addicted, and maybe almost 40 years of pot smoking would indicate that, but I challenge anyone to demonstrate any way that pot smoking has harmed me or anyone around me in the least bit. My employer would be compelled to fire me if my secret habit were discovered despite my taking far less sick leave or my health care costs probably being lower than anyone in the whole company. I seldom take a sick day, I take no prescriptions and rarely even meet my deductible (which keeps going up every year).
If I were forced to quit I might need to take somethign for anxiety or depression and then would probably gain weight or become lethargic and have other side effects. Is that what they want?!?!?
July 29th, 2009 at 8:16 am
another good piece of information folks. i have smoked marijuana for 32 years.i have quit a few times over the years for things like , children, church, personal change. this amounted to years off and on. i have never had a problem with stopping. ive never felt it had made me stupid,or that it changed me. people around me for years never new the i smoked mj.i have worked for a great company for almost as many years where, people i worked with never would believe that i smoked it.and i have huffed a bunch of it (grin). when my employer hair tested all of us begining in feb. this year. i was given a thirty day suspension. (luckily). thats when i changed…..my personal rights have been comprimised and i have not been the same since.its not mj that is bad, it may be some of the people who use it that create such a stereotype. just like some people who own weapons…their are those who use them against people. its all about responsibility. its not the plant that is wrong, it may be some of the people who use it although, i have never in my years as an adult smoker, ever seen any violence from people who smoke. alot of smilin, laid back kind and considerate folks who do alot of chewin as well as, intelligent,purposeful,sucessful, people with many leadership quality people who smoke mj. if we could provide more testimonies about ourselves to those who dont have a clue….that we are kind, considerate, human beings that believe in our families, working for a living, and paying the bills that we create, and otherwise follow the laws (including standing up for what we believe in to change some of them ) maybe it may make a difference considering many people read these comments who do not partake of the herbal remedy. i am a firm believer in marijuana and its comforting effects used responsibly. thanks norml for your work, but, it takes ALL of us.
July 29th, 2009 at 8:22 am
oh yea and, the more people we win over, the more people to vote against this government ignorance!
July 29th, 2009 at 8:31 am
Studies and scientific evidence never trump the money. Follow the money trail for the current marijuana marketing system and we would surely find that it leads directly into the pockets of the politicians who refuse to budge on government policies. Add to that the political power of police and prison industry, and it is no wonder that science and the will of the people don’t count.
July 29th, 2009 at 8:57 am
Screw this government! They don’t know what is good for this country like we the people do. Anyways i got this number yesterday in a text to vote to legalize marijuana so i don’t know if it actually works but its worth a shot so here it is people call 1-973-409-3274 then listen and press the # key to vote hope everyone will try it maybe it will work who knows.
[Editor's note: Unfortunately, calling this number does nothing to reform cannabis laws...]
July 29th, 2009 at 9:05 am
For those who demand that they have the right to abuse their bodies any way they wish, with any drug or indulgence they wish. I want you to sign a medical waver denying yourself public financing for your medical bills later in your heart clogged, lung diseased, artery hardened, high cholesteraled, tumor riddled life. I don’t want my taxes used to pay for your lavish, self-indulgent lifestyle later in life when your body falls apart from abuse.
There cannot be freedom without responsibility
July 29th, 2009 at 9:53 am
Hey Kasado you forgot to mention that you probably need a liver transplant from drinking alcohol and guess what i don’t want my tax dollars paying for you either. Alcohol is a freedom but usually there is no responsibility involved with it so what your saying make no sense so go back to your government job because that is probably where you work.
July 29th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
#43 Eric Says:
July 29th, 2009 at 9:53 am
Hey Kasado you forgot to mention that
you probably need a liver transplant from
drinking alcohol and guess what i don’t want
my tax dollars paying for you either.
Alcohol is a freedom but usually there is
no responsibility involved with it so what
your saying make no sense so go back to
your government job because that is probably where you work.
RE:
Eric,
- Even though what they are saying makes no sense,
(in light of the TRUTH ABOUT CANNABIS),
a sizeable-proportion of the ‘gull-a-bull – poop-u-lace’
will STILL believe their baleful-blather…
(Therefore, they still must be vociferously discredited!!!).
- If they do hold a government-job,
I don’t want my tax-dollars paying for them,
nor for their words to have ANY perceived-validity,
nor authority, either.
Cannabinoids promote neurogenesis, and vice-versa!!!
July 29th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
42 Kasado
It’s not a good idea for anyone to abuse their body, but neither is it a good idean to abuse your ability to coment, Nevertheless. it is your right to comment, and I should practice what I preach, and get off your
hump.
July 29th, 2009 at 3:17 pm
#42 Kasado Says:
July 29th, 2009 at 9:05 am
“For those who demand that they have the right to abuse
their bodies any way they wish, with any drug or indulgence they wish.
I want you to sign a medical waver denying yourself public financing
for your medical bills later in your heart clogged, lung diseased, artery hardened,
high cholesteraled, tumor riddled life.
I don’t want my taxes used to pay for your lavish,
self-indulgent lifestyle later in life when your body falls apart from abuse.
There cannot be freedom without responsibility”.
RE: Kasado,
- There CANNOT be true-authority apart from VALIDITY.
(And you’re sadly lacking veracity!!!).
- Even though,
(by evaluation of how your post is worded),
you’re, most likely, an anencephalic,
“hit-and-run” blog-troll, never to return…
I cannot let vague, generalized-accusations,
false assumptions, go un-addressed!
- The discussion is NOT about
“the right to abuse one’s body any way,
with any drug or indulgence”,
it’s about the right to utilize a certain, specific,
WRONFULLY-MALIGNED, WRONGFULLY-PROHIBITED,
extremely-versatile, God-Given botanical, CANNABIS,
(Having a 5000-year safety-record, impossible to lethally-O.D. on),
containing CERTAIN, ESSENTIAL compounds, NECESSARY for LIFE,
INTEGRAL to proper-functioning of the human-body,
(a.k.a., the neuro-protective, anti-oxidant, anti-tumor, neuro-genetic roles of
CANNABINOIDS, and the ENDO-CANNABINOID-SYSTEM).
- The fact that you mention only the four-letter, blanket-term, “drug”,
rather than referring to cannabis / pot / weed / marijuana directly,
is highly-indicative of your lack of discernment / intelligence / knowledge
about the subject at-hand…
Cannabinoids promote neugenesis, and vice-versa!!!
July 29th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
#42 Kasado Says:
July 29th, 2009 at 9:05 am
“For those who demand that they have the right to abuse
their bodies any way they wish, with any drug or indulgence they wish.
I want you to sign a medical waver denying yourself public financing
for your medical bills later in your heart clogged, lung diseased, artery hardened,
high cholesteraled, tumor riddled life.
I don’t want my taxes used to pay for your lavish,
self-indulgent lifestyle later in life when your body falls apart from abuse.
There cannot be freedom without responsibility”.
RE: Kasado,
- There CANNOT be true-authority apart from VALIDITY.
(And you’re sadly lacking veracity!!!).
- Even though,
(by evaluation of how your post is worded),
you’re, most likely, an anencephalic,
“hit-and-run” blog-troll, never to return…
I cannot let vague, generalized-accusations,
false assumptions, go un-addressed!
- The discussion is NOT about
“the right to abuse one’s body any way,
with any drug or indulgence”,
it’s about the right to utilize a certain, specific,
WRONFULLY-MALIGNED, WRONGFULLY-PROHIBITED,
extremely-versatile, God-Given botanical, CANNABIS,
(Having a 5000-year safety-record, impossible to lethally-O.D. on),
containing CERTAIN, ESSENTIAL compounds, NECESSARY for LIFE,
INTEGRAL to proper-functioning of the human-body,
(a.k.a., the neuro-protective, anti-oxidant, anti-tumor, neuro-genetic roles of
CANNABINOIDS, and the ENDO-CANNABINOID-SYSTEM).
- The fact that you mention only the four-letter, blanket-term, “drug”,
rather than referring to cannabis / pot / weed / marijuana directly,
is highly-indicative of your lack of discernment / intelligence / knowledge
about the subject at-hand…
Cannabinoids promote NEUROGENESIS, and vice-versa!!!
July 29th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Another positive plus for marijuana for medicinal use. Why is that the government can send people to the moon, dive the depths of the oceans, create weapons of mass destruction (nuclear and biological), then to top it off with FDA approved drugs that do kill people and can’t establish whether marijuana has any use as a medicine. It seems like o lot of research comes from outside our borders. Our government is to busy filling up prisons and enforcing marijuana prohibition on the population, but don’t worry they do there research under the table. As far as side effects on the brain being minimal is true as far as i am concerned. After 38 years of tokin i don’t see any effects or friends that been tokin for thirty years or more either. THE NEW MOTHER NATURE IS HERE AND THE SPLENDID LADY HAS MADE HER CALL-AND THE GREEN FOOTPRINT WILL STOMP OUT MARIJUANA PROHIBITION FOR US ALL. 420 ALL THE WAY!
July 29th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Neurogenesis,
I would take your complaint one step further: I would love to see public health care rationed to the point where the uninsured are only provided the barest of essential services. I would love to see an America where citizens are held accountable and responsible for the choices they make. That said, it is my body and I will do with it what I please. The issue here is that the policy in place for the control of substances is both unconstitutional and egregiously dim-witted. Studies (such as the topic of this posting) showing scientifically what we all already know to be true ought to be the basis for policy, not propaganda stemming from racist, greedy businessmen from the 1930s.
July 30th, 2009 at 12:21 am
It doesn’t matter what effect Marijuana has on cognitive ability, health, or tax income. Keeping it illegal benefits the prison lobby enormously. Incarceration is profitable, scalable, and a damn strong growth industry. We build new prisons, and train prison guards, it’s great for the local economy. It’s more profitable to arrest Marijuana smokers and put them in prison than tax a dime bag at the local green apothecary. As long as there are draconian laws for us to enforce, and politicians we can lean on for our cause, You smoke pot, you are getting incarcerated. You think that just because we have more people in prisons than anywhere else in the world that we don’t want more? Do you think we only have control over people within our razor wire walls and cages? Have a problem with that? If you speak up too much, we can guarantee that your stay with us will be your final destination.
July 30th, 2009 at 12:36 am
Whooooooo! Far OUT !
July 30th, 2009 at 1:09 am
To Rick Seymour:
Ummm…do you understand how science works? Comparing high and non-high groups is the only way to have a valid study.
It’s a concept from somewhere around 7th grade science, a control group.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:52 am
[...] Weed makes you dumb? Marijuana?s Impact On Brain Function ?Minimal,? New Study Says Marijuana’s Impact On Brain Function “Minimal,” New Study Says | NORML [...]
July 30th, 2009 at 5:32 am
“Minimal evidence of major effects of cannabis on brain structure has been reported,” noting that marijuana users and controls perform similarly on cognitive tasks.
After reading the article, I have made my own conclusion that marijuana obviously does effect the brain, because the comment above makes no sense at all.
I have personal issues with cannabis as my 15 year old son, is becoming increasingly more reliant on the stuff. I have contacted the police, ask FRANK, social services and no one wants to help me, many of you have made maverick comments about the use of cannabis and that it should be legalised etc etc, but I can tell you that from personal experience, it effects your personal status, drive, enthusiasm, attitude.
Those of you who are Pro-cannabis are exactly the idiotic peers that my son is aspiring to be.
July 30th, 2009 at 6:10 am
#49 AGJ Says:
July 29th, 2009 at 6:32 pm
Neurogenesis,
I would take your complaint one step further:
I would love to see public health care rationed
to the point where the uninsured are only provided
the barest of essential services.
I would love to see an America where citizens are
held accountable and responsible for the choices they make.
That said, it is my body and I will do with it what I please.
The issue here is that the policy in place for the control
of substances is both unconstitutional and egregiously
dim-witted. Studies (such as the topic of this posting)
showing scientifically what we all already know to be
true ought to be the basis for policy, not propaganda
stemming from racist, greedy businessmen from the 1930s.
RE: AGJ,
- Which complaint are you referring to???
– If it was the ones about public-health-care and those
who are over-burdeneing it with their
“lavish, self-indulgent lifestyle”,
that was #42 Kasado, making general asumptions about
everyone here, (on NORML-blog),
leading
“heart clogged, lung diseased, artery hardened,
high cholesteraled, tumor riddled” lives.
- The uninsured are ALREADY only provided
“the barest of essential services”,
unless it’s for some immediate, life-threatening emergency,
then you still have to wait, and wait and wait…
- I know how to live a healthy life, of which,
America’s health-care system
plays VERY LITTLE role in maintaining it…
- It actually comes down to SYNTHETIC vs. NATURAL, (both medicine and food).
The UNhealthier, synthetic, compromised options are less expensive, yet, are more
agressively-promoted, even mandated, over healthier, natural ones,
(that’s what I hate about this world! ).
- Why should only “YUPPIFIED” flower-children
be able to afford to eat healther organic-foods,
drive more-reliable, fuel-efficient vehicles,
live in more energy-efficient houses?
- Why should heart-healthy, plant-based oils, be drastically more expensive,
(such as olive), or even suppressed / illegal, (such as hemp),
while heart-clogging, hydrogenated-oils are still widely-used?
(Only showing as zero trans-fats on food-packaging,
(via tricky, truncated-math),
whereas the actual numbers,
(to the Right-Hand Side of decimal-point),
are still significant, albeit, hidden).
- Why should healthier plant-seed based drinks,
such as soy and hemp milk be 2 to 4 times MORE expensive
than unhealthy, sickening, bovine-lactations? (dairy-cow milk).
- Why should more effective, natural-medicines, nutritional-support and non-invasive
medical-procedures be more expensive, downplayed or even suppressed / criminalized?
(Ever notice that the majority of so-called “illegal-drugs” are of natural origin, yet,
ONLY the less-unhealthy plant-sources, themselves, are unavailable / truly-suppressed?).
- – - – -
PREVENTATIVE-REMEDIES
to #42 Kasado’s list of of disease-conditions:
Q:
Heart clogged, artery hardened, high cholesterol?
A:
Minimally-processed,
PLANT-BASED oils,
(Including hempseed-oil).
Plant-based OILS neither contain, nor raise cholesterol,
UNLIKE animal-FATS…
(BTW:
A certain percentage of cholesterol is actually NECESSARY…
in limited amounts…
for nerve-fiber-insulation and vitamin D production…).
Q:
Lung disease?
A:
INEXPENSIVE VAPORIZERS for ALL who would ordinarilly smoke…
ORGANICALLY-GROWN,
(Not fertilized with radioactive, polonium-bearing phosphates),
ADDITIVE-FREE herbs,
Not containing flavor-enhancer chemicals, (i.e. cigarette-tobacco);
Nor contaminants, (i.e. gas-tank-flavored, Mexi-Schwag brickweed…).
- The only role which the FDA ought to have concerning herbs is
is ensuring product-quality and truthful-labelling, nothing more…
- No ’schedules’ against naturally-occurring plants;
Only apply such towards synthetic-compounds and
chemically-modified plant-derivatives…
Q:
Tumor riddled?
A:
Antioxidant Phytocompounds,
including all naturally-derived cannabinoids,
not just THC…
Cannabinoids PROMOTE NEUROGENESIS, and vice-versa…
July 30th, 2009 at 7:15 am
this is old news… oh wait I just spacedout
July 30th, 2009 at 7:57 am
I smoked pot and it cause me a depersonalization. Pot in high doses isnt so safe as people say it is. It makes you depressed,depersonalized and it causes anxiety.
If someone wants to talk about depersonalization and weed please add me to msn its davor.molnar@siol.net
Thanks!!!
July 30th, 2009 at 9:04 am
[...] Blow me. The consumption of cannabis, even long-term, has a “minimal” impact on brain function, according to a systematic literature review just published online by the journal Psychological Medicine. [...]
July 30th, 2009 at 10:01 am
The statements that Pot affects everyone differently, as does alcohol. however alcohol has lasting physical affects on the body. This study is showing there that there is no lasting effects
July 30th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Eat, drink, and be merry. Just take the responsibility when you become ill and don’t ask society for a healthcare bailout.
July 30th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Vaporizers are great, but seldom used. Lack of portability.
No one will ever convince me that a life time of breathing ultra hot smoke into ones lungs is healthy for you. Whether tobacco, marijuana or even sage.
July 30th, 2009 at 11:16 am
[...] “The consumption of cannabis, even long-term, has a “minimal” impact on brain function, according to a systematic literature review just published online by the journal Psychological Medicine.” via NORML [...]
July 30th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
So LEGALIZE it ALREADY!!!!!!!!
ugh.
July 30th, 2009 at 12:17 pm
Someone send this to the US Drug Czar. That guys a totally ignorant douche. It boggles the mind that weed is still illegal, and some people(who almost definitely have never used) think that’s right. This is good news though
July 30th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
54 jayliggitt
If your son is 15, he’s, by nature, rebellious. The more you say don’t, the more he will say do. That’s the nature of the beast. You could allow him to speak, while you listen. By the way…if you’re going to lecture him…be sure you know what you’re talking about, because he simply won’t listen to anymore misinformation, or misinformed parents, or
authorities. Just my opinion…and…perhaps one you will reject…but…if it helps…well…so much the better.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
Pot is the best drug ever, get over it
July 30th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
This is good but old news to people who have been smokers for years like I have. I saw the coolest movie called “Super High Me” which basically illustrates this point short term but first hand. Check it out, it’s good. I am now unfortunately currently on probation for a driving offence and get tested monthly, so I don’t smoke anymore, but I’m sure I’ll get back into it in a few months when I’m off probation. However, unfortunately, legalizing it is just going to be the first step in the battle, and while obviously, and important one, not the whole battle. The next phase is one I am also currently involved in, and that’s job searching. As I said, I don’t smoke now, so I have no problems with this right now, but it is hard to find a job these days that doesn’t drug test and not hire when you piss dirty for Marijuana, which I think is total bullshit. And I have a feeling that won’t change with most of the jobs just because it becomes legal to use, hopefully I’m wrong. I mean I know there are all these ‘cleasers’ and whatnot out on the market these days, but it always seems a crap shoot. I have had one work, and one fail. And the point is, whether or not I smoke pot on my own time should have nothing to do with whether or not you hire me, and this study just reiterats that point….
July 30th, 2009 at 3:35 pm
I could have told you that… Look at me now… Weeeee!
July 30th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
I just happened to notice that those in favor of marijuana usage, which I assume to be marijuana users, have terrible grammar, lousy spelling, and don’t seem especially coherent. I think the “studies” are junk science, probably designed by marijuana users.
July 30th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
#61 Kasado Says:
July 30th, 2009 at 10:34 am
Vaporizers are great, but seldom used. Lack of portability…
RE: Kasado,
- I strongly-disagree.
Have you ever heard of,
are you aware of the
VaporGenie vaporizer?
(VaporGenie is the worlds first vaporizing pipe,
and COMPLETELY PORTABLE!)
NOTE:
I don’t work for VaporGenie,
(NOR am I being compensated by them…),
HOWEVER,
I completely agree with their
CONCEPT and DESIGN!!!
SELECTED INFO and TEXT from their website:
http://www.vaporgenie.com
The VaporGenie: The worlds first vaporizing pipe!
The VaporGenie vaporizer pipe is dramatically safer
and more pleasant to use than a conventional combustion pipe.
It vaporizers your herbal blends or tobacco instead of burning them,
thereby greatly reducing tar and particulate inhalation.
The VaporGenie vaporizing pipe gently heats your tobacco
so that it does not burn.
Tar and toxic smoke are greatly reduced.
The VaporGenie pipe provides super-smooth vapor.
There is no coughing or burning throat.
It feels like you are inhaling warm, flavored air.
The VaporGenie pipe is used with a lighter and is completely portable.
You can take the VaporGenie pipe anywhere. It fits in your pocket.
The VaporGenie pipe is not electronic. It is simple to use and reliable.
The VaporGenie pipe is guaranteed against product defects for life.
The VaporGenie pipe is a high-quality,
durable product that will provide you with
many years of satisfying vaporization.
Cannabinoids PROMOTE NEUROGENESIS, and vice-versa!!!
July 30th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
#69 Justin Says:
July 30th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
“I just happened to notice that those in favor of marijuana usage,
which I assume to be marijuana users, have terrible grammar,
lousy spelling, and don’t seem especially coherent…”
RE: Justin,
- It’s not just marijuana-users, those in favor of marijuana-usage,
who have poor-grammar, atrocious-spelling…ad-infinitum…
- It’s America in general;
Stoners, drunks and the so-called “drug-free”.
- The American public-educational-system is far
more to blame.
- We’re a third-world nation, intelligence-wise,
compared to Japan and certain, selected European-countries…
Very sad, INDEED!!!
Cannabinoids PROMOTE NEUROGENESIS, and vice-versa!!!
BBCode is the GATEWAY to HTML, Javascript and Klingon…
(NOTE: This comment-post was HAND-CODED,
without use of web-dev “helper-applications”).
July 30th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
69 Justin
You obviously have an external disorder of a internal manifistation.
July 30th, 2009 at 11:15 pm
#72 Rebel with a cause
What’s a maniFISTation???
Did you mean to type “maniFESTation???”
Cannabinoids PROMOTE NEUROGENESIS, and vice-versa!!!
BBCode is the GATEWAY to HTML, Javascript and Klingon…
(NOTE: This comment-post was HAND-CODED,
without use of web-dev “helper-applications”).
July 31st, 2009 at 8:04 am
HogWash Bull…Marijuana makes people lazy, creates mood swings, and creates an urge for other drugs. I have seen it with my own eyes, also Marijuana makes the girls undress quickly for fornication and adultery.
Save the lies for the comic central or the comedy channel, clown researcher probably was smoking weed during their research.
Weed Kills!
July 31st, 2009 at 8:42 am
73 Neurogenesis1:29
You’re correct…I meant “fest.” But…”FIST” must be on my mind.
July 31st, 2009 at 9:10 am
NEUROGENESIS
No way am I paying $55 for a pipe
July 31st, 2009 at 11:12 pm
#74 Anthony P. Says:
July 31st, 2009 at 8:04 am
HogWash Bull…
Marijuana makes people lazy,
creates mood swings, and creates an urge for other drugs.
I have seen it with my own eyes,
also Marijuana makes the girls undress quickly for fornication and adultery.
Save the lies for the comic central or the comedy channel,
clown researcher probably was smoking weed during their research.
Weed Kills!
RE: Anthony,
Are you effin’ joking?!?
(vocal-inflections of sarcasm
don’t translate well to print / text,
so I assume you’re NOT joking),
No laffin’ matter, ashwype!!!
- Cannabis has varied effects upon individuals,
depending upon specific-ratios of THC to cannabidiol,
and the particular individual, as well.
(Some people are “lazier”,
more disfunctional WITHOUT IT!!!).
- The lack, (rather than presence of), cannabis creates
the urge for other, more dangerous substitutes.
See
Drivin’2Drink
4MoreInfo
Hard-drugs,
(INCLUDING ALCOHOL, as well as crack, meth and opiates),
make the girls, (women), undress far more quickly than pot!
- Alcohol / strong-drink, is always the specific disinhibitor mentioned
(for purpose of more easily-enabling fornication / adultry),
in Scripture…
Not to be extrapolated to milder relaxants…
- Please, learn the truth about cannabis,
or else, may you die at the hands of,
as a result of, alcohol / drunks!!!
NOTE:
Initial, deliberate orthographical-erratum,
courtesy of Miss Spelling Intentional.
Cannabinoids PROMOTE NEUROGENESIS, and vice-versa!!!
BBCode is the GATEWAY to HTML, Javascript and Klingon…
(This comment-post was HAND-CODED,
without use of web-dev “helper-applications”).
July 31st, 2009 at 11:33 pm
#76 Kasado Says:
July 31st, 2009 at 9:10 am
NEUROGENESIS
No way am I paying $55 for a pipe
RE:
- Neither am I, Kasado.
However,
- If I had the extra $55,
I would,
(for this specific design),
though…
July 31st, 2009 at 11:38 pm
#75 Rebel with a cause Says:
July 31st, 2009 at 8:42 am
73 Neurogenesis1:29
You’re correct…I meant “fest.”
But…”FIST” must be on my mind.
RE: That’s what I figured, Rebel…
August 1st, 2009 at 7:57 am
74 Anthony P
You say…”I have seen it with my own two eyes.”
What two eyes? Did you have your glasses on? Did you see it with eyes that couldn’t see…or…hear it with ears that couldn’t hear? You’re certainly talking with a mouth that has no meaning.
August 1st, 2009 at 9:51 am
BULLSHIT!!!!! Smoking cannabis makes you MUCH cleverer. This article could even be misconstrued to imply that the difference was the other way round. (By non-smokers).
August 1st, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Ah 74)”Marijuana makes the girls undress quickly for fornication and adultery.”
Well what the hell is wrong with that? Are you gay or hate sex? God wants us to have sex you know…
Alcohol really is better for getting chicks in bed you know. Pot really doesn’t work that well for that but if you think its “bad” well what can I say? You would rather people go to jail for a harmless plant? Ugh!
August 1st, 2009 at 1:31 pm
well, as a 30 year pot smoker. I know that there is a definate differance between the thirty yrs i smoked pot and the now as of Nov. 5th / 2009. 6 yrs i have NOT done any drugs other than perscribed by a Dr. and I always hated pills (still do). there is a definate improvement in my memory functions !!! I used to look for things I had in my hand for hours and couldn’t find. (untill I looked in my hand) would lay something down and Never find it again. put things up so they would NOT get lost. (and never see them again) and now this dosen’t happen to me any more? so you decide whats the differance? I’m not against smoking a lil pot but anyone that somkes pot (that will admit the truth) will tell you that the same things happen to them all the time. I dont think that hurts you but it does affect your short term memory alot. that is where they should spend their government grant money so they can fix the short term memory problem and then legalize it for all to enjoy !!! OH but they can’t do that because they make too much money off of those court cost, fines, legal fee’s, and puttin people in jail for something that was here when we came to this OVER TAXED, OVER POLICED, OVER RULING, FREEDOM LOSING, RIGHTS REMOVING, COUNTRY WE CALL The United States Of America. DAMN I THOUGHT WE LEFT A PLACE JUST LIKE THAT TO START A FREE COUNTRY
August 1st, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Hey America, wake up!!!! Marijuana is the least harmful drug out there, certainly better than any of those nasty prescription drugs that doctors hand out right and left leaving those who take this crap feeling worse than they did before they took them. There are no side effects from marijuana as compared to the chemical based drugs which has many.marijuana should be legalized, it’s a natural herb put here by God for crying out loud. I trust God before I trust any pharmaceutical company or doctor. The United States Gov’t. needs to wake up.
August 1st, 2009 at 6:44 pm
wow, science finally proves what the public already knows. Give it 10-15 years, and I bet the government will prove it with their studies!
August 1st, 2009 at 9:01 pm
#42 what the fuck is public financing to pay ones medical bills ? I dont think you have the slightest idea what you,re yappin about! Oh you mean welfare ? Nationalized death care? Fuck you and your high horse I,ve been in the health care industry for years and have never seen anyone w/mj caused hardening of the arterys ,and have never seen anyone that has (fallen apart) due to mj consumption ! Id gladly sign a waver cause you can take my place in line @ the local VA where I get sub standard care for my service connected disability ! No one here is intrested in abusing their bodys Thats why we choose mj over BIG PHARMYS poison !From your mean spirited post its obvious you are probably suffering from some mental disorder ! so fuck off! And you too #74 Moron ! !!! weed never killed anything ! the only dope arround here is you !
August 2nd, 2009 at 10:25 am
P.S. to post 80
74 Anthony P. I tried with everything in me to forget what you said…”Weed Kills.” The only thing that kills is your post…”IT KILLS ME WITH LAUGHTER.” Please, make some more posts…I need a good laugh today. HA! HA! HA! In your face.
Forgive me Lord…Anthony has a right to his opinion…
he just needs a blessing.
August 2nd, 2009 at 2:07 pm
steveyboy
Who really knows what causes disease or any other other malady? You say that mj never causes any of them. How do you know? Does anyone ask about past drug use of their patience during examinations? And if they do, why would anyone risk loss of health insurance, employment, or even their freedom by telling the truth?
Sorry, but your shrill, irrational, hateful ranting does nothing for the cause of legalization.
Oh also, I don’t want to pay for your medical bill when you have a brain aneurism due to your crazy blustering.
August 3rd, 2009 at 8:44 am
Hey krassado ,I dont have all the answers like you , but all you have to do is open your eyes to the side effects of these pharacecuticals ,they’re worse than the (cure ) I have seen the devastating effects from rushing these drugs to market ! And again from my own experience, has had very little adverse side effects ! How many of these (mainstream drugs ) have been recalled ? too many to list here ! If mj has no medicinal value then why do the pharma companys try to make synthetic versions of this god given herb? For the money ! In God I trust ! not this government , not big pharma , not pola-trick-sters ! And dont worry about paying my medical bills , I dont ask for anybodys help in any way ! Hows that for blustering?
August 3rd, 2009 at 9:32 am
Hey Krassada P:S Please dont try to tweek the conversation by mis-quoting posts , I dont believe I every said the phrase (NEVER CAUSES ) I said, I’ve never seen ! So lets be specific ! Shall we ?
August 4th, 2009 at 9:33 am
88 Kasado
There are now something like 17,000 studies on cannabis. What does it take to get it in your thick skul…17,001. I don’t think any of us are going to get through to you. You have a closed mind…and
…that’s your WALL. You really don’t seem to be an advocate…but…you are entitled to you opinion…as ridiculous as it is. I don’t mean to insult you…but
…open your mind and let some fresh air in.
August 4th, 2009 at 2:23 pm
All this ranker over a call for responsiblity for ones actions. I love it! Maybe it will force some to drop their Cheetos, stop watching brain numbing TV, get off their couchs and fight for their freedoms.
August 5th, 2009 at 10:10 am
#81 Rebel with a cause Says:
August 1st, 2009 at 7:57 am
74 Anthony P
You say…”I have seen it with my own two eyes.”
RE: Rebel,
Sad to say, it sounds like Anthony’s
THIRD-EYE is atrophied and / or calcified…
August 5th, 2009 at 10:48 am
93 Kasado
Now your talkin’…and…now I’m listening..and…
you’re absolutely right. We must take responsibility for the results of our actions. If we don’t…we become the beast…trying to defeat the beast.
August 5th, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Denying responsiblity makes use victims of our reality
August 5th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
94 Neurogenesis1:29
RE: 94 your post…93 Kasado…95 my reply.
I don’t know yet. I think he’s got the picture.
At first I thought he had occulo-colanitis…you know…when your eyeball gets attached to your asshole…and you get a shitty outlook on life.
We’ll see.
August 5th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
94 Neurogenesis
First…I meant 74 Anthony P.
Second…I mean colonitis…with an “O.”
Third…I’m not clicking on any cylinders this morning. Too much information to process this a.m.
August 5th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Its not just the “government” who wants to keep it criminalized, its the police, the lawyers, even areas like agriculture, drug and clothing industries benefit from the prohibition of marijuana.
Its against their best interest because they either get funding from the government to enforce pot laws, or are benefiting as pot could run their products out of business.
heres a great video why pot should be decriminalized, and goes into what i talked about above. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meciIVRznyU
August 7th, 2009 at 11:09 am
the government is bullshit completely they are simply faces to the power the power is big bis. pharma…, insur…, tobbaco, oil, and even the milk industry. these companies are running our country we have lost our rights and freedoms and they have wiped their ass with the constitution so many have fought and died to build and protect now what are going to do about it play games talk shit and hope they make laws to our wants well keep trying i wish itd work they wont money talks and we dont have the money so why would they listen even if all us pot heads pulled our monthly stash money to put into a congressman’s pockets it still would be enough these people or i should say coperations control theser people and will continue to do so as long as we continue on the current path we are on only way we will ever change anything is for the mass to stand up and say no more and take back our country fuck the goverment long live the consitution
August 8th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
As a long time smoker, I can only speak of how it affected me. My once, almost photographic memory went down to a fog after three years of daily smoking. Ten years ago I stopped cold turkey after daily smoking for 15 years, and it’s taken daily supplements of fish oil o bring me back to about 75%.
During this bout with weed, I stopped maturing emotionally and settled for stuff that I didn’t settle for both before and since. It’s like I was stuck in a place in life and didn’t realize it until I was no longer under the influence. I lost a good 15 years of my life, sitting on the couch with my head in a fog.
I definitely do not miss it.
Debi Davis
August 10th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
I think that from the looks of it this was a sound experiment. Your comparing the structure of two Brains one that is high versus one that isn’t. If this is true then as we all know well enough Marijuana is nothing but a plant just like Tobacco is but has FAR LESS dangers than Tobacco. With that said, Legalize it already. Geez. Just cause we don’t grow the shit don’t mean we can legalize it and tax it. Politicians need to realize how much revenue this could potentially bring in.
August 12th, 2009 at 7:03 am
RE: #102 Steven,
- It’s not really about cannabis vs. tobacco,
it’s about the right to utilize a God-Given plant,
whether it’s cannabis, tobacco or basidiomycetes…
- The method of its administration, when and
how often it’s partaken of, how it is grown,
what its fertilized with… are stronger determinants
of its relative danger(s) / safety…
- Every factor considered, all of the above ought
to be allowed, (never prohibited), be taxed and
regulated if sold / dispensed in a retail-manner;
- Free for one to grow and utilize for one’s self,
(personal responsibility applies here…)
never blame the plant-compounds / plants for
personal-stupidity…
- Some politicians think it’s a “bad idea” to
garner revenue from what they see as possibly
“dangerous”, “addictive” vices, merely because
of desperate economic-times.
- HOWEVER, bringing these “vices” ABOVE-GROUND
allows the “dangers” to be managed more effectively
and minimized…while availing revenue-streams
to do so…
August 12th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
Debi,I am not sure where you are coming from. I have smoked marijuana virtually every day for 35 years (I’m 52), have held work as a programmer, technical support technician for a larger manufacturer and an IT manager for a White Plains security and never have had my smoking cause me ANY cognitive issues. You might consider a functional MRI to make sure that your frontal lobes are fully functional. Do you drink? How does that affect your Photographic Memory? Why deny me my vaporizer? I don’t come and spit in your Merlot. Besides, why let a few facts get in the way of your anecdote?
August 14th, 2009 at 2:55 am
I will find a way to make this plant legal somehow i will not give up the fight i have been smoking a long time now and i know the real deal they are making me go to rehab for it now have not toked in a month i feel no withdraw but my body’s ache’s and pains have returned m.j.is a nice(alt)to the nasty pills they try to shove in my mouth and i liked the no side effect cept getting hungry sometimes jesus the gov. is just down right evil the only green they know is a stupid piece of paper F*** them i won’t do what they tell me!(rage against the machine:)
September 10th, 2009 at 8:35 am
This studddy was goo d two weed couse it proves that I am not stuped. I now am over 50 y/o and I smoked cannabis offand on my hole life and I have quit a lott oftimes for work and whem I got kids and my wife sad “stopthatsmoking” I held lots andlots of good jobs and I work good. So sometimes I sreel smoke and sometimes I dint and I isok and have good kids that dint no I abide in it. Thankyou for putting this studdey on my pc and I hop that the govermenit getsit and leves people likeus a lone. Rock on>
me
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December 9th, 2009 at 9:18 am
weed in my mind ye weed in my brain , i wana get high leagalize it
December 9th, 2009 at 9:26 am
my story…
bye bye love caz
when i was 11 years old i first tried weed it was pritti tasty you see and now i smoke it evryday through a bong or pipe or jus spliff either way i am high i am in school writing this rite now in ict i smoke tha dutch dutch stuff iz gd shit , i am going to try and get my friend birdy to do weed evry day in his relient robin and i wil race him in mine when i am high and he is high and it will be gd shit and then foyce will come along on a moped and get knocked of coz he is to high to ride it… it will be some quality shit and will be funny as… i am writing this because i am bored as i am going to get my mum high 2nite and feed my lil sis and bruv weed on their b days jus so they can be happy and lil bruva hu isnt even 1 yet weed and am gona make hi mdo a lung and then give the ol wolner boi a spliff on the go and go for a spin down the orad on a pedle and pop when im high and beat birdy in his relient robin.
January 2nd, 2010 at 6:59 pm
The biggest risk marijuana carries with it, is getting caught. Legalize the shit already, its just stupid, im in college and i do all my shit, deans list all day. But i get bored as hell and what better thing to do than spark up, i love the shit its the ultimate boredom killer.
Put plainly, if you smoke marijuana your probably not going to end up going crazy, or turning into a drug addict, or join a gang.
But you will be perfectly ok with sitting on the couch doing absolutely nothing for hours at a time.
And you might also get arrested for it
These are the real only dangers to marijuana.