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Re: Casual Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage

Unread postby mmasters » Thu 20 Dec 2018, 21:56:12

I don't know about you guys but I like the idea of peak pot and a big beautiful wall to keep all that other garbage out.
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Re: Casual Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage

Unread postby Cog » Thu 10 Jan 2019, 05:27:29

Ok here we go. A House bill to legalize the Devil's Lettuce and regulate it under the BATFE instead of the DEA. I support this move and it should have been Republicans proposing it.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/ ... r-420/amp/
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Re: Casual Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage

Unread postby careinke » Thu 10 Jan 2019, 05:47:35

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', 'O')k here we go. A House bill to legalize the Devil's Lettuce and regulate it under the BATFE instead of the DEA. I support this move and it should have been Republicans proposing it.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomangell/ ... r-420/amp/


I would bet a lot of Republicans would vote for this. Another blow for individual freedoms.
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Re: Casual Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage

Unread postby Cog » Thu 10 Jan 2019, 07:22:02

I've been told that smoking weed will make me a fan of jazz music and fill me with a desire to date black men. But that might not be true. ;) My last experience with weed was 40 years ago so I'm guessing the stuff nowadays is stronger
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Re: Casual Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage

Unread postby Plantagenet » Sun 20 Jan 2019, 18:52:44

Anti-marijuana book by NYTimes report Alex Berenson entitled "Tell Your Children: The Truth about Marijuana" hits best seller list. The book discusses the new scientific evidence linking marijuana to increased incidence of psychosis and violence among pot smokers

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Re: Casual Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage

Unread postby dissident » Sun 20 Jan 2019, 20:07:56

I obtained some second hand information about an individual who started dosing on THC via pot smoking to control a neurological condition. It helped in the first year but then lost efficacy and resulted in an aggravated neurological state in the individual. This reminds me of the 1960s dopamine studies (L-dopa) one of which was aimed at curing catatonia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awakenings). Without understanding how the brain works, taking THC is just so much voodoo and it seems to be the norm that blind "fixes" for brain problems do not result in long term solutions.

It does look like the net effect of TCH intake is negative. Its therapeutic effects are grossly overrated.
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Re: Casual Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage

Unread postby Cog » Sun 20 Jan 2019, 20:50:51

There are some medical conditions where marijuana, namely the ingredient THC, is useful. Nausea with cancer patients, glaucoma, and some others. But lets be honest. Most people use it to get high. Just like people drink to get drunk or buzzed. I'm for letting people do that sort of thing if they want to.
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Re: Casual Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage

Unread postby Plantagenet » Sun 20 Jan 2019, 22:20:22

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Cog', ' ')Most people use it to get high......I'm for letting people do that sort of thing if they want to.


People also sniff glue to get high......but society has decided to restrict glue sniffing because inhalant use causes severe medical problems.

IMHO the same logic should apply to marijuana. I believe society has the right to restrict the use of marijuana because it causes severe medical problems, including brain damage, schizophrenia and psychosis. AND unlike booze and cigarettes, marijuana causes medical problems for YOUNG people who use it. Even those pot users who do not become psychotic are statistically likely to lose IQ points and do poorly in school.

What kind of society are we if can't even protect our kids from things that cause brain damage?
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Re: Casual Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage

Unread postby Cog » Sun 20 Jan 2019, 22:41:22

When people have an overwhelming urge to use something they generally find a way of getting it. Is the juice worth the squeeze to stop them? Apparently a lot of states don't think so.
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Re: Casual Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage

Unread postby mmasters » Sun 20 Jan 2019, 23:46:28

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', '
')IMHO the same logic should apply to marijuana. I believe society has the right to restrict the use of marijuana because it causes severe medical problems, including brain damage, schizophrenia and psychosis. AND unlike booze and cigarettes, marijuana causes medical problems for YOUNG people who use it. Even those pot users who do not become psychotic are statistically likely to lose IQ points and do poorly in school.

What kind of society are we if can't even protect our kids from things that cause brain damage?

It doesn't cause Schizophrenia... It rather triggers Schizophrenia to happen in individuals that are already predisposed to having it. They just have it sooner rather than later. I don't think that is a valid reason for banning it when only one percent of the population is susceptible.

I agree young people shouldn't have access to it though as it could affect their brain development. All the more reason to legalize it with an age restriction of 21 like alcohol.
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Re: Casual Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage

Unread postby Plantagenet » Mon 21 Jan 2019, 00:59:30

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mmasters', '
')It doesn't cause Schizophrenia... It rather triggers Schizophrenia to happen in individuals that are already predisposed to having it.


Right-O. And by that logic cigarettes don't cause lung cancer....cigarettes only trigger lung cancer in individuals that are already predisposed to having it.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mmasters', 'T')hey just have it sooner rather than later.


That isn't the way diseases work.

The incidence of psychosis and schizophrenia is going UP right now as marijuana is legalized and pot potency and use increases. A decade ago there were about 30,000 hospitalizations per year in the US due to marijuana and psychotic episodes---now as legalization spreads that number has rapidly grown and now has tripled to 90,000 hospitalizations per year.

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Re: Casual Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage

Unread postby careinke » Mon 21 Jan 2019, 04:19:11

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mmasters', '
')It doesn't cause Schizophrenia... It rather triggers Schizophrenia to happen in individuals that are already predisposed to having it.


Right-O. And by that logic cigarettes don't cause lung cancer....cigarettes only trigger lung cancer in individuals that are already predisposed to having it.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mmasters', 'T')hey just have it sooner rather than later.


That isn't the way diseases work.

The incidence of psychosis and schizophrenia is going UP right now as marijuana is legalized and pot potency and use increases. A decade ago there were about 30,000 hospitalizations per year in the US due to marijuana and psychotic episodes---now as legalization spreads that number has rapidly grown and now has tripled to 90,000 hospitalizations per year.

NYTImes-marijuana-pot-health-risks-legalization

Who in their right mind would support that happening?.

Maybe while we are at it, we should criminalize alcohol too?
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Re: Casual Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage

Unread postby mmasters » Mon 21 Jan 2019, 10:13:10

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mmasters', '
')It doesn't cause Schizophrenia... It rather triggers Schizophrenia to happen in individuals that are already predisposed to having it.


Right-O. And by that logic cigarettes don't cause lung cancer....cigarettes only trigger lung cancer in individuals that are already predisposed to having it.

You can't compare the two because Schizophrenia is genetic and Cancer isn't. Most people with Schizophrenia knew about the possibility of them having it from their family history.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mmasters', 'T')hey just have it sooner rather than later.


That isn't the way diseases work.

It's the way it tends to work with Schizophrenia.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he incidence of psychosis and schizophrenia is going UP right now as marijuana is legalized and pot potency and use increases. A decade ago there were about 30,000 hospitalizations per year in the US due to marijuana and psychotic episodes---now as legalization spreads that number has rapidly grown and now has tripled to 90,000 hospitalizations per year.

NYTImes-marijuana-pot-health-risks-legalization

Who in their right mind would support that happening?.
Schizophrenia and psychosis aren't the same thing. Schizophrenia figures are not going up, that's nonsense, it's always been about 1% of the population. The pot does tend to be stronger these days so rookie users should be wary of that and not start off with higher THC pot. Psychosis from THC alone is only temporary in those that don't have Schizophrenia.

Since you brought up emergency room figures: if you care to look at figures of people that die each year from alcohol and tobacco it makes your increased emergency room claim look pretty weak. Used responsibly by adults pot is one of the safest things out there.

Even Gene Simmons who was anti-pot most of his life has now come out in favor of it:
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')"Historically, I have to say I was completely wrong about the entire space," he said (see video below). "I thought cannabis was for stoners and losers and all that, and slowly but surely, over the years, the amount of research that I saw just blew me away. Seeing little girls who suffer from epilepsy rubbing a salve, not on the inside but outside of their body and seemingly miraculously getting cured made me take stock.


"Big Pharma [the global pharmaceutical industry] is not fond of this space, because cannabis, in its various forms, is actually gonna help people," he continued. "That's what researchers are telling me. And I'm telling everybody else there are a lot of new companies, especially in Canada, and good for them. Some of them are solid, some of them are garbage, and it's up to you to find out what it's all about. I happen to believe in Invictus, and all I urge anybody to do is to go to Invictus-MD.com and do your own research.

"When you go into a restaurant, you get a menu," Simmons added. "Think what looks good for you. It's all there. Some of it's good, some of it's fresh, some of it's rotten and been there a long time. But, generally, the cannabis space, I think, is gonna be good for humanity. Certainly much better than cigarettes, which might give you cancer. This other thing, even as a recreational item, might give you the munchies [the desire for salty, sweet or fatty carbohydrate-rich foods]. Let me see: I get the munchies or I might get cancer."

Simmons, who serves as Invictus's media spokesperson among other duties, disclosed that he has "10 million in stock" in the company and said that he was "glad to do it."

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/gene- ... lp-people/
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Re: Casual Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage

Unread postby Plantagenet » Mon 21 Jan 2019, 19:05:08

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mmasters', ' ') Psychosis from THC alone is only temporary


Thats not quite true. A certain percentage of those people who have psychotic episodes triggered by their marijuana use develop long term mental health issues.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mmasters', ' ')
Since you brought up emergency room figures: if you care to look at figures of people that die each year from alcohol and tobacco it makes your increased emergency room claim look pretty weak.


You are comparing apples and oranges. Yes, people who smoke cigarettes for 40 years develop lung cancer, and people who are alcoholics for extended periods time have severe health consequences. But people developing psychosis and other brain diseases due to their marijuana use are typically young. Its not unreasonable to be concerned about drugs that cause severe psychological problems and brain damage in some young people, and are associated with things like IQ drops in most young people who use pot.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mmasters', ' ')Gene Simmons who was anti-pot most of his life has now come out in favor of it


Thats nice. But Gene Simmons isn't a medical doctor or a scientist---he's a second rate singer. I think when it comes to the health dangers of pot, I will pay more attention to what the scientists and doctors say, based on the latest scientific research.

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Re: Casual Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage

Unread postby Plantagenet » Tue 22 Jan 2019, 14:03:55

PBS Newshour did a segment last night on pot edibles and psychosis. Doctors in Colorado are finding that pot edibles are triggering lots of psychotic episodes.

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Re: Casual Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage

Unread postby SeaGypsy » Thu 24 Jan 2019, 00:33:40

Meanwhile, DMT / Ayahuasca goes around, quietly destroying addictions. Times have changed & are continuing to change, in the psychedelic space particularly as it reflects many of the signature apparatum of our space time. Meanwhile, don't be this guy: https://www.rappler.com/previous-articl ... n%20Watson (25 to life in hell over 70 plants).
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Re: Casual Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage

Unread postby Plantagenet » Thu 16 May 2019, 01:27:51

marijuana has opposite effects at high and low THC dosages.

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Marijuana in the US today is about 3-4 times more potent then it used to be. And new studies show that while low dosage marijuana makes people relaxed and friendly, high dosage marijuana makes people paranoid and even psychotic.

Low dosage marijuana gives people the munchies. High dosage marijuana causes scromiting.....convulsive screaming and vomiting that is very unpleasant and even fatal in rare cases.

And of course, the powerful marijuana available today tends to produce the "bad" effects on many people.

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Re: Casual Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage

Unread postby mmasters » Thu 16 May 2019, 13:49:47

The thing with the edibles is they take an hour or so to kick in so you have to have experience in order to take the right dose that will give the desired effects. It's too easy for a newbie to underdose or overdose. Even though the overdose wont hurt you it might make you feel like you're losing your mind for a few hours.

Me? I quit smoking pot around the beginning of this year. I came down with some weird form of asthma from cigarette smoking and now I can't smoke anything at all. I was ready to quit though, the asthma just forced it to happen a bit sooner. Now I'm 4-5 months not having smoked anything and I feel better overall. :)
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Re: Casual Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage

Unread postby Plantagenet » Fri 27 Sep 2019, 21:57:34

Every single bootleg THC vaping cartridge tested was contaminated with hydrogen cyanide --- a common pesticide

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Casual marijuana use causes brain damage, but casual vaping of THC cartridges can kill you. The CDC has just issued an warning to avoid ALL THC vaping products. Be careful out there......

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Vaping THC destroyed this young man's lungs but he's lucky.....it didn't kill him yet.

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Re: Casual Marijuana Use Causes Brain Damage

Unread postby Plantagenet » Tue 07 Sep 2021, 20:40:06

Marijuana causes heart attacks

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A new medical study shows that casual marijuana use leads to a doubling of the risk of heart attack in young pot smokers

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On the bright side pot smokers feel all mellow while they are having a heart attack.

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