Posted on 12/04/2015 11:42:25 AM PST by afraidfortherepublic
Active ingredient in cannabis delta-9-THC is linked to psychosis effects
Scientists do not fully understand mechanisms that cause these effects
Yale team found delta-9-THC increases random neural activity, or noise
Believe increased neural noise plays role in psychosis triggered by drug
Experts say effects are similar to the symptoms of schizophrenia
Smoking cannabis can induce psychosis-like effects, similar to the symptoms people diagnosed with schizophrenia endure, scientists have said.
While past research as come this this conclusion in the past, the mechanisms underlying these effects are less clear.
Now, a team of scientists at Yale School of Medicine have found the active ingredient in marijuana, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta-9-THC) increases random neural activity, known as neural noise, in the brains of healthy drug-users.
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I observed this personnally in a friend in Berkeley 50 years ago. She went nuts. Tried to kill her children. Threatened to kill a mutual friend. Degenerated from a beautiful, talented young woman to a bag lady in 6 months.
I've observed similar effects with other people over the years. Don't try to tell me that this drug is "harmless".
Apparently it also causes people to write in bullet-point form and discard punctuation.
Disn’t we alreDY DO TJIS?...............
This would explain Howard Fineman’s latest.
The bullet points were the introduction (or the precis) to the article. You’d know that if you had bothered to click on the link to read the whole thing — which would be well worth your while.
No, the drug is not harmless. Anyone inhaling its smoking vapors is foolish. The harmlessness of mj is a liberal myth.
A Little paranoia could be benificial these days.
From the Daily Mail’s apparently Cockney article:
“While past research as [sic] come this this conclusion in the past, . . . “
If they could lower their own joint for a second, they might be able to work in another use of the word “past.”
... and other instance of the word “this.”
“Just HALF a joint of cannabis ‘causes psychosis-like effects...”
Isn’t that why they smoke it?
One of the worst effects of weed is that it makes users vote Democrat.
Oh, and eat sour cream and onion flavored potato chips.
Is this the same cannabis two generations of lefties have been smoking, the same leftists that kicked our ass and took over Hollywood, pop music, academia, youth culture, mainstream news, environmentalism, activism and social theory and then went on to create the New Age, the sexual freedom revolution, gay rights, etc? Those cannabis smokers?
Hmmm, you might have something there.
Oh that explains all the funny %#@$! symbols I’ve been seeing on this forum. Ha, I thought it was the software.
Bull pucky. Weed makes you stupid and lazy.
I saw that movie. It was called “Reefer Madness”.
Same thing happened to my sister.
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