You only tried one search term, which gave a meager set of 12 search results. Plus, since the database is the one that medical researchers use, sometimes the condition you are looking for is not necessarily described in terms that a lay person would recognize as relevant.
However, when I chose a different term, one more likely to be used by researchers—”marijuana brain damage”—I had 118 results. Among them are the following:
—https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28614161, “Multiple Cerebral Infarcts in a Young Patient Associated With Marijuana Use.”
—https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28557129, “Recreational stimulants, herbal, and spice cannabis: The core psychobiological processes that underlie their damaging effects.”
—https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27224247, “Grey Matter Changes Associated with Heavy Cannabis Use: A Longitudinal sMRI Study.”
—https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26849855, “Psychosis following traumatic brain injury and cannabis use in late adolescence.”
These articles are all pretty damning as far as effects of marijuana go. Furthermore, that was just one search term. There are over 26,000 results from searching “marijuana” with no modifiers—and so far, it doesn’t look good for those who insist that marijuana use is harmless.
I commend you for actually going to the source and looking for yourself. Telling you to check PubMed is not the same as telling you to search Google; PubMed is *the* catalog used by medical researchers all over the world to stay current with medical issues.
If you find an article that you would like me to explain in plain language, feel free to ask me.
“If you find an article that you would like me to explain in plain language, feel free to ask me.”
LMAO!!!
“These articles are all pretty damning as far as effects of marijuana go. “
Pure fallacy once again.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26849855. This one is basically a “no kidding” kind of “study”. It’s a no brainer that people with dramatic brain injury prpbably shouldn’t use cannabis.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27224247 Concludes with, “Long-term prospective studies starting in early adolescence are needed to reach final conclusions.” Which is what I’ve been saying all along, Fedzilla needs to life the prohibition against cannabis so it can be properly studied by 3rd parties researchers here I’m America.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28557129 Conclues with: “Recreational stimulants such as cocaine or MDMA (3.4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) and sedative drugs such as cannabis damage human homeostasis and well-being through similar core psychobiological mechanisms.” I think we can all agree that cocaine & MDMA aren’t for recreational use. Different strains of cannabis are definitely sedating (thank you Lord) but to say cannabis damages human homeostasis in this day of Ambien, Trazodone & others is laughable. I’ll take cannabis over big Pharma meds for sleep every night—which I do since 2015. I sleep like a baby as a result.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28614161 A single care/patient study that looks at a 14 yr old who should have NEVER been allowed to use cannabis at all abused cannabis and MIGHT be at risk of stroke for their efforts. “Long-term daily use of marijuana in young people may cause serious damage to the cerebrovascular system.” Well, duh. Cannabis is like everything else in life: too much isn’t good for you & people under 18 shouldn’t use it at all.
“... it doesn’t look good for those who insist that marijuana use is harmless.”
Too much of anything isn’t good for us. Hardly earth shaking for there to be negative consequences for abusing any substance.
At least you posted some links this time. They don’t validate your FUD but they are actual articles with some facts in them. Lot’s of “might”, “it’s possible” and “long term studies are needed”. Fun reading :)
Stipulated that marijuana, like alcohol (cf. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28988578), is bad for developing brains.
—https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28557129, “Recreational stimulants, herbal, and spice cannabis: The core psychobiological processes that underlie their damaging effects.”
No mention of permanent brain damage here.
those who insist that marijuana use is harmless.
Has anyone here insisted that - or is this a straw man?