Study Claims Marijuana Reshapes Brain Of Users

designntrend.com ^ | Aug, 27, 2014, 07:10 PM | Carrie Weisman ,

[DouglasKC]

Absolutely true. Pot mimics actual human things..like love and other emotions. In the meantime the brain areas that actually generate these things atrophy from lack of use. That’s why we say stoners are “burned out” if they’re not smoking pot. They are emotionally and spiritually dead individuals.

[fr_freak]

Wow, now you're going to try to play the victim card? Please. I'll tell you what, why don't you click on the abuse button and report me to the mods. Lol.

Also, you argue like a woman, i.e. you claim that because I think YOUR argument is illogical, I must think that EVERYONE who diagrees with me is illogical. I was assuming that you were a man due to the "dad" part of your screenname, but if you're not, just say so - I'm usually more polite to the ladies.

[newnhdad]

please top the insane cyber stalking and name calling. You are an embarrassment to the Libretardians. I wish this board had an ignore button.

[fr_freak]

Lol. You are doing exactly what you accuse me of. Call the mods. I dare you

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

I tend to agree that there is a tendency to conflate what policy should be and what prudence should dictate.

The “war on drugs” has been an unmitigated disaster i.e. horrible policy.

I think occasional use of pot is probably fine but in many cases occasional use leads to chronic use.

Chronic use of marijuana is occasionally (and apprarently) well tolerated but much more often leads to all sorts of ill effects and often means a person ceasing to be a highly functioning individual.

In short decriminalize it and stay away from it is my take.

[dennisw]

Your pro-heroin legalization horseshite is on the internet.

[dennisw]

Pass the bong in the other direction

[ConservingFreedom]

THAT’S “recreational” use? With today’s high THC pot, if I smocked 11 joints a week, I’d be totally blitzed all the time!

So I guess the scientific conclusion of the study is that doing things to ridiculous excess can be bad for you. I wonder how much taxpayer money went toward this brilliant conclusion.

[tacticalogic]

From the article:

The study was paid for by the National Institutes of Health, the Office of National Drug Control Policy and Northwestern Medicine's Warren Wright Adolescent Center. The paper will be published Wednesday, August 27, 2014 in the Journal of Neuroscience.

From the ONDCP Reauthorization Act of 1998:

SEC. 704. APPOINTMENT AND DUTIES OF DIRECTOR AND DEPUTY DIRECTORS.

(12) shall ensure that no Federal funds appropriated to the Office of National Drug Control Policy shall be expended for any study or contract relating to the legalization (for a medical use or any other use) of a substance listed in schedule I of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812) and take such actions as necessary to oppose any attempt to legalize the use of a substance (in any form) that-- (A) is listed in schedule I of section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 812); and (B) has not been approved for use for medical purposes by the Food and Drug Administration

By law, if the ONDCP funded the study, then the results must not support legalization.

[ConservingFreedom]

LOL! What's less funny is that the drug czar is authorized to spend our money to tell us which laws we should support ... I thought "We the people" were supposed to tell government what laws we wanted.

[Ken H]

Still not able to back up your statement, I see.

[jmacusa]

Stereotypes are never an accurate picture of anything. I also agree with you that the abuse heaped on people here who have a favorable opinion of marijuana is atrocious.

[southernmann]

Why is this seen as a negative? Perhaps having larger nucleus accumbens and amygdalas, is a good thing?