Posted on 08/30/2014 1:11:43 PM PDT by BenLurkin
The paper will be published Wednesday, August 27, 2014 in the Journal of Neuroscience.
... researchers used an MRI machine and the brains of 40 people between the ages of 18 and 25. They claim that the more marijuana a person smokes, the more those two neural regions get "damaged."
Dr. Hans Breiter, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, co-authored the study. He says, "Anytime you find there's a relationship to the amount of marijuana consumed and you see differences of core brain regions involved in processing of rewards, the making of decisions, the ability to assess emotions, that is a serious issue."
Co-senior author of the study, Anne Blood says, "There is this general perspective out there that using marijuana recreationally is not a problem - that it is a safe drug. We are seeing that this is not the case."
The research team included experts from Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School helped reach their conclusion by comparing MRI images from the brains of 20 recreational pot smokers (who smoke around 11 joints per week) and the brains of 20 non-users. All 40 people fell into a similar demographic in terms of age, education level, personality, alcohol use and general anxiety levels.
Scientist measured two different regions in the brains of the marijuana users. They looked for differences in the sizes and shapes of their nucleus accumbens, which affects pleasure and reward, and their amygdalas, which handles emotional memory and the assessment of negative consequences. These areas in marijuana users were large than in those who did not smoke.
... "When we saw that there was a consistent abnormality and that it was directly related to the amount of cannabis one took in, it gave us some significant pause.
(Excerpt) Read more at designntrend.com ...
Good luck and enjoy your smoking.
As I posted previously, I quit several year back in order to insure that I would not lose the lucrative job that I have at this time. I was never tested for drugs, except for when I served in the Army, until a few years ago and I decided my job security was more important than my recreational use of what I consider a harmless plant.
I am simply attempting to get across that your stereotype is not accurate and that the derision heaped upon pot smokers on this forum is not based upon entirely factual information.
I doubt many have approved of tobacco or fatty foods, either.
Your point is....?
Since when have nationwide prohibitions been part of American history?
Oh that's right, it was the Progressive Era. The same people who gave us the 16th and 17th Amendments, also gave us drug and alcohol prohibition.
You too are an a historical libertarian loon. You would legalize heroin.
Communists wanted to create the “new man”. So do libertarians with your gay marriage and drug legalization
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ahistorical
Liar.
As my last sentence said, newer texts may be updated...to approve. APA could stand for Advance Pagan Agenda.
hahahhahhaha.... I remember your legalize heroin posts from 8 years ago. We argued a bit. I remember one of your heroin pro-legalization arguments
Apparently you thought you’d get to voice whatever opinion you want, and nobody would ask that you back it up. Well, welcome to the world.
Wow, you went from my saying there is no reason alcohol is sacred to claiming that I have no respect for our culture or religions. You are quite the silly jackass. Hey, remember when the entire United States outlawed alcohol, at the constitutional level, no less? Were they all idiots who had no respect for our culture and religions? LOL
A more realistic study would have used people who smoke two to three small hits a day out of pipe, bong, or vaporizer, which collectively add up to about one joint a week. I don't know anyone who smokes joints, let alone eleven joints a week.
I would also like to know if any of the big pharmaceutical companies helped fund the study.
I’m right, you do like to argue for the sake of arguing..
IOW, you made a claim and now you can’t back it up.
I’m thinking we’ve got a pot calling the kettle black situation here. At least I’ve made the effort to present a clear and rational argument.
I agree. That's enough for an elephant these days.
The new recreational mj shop near here has a low potency strain for new users. Says they can take more than 3 or 4 tokes without getting totally zonked. Also has high potency versions with 30-40% THC. Says one toke is enough for anyone.
The high-potency products are in the form of a concentrate.
I don’t seem to understand. you want to legalize dope, I don’t. You seem to be okay with more legal intoxicants, I’m not. You assume anyone that disagrees with your world view is illogical. I don’t care what you think but you insist on pressing the issue, I still don’t give a blank.
It’s not any simpler than that. You won’t change my mind by insisting that your “argument” is “rational”. I just don’t care about your opinions.
End.
Please take your brand of cyberstalking insanity somewhere else.
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