I have used cannabis for over 30 years. I am affluent enough and freedom minded enough that I could have consumed any kind of substance known to man, but I choose not to. I like cannabis and other than the time it would take to explain every nuance of the matter - I wish our non-cannabis using citizens knew just how harmless cannabis use is.
Marijuana use delivers a mild intoxication up to heavily intoxication. I have never heard of anyone passing out from cannabis consumption, but it may be possible. (That would be Bogarting)
(slang, also Bogart drag) A very long inhalation of smoke, particularly marijuana. Wiktionary
I like that cannabis improves blood circulation and reduces muscle tension. The mind part of it is mild euphoria which makes conservation flow well. Meditation also is enhanced with cannabis use. Some of my favorite physical activities to do while high are weight lifting, yoga, kayaking and SEX.
Note that none of the activities that I mention could even remotely present a potential of harm to my fellow citizens. Anyone may add to this list.
Cannabis use or cultivation is not something we should have special forces police out trying to do battle against.
Source: American Academy Of Neurology
Posted: February 13, 2005
Marijuana Use Affects Blood Flow In Brain Even After Abstinence
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- People who smoked marijuana had changes in the blood flow in their brains even after a month of not smoking, according to a study published in the February 8 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
The findings could explain in part the problems with thinking or remembering found in other studies of marijuana users, according to study authors Ronald Herning, PhD, and Jean Lud Cadet, MD, of the National Institute on Drug Abuse in Baltimore, Md.
The study involved 54 marijuana users and 18 control subjects. The marijuana users volunteered to take part in a month-long inpatient program. The blood flow velocity in brain arteries was tested with transcranial Doppler sonography in all participants at the beginning of the study and again at the end of the month for the marijuana users.
The blood flow velocity was significantly higher in the marijuana users than in the control subjects, both at the beginning of the study and after a month of abstinence from marijuana use. The marijuana users also had higher values on the pulsatility index (PI), which measures the amount of resistance to blood flow. This is thought to be due to narrowing of the blood vessels that occurs when the circulation system's ability to regulate itself is impaired.
"The marijuana users had PI values that were somewhat higher than those of people with chronic high blood pressure and diabetes," Herning said. "However, their values were lower than those of people with dementia. This suggests that marijuana use leads to abnormalities in the small blood vessels in the brain, because similar PI values have been seen in other diseases that affect the small blood vessels."