“No we don’t since the latest studies show pot smokers blood flow in brain is cut by over half...”
Bullshite. Show us a link to studies that actually say this.
There are studies that show a decrease in cranial blood flow in heavy smokers—78 to 350 joints a week = heavy smoker (way too much for me, sheesh). But nothing close to approaching “by over half”. Studies I have read show the amount of decrease depends significantly on how much cannabis is being smoked.
As with all things we can eat, drink or smoke: too much isn’t good for you.
It would be great if cannabis was taken off the schedule 1 list so real studies could be done that weren’t financed by prohibitionists or pro cannabis groups.
Been watching the documentary “Reefer Madness” again?
Um, if half the blood flow to the brain was cut off, the result would not be dementia, it would ne death.
Don’t be so dramatic, FRiend!
Who appointed you commissar of pot smokers’ brains?
Wrong. "Hippocampal perfusion in marijuana users was 13% lower" - http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/873108
There are studies showing THC slows Alzheimer’s.
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Marijuana fights Alzheimer’s disease, new study indicates
Another study is adding evidence to the case for the treatment and prevention of Alzheimer’s disease with the compounds in cannabis.
Research published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease this September “strongly suggest that THC [the main active ingredient in marijuana] could be a potential therapeutic treatment option for Alzheimer’s disease through multiple functions and pathways.”
http://www.webmd.com/alzheimers/news/20061006/marijuana-may-slow-alzheimers
I put in the wrong link (to a much older story).
This is the one I quoted from 2014...
http://blog.sfgate.com/smellthetruth/2014/11/29/marijuana-fights-alzheimers-disease-study-indicates/