Casual pot users may show brain changes that could foreshadow trouble

[Twila]

A "runners high" is an endocannabinoid high. The high from a rollercoaster is an endocannabinoid high. A scary movie is an endocannabioid high.

Out here on the perimeter there are no stars. Out here we is stoned. Immaculate.

It's funny what high is deemed acceptable by society, eh? I like the runners high. You get that after a really good workout session at the gym too. But the method of attaining that can be just as bad for your body. I know a gentleman who was a runner and at the age of 43 had to have his hips replaced because of running. He's not the only person who's been seriously injured by doing something that is good for you, but can be bad for you.

There are a good portion of people out there who do not know how to run correctly. Which sounds absurd, but there IS proper technique and if you don't practice it, you'll destroy your knees, your hips, your back, your shins, your feet. The important bits that get your mobile.

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

If you are an individual with addictive tendencies you should not use anything that is mind altering.
If you are able to function normally and take care of business and have the occasional, drink, beer, toke I don't see the harm. I like to have a beer, like to go on a tear 2 or 3 times a year, but that does not take precedent over the things I want to do in life. And I have many things I want to do.

I've said this before and I'll say it again. We cannot save people from themselves. If someone is hell bent on becoming a piss tank, a burnout, or even a crackhead they will achieve that goal. While I do not want to see all drugs legalized, I do think we are throwing away good money trying to combat the illegal use and distribution of pot and its byproducts.

I'm not sure why Conservatives (of which I am one) can't get their head wrapped around that.

 

[MHz]

and the smell! oh the smell. It's a beautiful smell....so green and earthy and thick. The smell is aroma therapy relax you to your toes, bliss.

Then there is skunk weed that you can smell even when triple bagged. ....... or so I have heard.

 

[Twila]

I know. I'm not lilly white. I do rarely take a toke at a party. One toke and I'm a vegetable, which is why I rarely do it. I call the stuff on the street 12 gauge frontal lobotomy. On those occasions I usually spend the night playing my drum because communicating with those strange humanoid creatures around me is very difficult.

There are so many strains now. It's not all wheelchair. I avoid wheelchair. I like sativa. I like a non edgy sativa at that.

 

[MHz]

I love opening a bag of fresh bud and inhaling the crystal dust. Magic.

Explains where all the model glue kept disappearing to.

 

[Cliffy]

There are so many strains now. It's not all wheelchair. I avoid wheelchair. I like sativa. I like a non edgy sativa at that.

Its because I do it so little that it kicks the crap out of me. One does build a tolerance for the stuff. I know people who do 7 or 8 joints a day and function quite fine.

 

[Twila]

If you are an individual with addictive tendencies you should not use anything that is mind altering.
If you are able to function normally and take care of business and have the occasional, drink, beer, toke I don't see the harm. I like to have a beer, like to go on a tear 2 or 3 times a year, but that does not take precedent over the things I want to do in life. And I have many things I want to do.

I've said this before and I'll say it again. We cannot save people from themselves. If someone is hell bent on becoming a piss tank, a burnout, or even a crackhead they will achieve that goal. While I do not want to see all drugs legalized, I do think we are throwing away good money trying to combat the illegal use and distribution of pot and its byproducts.

I'm not sure why Conservatives (of which I am one) can't get their head wrapped around that.

This gentleman sort of tackles the reasons behind addiction while he explains what the war on drugs is really about. I've always wondered what caused one to be addicted to heroin over crack, alcohol over drugs, etc. Seems we might be onto some important discoveries with regards to addiction.

One Of The Most Brilliant Ways Ever Invented To Discriminate Based On Skin Color? The War On Drugs.

 

[MHz]

There are so many strains now. It's not all wheelchair. I avoid wheelchair. I like sativa. I like a non edgy sativa at that.

Buy the best available and control the buzz by intake. The really good stuff, only one or two good hoots is all you need. The ritual smoking a person does (whole joint or more) in sharing a joint is how you get 'wheelchaired'. When somebody offers me a hoot I just tell them they are too late, and they are. Odd part is why they ask why I didn't wait for them, I still can only come up with a 'look' rather than a 'verbal' answer for that one.

 

[Twila]

Its because I do it so little that it kicks the crap out of me. One does build a tolerance for the stuff. I know people who do 7 or 8 joints a day and function quite fine.

I hope to never get to that point. Yikes! lol. I'm like you. Low tolerance. But I can't drink 3 beer or a bottle of wine without walking sideways and horizontally. I've always been like this. I think it might have to do with body mass or lack off maybe?

 

[MHz]

I've always wondered what caused one to be addicted to heroin over crack, alcohol over drugs, etc. Seems we might be onto some important discoveries with regards to addiction.

Try putting it into flour and then make some bread. No addiction to anything but sandwiches.

 

[Twila]

Buy the best available and control the buzz by intake. The really good stuff, only one or two good hoots is all you need. The ritual smoking a person does (whole joint or more) in sharing a joint is how you get 'wheelchaired'. When somebody offers me a hoot I just tell them they are too late, and they are. Odd part is why they ask why I didn't wait for them, I still can only come up with a 'look' rather than a 'verbal' answer for that one.

We have a wonderful cafe here, where you can go get a coffee, tea, small snack and sit and have a hoot. I love it. You can sit and relax. It's like having tea. The prep is part of the experience. Sit, relax, roll, light, toke, enjoy. Best part is it smells like pot when I walk in so I get the best of both. Aroma therapy while enjoying the prep.

 

[captain morgan]

Its because I do it so little that it kicks the crap out of me. One does build a tolerance for the stuff. I know people who do 7 or 8 joints a day and function quite fine.

The handful of people I know that consume to that degree need to consume that quantity in order to function... Without it, my observation is that they are distracted, irritable and can't focus to the same degree

 

[Twila]

The handful of people I know that consume to that degree need to consume that quantity in order to function... Without it, my observation is that they are distracted, irritable and can't focus to the same degree

Check out the video I posted. The gentleman talks about the why's of use. Maybe the people you know fall into the category he talks about. Self medicating.

 

[MHz]

I can go with everything but the first item. I can hear properly if I am in a quiet room with one person, add any extra noise and I can't make out anything. That puts public places out of my league and in really noisy places the 'hum' almost makes by balance go away.

.. Without it, my observation is that they are distracted, irritable and can't focus to the same degree

JUST WTF IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN MR. MAN?????

 

[petros]

It's funny what high is deemed acceptable by society, eh? I like the runners high. You get that after a really good workout session at the gym too. But the method of attaining that can be just as bad for your body. I know a gentleman who was a runner and at the age of 43 had to have his hips replaced because of running. He's not the only person who's been seriously injured by doing something that is good for you, but can be bad for you.

There are a good portion of people out there who do not know how to run correctly. Which sounds absurd, but there IS proper technique and if you don't practice it, you'll destroy your knees, your hips, your back, your shins, your feet. The important bits that get your mobile.

Some people rely on those rushes of endocannabinoid the same the smokers do plant based. Man and cannabis evolved in a symbiotic relationship.

It helps us and we help it spread and evolve to it to where it can survive almost every where we can.

 

[Count_Lothian]

Studies are funny, You can find almost any study to prove a point. I found this one that said people who smoke pot are smarter than your average non user.

Marijuana Users Really Are Smart People, According to Study | The Informer | Los Angeles | Los Angeles News and Events | LA Weekly

I like pot. I love the smell (which I wish you could smell once you've smoked it, but you can't) I like a toke here and there. I don't drink I don't smoke cigarettes, I eat healthy, I work out.

I see no problem. I don't get a hang over and it doesn't prevent me from going to work. I continue to learn and read, I have the pleasure of working with brainiacs in a very interesting field of science. I guess as long as you maintain your responsibilities who's to tell you what you should and shouldn't do. eh?

As per the documentary I saw and talked about in this thread, may I ask you a question?
They said there are three types genetically ,that when they use weed have a definite reaction.

One type never feels paranoid from it's effects due to their genetic non predisposition towards schizophrenia .
They just get euphoric high, relax and it does not cause them them any mental harm.

The other two types either show signs of paranoid schizophrenia while high which ceases when the drug wears off, or bring on early onslaught of the schizophrenia in those that are genetically going to become schizophrenic.

The problem with number two is the constant use and abuse of weed over time can in fact cause these people to become schizophrenic.

I ask you Twila would you say you are in the number one type or do you get all paranoid and weirded out totally for while when high?
lol

 

[captain morgan]

JUST WTF IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN MR. MAN?????

No need to yell... You can turn off the caps lack and eliminate the bold font.

Now, wipe the spittle off your screen and go back over what I wrote... Feel better now?.. Great!

Assuming that you have any semblance of reasoning ability and assuming that you weren't 'accidentally ' dropped on your head 7 or 8 hundred times as an infant; you'll notice that I spoke of a select group that I am personally familiar with, in addition to including the remarks were my personal observations.

Other than providing Einstein's like you with a voluminous document chalk full of disclaimers, definitions and explanations; I made it clear that it was my personal observations of individuals I know that partake in (significant) consumption of pot.

Now... Run along and get a life.. BTW - Don't forget to wear your hockey helmet.. We can't undo the existing brain damage, but I'd wager that you (especially) can not afford to lose any of the few remaining brain cells you have left.

 

[tay]

Deaths from cigarettes: 480,000 per year (1 in every 5 American deaths)


Deaths from alcohol: 88,000 per year


Deaths from narcotics: 40,000 of which 60% are from prescription opioids like Oxycontin


Deaths from marijuana consumption: 0






Alaska Pot Legalization Campaign Will Donate to Opponents if They Can Prove Alcohol Is Less Harmful Than Pot





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[JamesBondo]

I gather that you have never smoked pot, since you are blowing smoke out your butt. I smoked heavily back in the 60s and early 70s and quit cold turkey one day around '74. I have since, on occasion, drank pot tea for chronic pain. Since THC is not water soluble, it won't get you stoned. Although I don't recommend recreational pot smoking, I do advocate for the medicinal use because it has been successfully used for thousands of years and its healing properties are well documented.

60's pot. Eh?. I've smoked better pot than that. I'll bet that I got more THC than you just from the second hand smoke.

 

[Twila]

As per the documentary I saw and talked about in this thread, may I ask you a question?
They said there are three types genetically ,that when they use weed have a definite reaction.

One type never feels paranoid from it's effects due to their genetic non predisposition towards schizophrenia .
They just get euphoric high, relax and it does not cause them them any mental harm.

The other two types either show signs of paranoid schizophrenia while high which ceases when the drug wears off, or bring on early onslaught of the schizophrenia in those that are genetically going to become schizophrenic.

The problem with number two is the constant use and abuse of weed over time can in fact cause these people to become schizophrenic.

I ask you Twila would you say you are in the number one type or do you get all paranoid and weirded out totally for while when high?
lol

Not weirded out, never paranoid. I think if I did I wouldn`t smoke it.