Casual pot users may show brain changes that could foreshadow trouble

taxslave

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Or does brain damage cause pot use? -:)

Quite possibly. My mother dropped me on my head when I was a baby and I have smoked pot more or less steady for 44 years. Next to mone in the last 2 years. THat helped cut down on eating which has become important since I spent too much time living in camps and hotels and not eating properly.
 

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Tried weed a few times - didn t really feel anything except that I thought my nose was running when it wasn t. Then I thought why bother as I was already self conscious about my nose already, so I never did it again. lol
 

Sal

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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

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.



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.

CM...I do believe it was meant to be humorous not confrontational...

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When I was young and smoked sometimes it would make me extremely paranoid... I did not like that feeling. I do not like the out of control feeling any type of drug gives me including a lot of alcohol. I would never have dropped acid, I likely wouldn't have come back from it. I did like the occasional tuinal...but uppers nope.

I do drink almost daily but that's a glass with dinner, maybe a bit more if I am celebrating...my body does not handle chemical alterations of any type very well. Even anesthetic does not have a typical effect upon me. Most people sleep for days. I am up, higher than a kite and I chatter incessantly.

I was a smoker...heavy, heavy for years. I told myself I was addicted. I was not. Everyone told me three times minimum to quit. I took Zyban for three weeks, was so high I could barely sit down, when it started to create panic attacks after three weeks and against the advice of my physician I quit the Zyban. On my one year quit anniversary I had a cigarette to celebrate. It tasted like crap and I have never smoked again.

Me and drugs....not predictable.

Best avoided.
 

coldstream

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The results showed differences in two brain areas associated with emotion and
motivation

I think that's the tip of iceberg of the effects of longterm habitual use of cannabis in the hollowing out of these two faculties. Other studies show severe depression, paranoia, psychosis and social withdrawal.
 

JamesBondo

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I find is interesting how violent and agressive the pot head crowd gets on threads like this. Jus watch, in no time at all, i can get someome to acused me of watching reefer madness and thinking it was a real documentary.
 

taxslave

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I find is interesting how violent and agressive the pot head crowd gets on threads like this. Jus watch, in no time at all, i can get someome to acused me of watching reefer madness and thinking it was a real documentary.

There are people around that are that dumb.
 

MHz

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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.
Looking back your reply seems to indicate you suffer (to the extreme) the same condition you put on casual pot users.
"they are distracted, irritable and can't focus "
 

Twila

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I got stoned and I missed it.

no stress. It was entirely too crowded to actually be able to enjoy the event. We went, we saw, we took pictures and then we proceeded to check out some art installations and exhibits elsewhere in the city.
 

Twila

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Not much to miss. Instead of smoking up all over downtown they meet in one spot.

Actually there was a very large market and there was live music. lots of interestingly dressed people and lots of pot, hash and pot infused food for sale.
 

Kreskin

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The most dramatic effect is the immediate lack of interest in CBC Newsworld.