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10-23-2009, 10:17 AM
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| Hi, Im New! Join Date: Jun 2008 Co-Op: NO Vendor: NO Patient: YES
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Rep Power: 0  | mmj effects on brain does anyone know how mmj effects the brain? or knows a link that could explain what chemical affects the brain beside THC. thanks |
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10-23-2009, 02:06 PM
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| Stoned Immaculate  Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Canoga Park, Fool Co-Op: NO Vendor: NO Patient: YES
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Rep Power: 113264      | Re: mmj effects on brain MMJ has little to no effect on your brain. However, it will undoubtedly make your feet fall off.  |
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10-23-2009, 03:30 PM
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| A somewhat experienced user  Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Oceanside/San Jose Co-Op: No Vendor: No Patient: Yes
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Rep Power: 4914 | Re: mmj effects on brain is their any truth to the claim that marijuana kills brain cells? if so how many compared to alcohol. |
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10-23-2009, 03:43 PM
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| Stoned Immaculate Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Canoga Park, Fool Co-Op: NO Vendor: NO Patient: YES
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10-23-2009, 04:01 PM
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| High I'm  Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: SAN GABRIEL,KUSHAFORNIA Co-Op: NO Vendor: no Patient: yes
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Rep Power: 4855 | Re: mmj effects on brain is not remebering your dreams a side effect ?? or just brain dead ??? so i cannot remember my dreams ??? is this due to amount of mmj smoked or just a side effect ??? tripping out ??? |
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10-23-2009, 04:10 PM
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| Fighting for the RIGHT to medicate In Peace.  Join Date: Apr 2008 Co-Op: no Vendor: no Patient: yes
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Rep Power: 68155 | Re: mmj effects on brain Quote:
•Anxiety or panic (particularly in naïve users) •Paranoia (psychosis can be precipitated in schizophrenics) •Confusion •Aggressiveness •Hallucinations •Suicidal ideation •Sedation •Altered libido •Alteration in time, space, and color perception •Depersonalization •Short-term memory impairment •Addictive behaviors •Inattention •Decreased verbal skills •Amotivational syndrome (particularly in children and adolescents) In Jamaica, in fact, marijuana is considered to be an energizer--workers take ganja breaks much like American workers take coffee breaks. Parents may encourage their children to smoke ganja to improve their performance in school. These studies seem be a two-edged sword with critics frequently arguing that the results actually support rather than refute the amotivational syndrome hypothesis. Real evidence for a marijuana-related amotivational syndrome can only come from studies that compare truly representative marijuana users and nonusers. Such evidence has been provided on a correlational basis in a number of surveys of student populations (e.g., Kupfer, Detoe, Koral, & Fajans, 1973; Brill & Christie, 1974). With one exception such studies have consistently failed to support the hypothesis that marijuana use is associated with an amotivational syndrome. Mellinger, Somers, Davidson, and heimer (1976), in that one exception, found that the ability to stay in college, get good grades, and define career goals among a group of college freshmen were all inversely related to the degree of involvement with marijuana. Going beyond the merely correlational, however, attempts to induce an amotivational syndrome through administration of marijuana in a controlled trial have been unsuccessful (Mellinger et at., 1976). The simple facts that a majority of college students are marijuana users and that the percentage is usually even greater among graduate students, medical students, and law students are often cited as major arguments against the assertion that marijuana use impairs achievement motivation. If amotivational syndrome were a common effect of marijuana use, then we would not expect to find marijuana users in large numbers wanting to go to college, let alone succeeding in college and going on to advanced studies. Many advocates of the amotivational syndrome hypothesis have described this condition as a common effect of regular marijuana use. McGlothlin and West's (1968) original paper suggests that amotivational personality characteristics arise in "numerous" marijuana users but they give no indication of its relative frequency. Smith (1968), on the other hand, seems clearly to be describing a condition affecting only a minority of younger marijuana users. More recently, in fact, Smith and Seymour (198 ave stated that "such impairment occurs only in a very small and susceptible segment of adolescent marijuana users." Similarly, Meeks (1982, p. 41) stated, "It is important that we recognize honestly that the vast majority of adolescents who smoke marijuana do not become burnouts." | |
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10-24-2009, 09:53 AM
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