Melatonin levels.

[Marijuanderful]

Does marijuana increase melatonin levels?

[mrdevious]

Perhapse I'm mistaken, but I think melatonin is the brain chemical that helps you relax and fall asleep. whether it's melatonin levels of cannabinoids that cause this, or perhapse both, who knows.

[beachguy in thongs]

Italian researchers studied subjects and found it to be true. I believe, it was 1986.

http://www.cures-not-wars.org/melajuana.html

And here's more information on Melatonin.

http://melatonin.com/

But, that site says nothing about marijuana.

[Marijuanderful]

oh, i was under the impression that melatonin was a chemical that is associated with aging, and i read somewhere that marijuana can increase melatonin levels which in turn slows down the aging process causing you to live longer than average, i just wanted to know if this is true

[beachguy in thongs]

It is associated with aging. We're born with none and rely on breast-milk to get it. Around puberty, we're at our peak levels and then at 30 years, we have a steep decline. When you're about 60, we have very little at all, if any. Then we die.

My point is: If we continually raise our Melatonin levels 4,000%, then why can't we live forever?