Brain Cells

[litoz22]

Do u really think smoking weed.. killz ur brain cells...? and why... Theres people that say they think it does and ppl who say they dun think it does.. and ive read many articles statin it does and doesnt.. i jus wanted to get pplz opinions.. i personally feel it doesnt, it jus tickles them :) haha..

[FeastonThisSHITT]

Being alive kills brain cells.

[Lethal G]

http://www.lewrockwell.com/armentano-p/armentano-p10.htm

That should tell you just about everything.

[Alive]

http://www.lewrockwell.com/armentano-p/armentano-p10.htm

That should tell you just about everything.


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thank you im so baked and foudn that so intresting

[partyguy420]

look at this convo i had on myspace with some dumb blonde whos gonna be the 1st female president....
READ FROM THE BOTTUM UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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From: Reality is a crutch for ppls who cant handle drugs
Date: Aug 20, 2006 1:42 PM

i was saying that cause of what u had said about it being your opinion... but im gonna go



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From: i am sorry
Date: Aug 20, 2006 1:40 PM

never said you couldn't



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From: Reality is a crutch for ppls who cant handle drugs
Date: Aug 20, 2006 1:39 PM

well... were in america the last time i checked.... and in america... we are alowed to have our own opinions



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From: i am sorry
Date: Aug 20, 2006 1:29 PM

well ok but its still my opinion



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From: Reality is a crutch for ppls who cant handle drugs
Date: Aug 20, 2006 1:28 PM

ok... ditto to everything except the part about drugs are gay and pointless



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From: i am sorry
Date: Aug 20, 2006 1:22 PM

i dont give a shit i have heard it all. dude.
i still dont liek them
i stil lthink they are pointless.
and gay
and nothing you can do can justify them in my mind i have my opinion abou tthem .. adn its not gunna change



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From: Reality is a crutch for ppls who cant handle drugs
Date: Aug 20, 2006 1:18 PM

yea... well... ive known ppls that have been smoking weed since they were 11...12...13...14.... and they are all sucsefull... you cant use weed and a scapgoat for why your real mom tried other drugs... you cant use weed as an excuse on why your dads an ass hole.... when my dad is clean... and im clean... we fight... when me and him have smoked within the last few days... me and him dont fight.... and u need to change your wording about your uncle.... it needs to be something more like "he smoked a bunch of weed laced with acid"

for a RAT to overdose on weed... it would take 42 mg/kg (rats) inhalation.

HE DIED FROM THE ACID NOT THE WEED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Addiction Potential:
Regular use of cannabis can lead to psychological habituation for some people making it difficult for them to quit. Studies have estimated that between 5 and 10% of those who try smoking cannabis will become daily users sometime during their life, but most of these smokers will have given up the habit by age 30 and few remain daily smokers after age 40. Most people do not experience signs of physical addiction, but with regular daily use use, mild to medium withdrawal symptoms usually occur for less than a week, but can extend for as long as 6 weeks

Long Term Health Problems:
The most common negative health impact of regular cannabis smoking are lung and throat problems including: coughing, increased frequency of throat and lung infections, and reduced lung capacity. There are concerns about possible long term carcinogenic (cancer causing) effects of cannabis smoking, but the results are still somewhat controversial. IT CAN BE SAFELY SAID, HOWEVER, THAT HEALTH RISKS INCREASE WITH FREQUENCY AND DURATION OF SMOKING ANYTHING.

Poisoning:
There are no confirmed, published deaths from cannabis-only poisoning. There are a small number of people who report serious cannabis allergies which cause unexpectedly intense reactions, throat & lung irritation, etc.

Heart Issues:
Because cannabis increases heart rate, it could potentially increase risks of heart problems in those at risk of heart disease. One study found that cannabis use increased the risk of heart attack in men over 40, but its findings were weak and based on a very small number of individuals. In a large study of 65,000 individuals in California by Sidney et al in 1997, cannabis was not found to increase mortality rates among users under 50.

Mental Illness:
Several studies have indicated that cannabis use (like many other strong psychoactives) can precipitate neuroses or psychoses in those who are already at risk. Studies have also shown that cannabis use does not appear to increase the risk of psychosis in otherwise healthy individuals.


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From: i am sorry
Date: Aug 20, 2006 1:01 PM

ok well jsut form personal expeirance all drugs are gross and bad for you
my real mom did weed was high on weed tried other drugs got addicted first try.. not smart
dad is an ass cause he does weed... and yeah thats why he is cause when is clean he isnt an ass
uncle died from smoking too much weed that was laced with acid.. okay
all drugs are bad.. no way to justify it at all they are dumb. and pointless



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From: Reality is a crutch for ppls who cant handle drugs
Date: Aug 20, 2006 12:58 PM

ok... im not gonna get into a huge fight with u... but cannabis, is not as harmful as the goverment makes u think, and it dosent ruin your life... and all that crap.... now there are drugs such as meth herione, and crack/cocaine, that will fuck up your life. the only way that cannabis will fuck up your life is by you getting cought with a small amount, and being thrown in jail longer then a murder. everyone says that u get fat when u smoke weed... i got fucking shiner when i started smoking... umm... i could go on forever with facts about cannabis, being healthy, and im sure u could go on with facts about weed being un-healthy...

but i will agree with u, that ciggerets, and most drugs are un healthy



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From: i am sorry
Date: Aug 20, 2006 12:52 PM

o all thats is bad..drugs are gay..
so is ciggerettes..
it ruins your body
and makes you unhealthy
ad there is no point in
doing them
to what get a feeling of happiness for a few hours..
but in the long run it will screw up your whole life



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From: Reality is a crutch for ppls who cant handle drugs
Date: Aug 20, 2006 12:24 PM

yea... i know... ive been cutting back on smoking... ive been living my life almost clean... i havent done any drugs in a while now...



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From: i am sorry
Date: Aug 19, 2006 9:17 PM

no offense but smoking is gross



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From: Reality is a crutch for ppls who cant handle drugs
Date: Aug 19, 2006 6:45 PM

umm... woke up at like 6 in the morning. got on the cmp.... went over to the lake with my step mom and her work, to go fishing... came back home... took a nap cause i didnt get any sleep last night.... the nap only lasted an hour... watched tv... bumed some smokes off my sis... watched tv and smoked a cig... got back on cmp

[dopesmoker]

i've smoked more weed during last school year then ever before and it had no effect on my schooling. I got a 93%, an 81%, a 70something and then 60 in english because my teacher is a complete ass

[cuziwashigh420]

Well my short term memory was fucked before i started smoking so i cant tell if it had an effect on that part or not..

[High Plains Drifter]

I recently noticed that I can no longer articulate my thoughts as well as I used to be able to. It sucks.

[litoz22]

ye my average is 81.. academic.. and i know i can do better.. if i tried harder.. only in gr 11-12 imma actually start trying..(im in gr 10 righ now)..

[NightProwler]

weed numbs your brain cells, not kill.

the "numbing" of your brain cells is your high

[Its a Plant]

Here's a link that MaryJaneScott provided us with, and I think it really explains the different drugs and how they react with your brain. Very informative.

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units...rugs/mouse.cfm

Marijuana won't fuck up your life, nor will any other drug for that matter. It all comes down to an individual's decision to make the right, logical choices when it comes to those things. It's just that a bunch of ignorant people give certain drugs horrible reputations, weed included.

And really, who the hell cares about short-term memory? Think about it. In 20 years, will it really matter if you can't remember what you had for breakfast 20 years prior? Of course not. Most info that our short-term memory processes is useless anyway, so there's no point in preserving something like that. My long-term memory is as sharp as ever, and I've been a daily smoker for somewhere around 4 years.

[usedchemicals]

i had a drug education class when i got caught, and they said that marijuana doesn't kill brain cells, the thc builds up a layer around them and it slows the reaction time between brain cells

[Cheery Cherry]

Do I think smoking weed kills my brain cells? No, I don't think so. I have learned a lot of new things and new skills over the years (since I started smoking) rather quickly so I'm not a dumbass. My dad has been smoking weed for a long time and he is a very intelligent, sharp man. He reads shit like war and peace, political biographies, etc. everyday. Of course, neither one of us "look" like a stoner. My best friend, on the other hand, also smokes weed..but she smokes daily and she isn't as sharp as she was when she was younger. But see, I don't really think it's the weed, I think it's the anti-depressant that she's been taking for the past 7 years and increasing the dosage at least several times a year. I can really see the difference in her.

Okay I'm very high right now so if I'm rambling on and on...just skip my post :p. I keep losing my thought too...dammit! Oh well..

Oh yeah...to PartyGuy420, the chick you were conversing with sounds brainwashed. It's people like her that really should get high, she needs to relax and not look down on other people for what they do....just because her parents didn't know their limits.

[dryst]

dude u kill brain cells when u hit your head...

[Cheery Cherry]

Here's a link that MaryJaneScott provided us with, and I think it really explains the different drugs and how they react with your brain. Very informative.

http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/units...rugs/mouse.cfm



Thanks for the link. It's really interesting and I like the way they present the information on different types of drugs.

[187]

haha died from smoking weed laced for acid thats bullshit

[Powder Puff]

187!

Still playing CS?

Do you have msn?

[Captain Hanks]

Do u really think smoking weed.. killz ur brain cells...? and why... Theres people that say they think it does and ppl who say they dun think it does.. and ive read many articles statin it does and doesnt.. i jus wanted to get pplz opinions.. i personally feel it doesnt, it jus tickles them :) haha..

exactly right, tickles them is what cannbis does

[orange floyd]

the only study that ever showed cannabis to kill brain cells was flawed. from what ive heard they pretty much suffocated monkeys in weed smoke for about 30 days straight. no further tests ever duplicated the results, but anti-drug propogandists still claim that it does

[litoz22]

187!

Still playing CS?

Do you have msn?

i play cs:D

[LIP]

Oh damn.

Cannabis/THC doesnt not kill brain cells. It's a commen mis-conception, and only proves that the persons arguing it are uneducated buffoons trying to look big and important, when infact, they suck their thumbs at night.

Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol kills one cell within the brain, called the Glioma cell. This cell is the only cell in the brain to cause cancer, and is infact not used by the brain for anything. By smoking cannabis, you are infact protecting yourselves from getting a brain tumour. For this reason alone cannabis needs to be legalised, not to mention the 1339459486846 other reasons that it should.

Over and in.

[Fabolous]

okay this whole "kills brain cells" is a total joke. i mean when got a 3.8 GPA and you smoke daily. that really makes you rethink the whole killing part.

I was reading a article couple days ago (I'll have to re find it) where this guy after 6 years of waiting got the reports on how this all started.
Basically the government took about 6 Monkey's and for a whole year everyday they would put gas mask over the monkeys and for 5 Min's for every 2 to 4 hrs(i think not completely sure the hour's between) but anyway would pump a whole once(some how).
Then after that they took 6 new Monkeys that didn't get the treatment and compared there brain cell's. well obviously the monkeys that didn't get the treatment had more then the one's that did go though the treatment for the whole year.

Here's the thing they left out.
if they people someone in a gasmask for 5 min's with no air but with only smoke for lets say ever 3 no wait lets make that 7 hr's between each treatment.
What i am getting at is, theres no Oxygen in the mask when they where doing these testes. And well with no Oxygen for that amount of time everday "WELL IN FACT KILL BRAIN CELL'S"

[LIP]

Very right fabolous. They never mention how the tests where carried out do they, just that "Cannabis kills brain cells"

While infact its all down to oxygen deprevation.

Those idiots in government couldnt carry out a REAL experiment if they wanted.

[jamstigator]

I dunno whether or not it kills brain cells, but I highly doubt it kills any more than just living day to day would. However, I do experience a problem after smoking hard for a while. What happens is, my vocabulary starts to suffer. Not common words, but words I use less frequently. I'll know there *is* a word, I'll know that I know the word, and I'll know it's appropriate to use the word, but on the way to retrieve the word from its mental compartment my brain gets lost and I can't cough up the word I want.

If I quit smoking for a month or two, my vocabulary repairs itself, and eventually returns to normal. Because it *does* go back to normal, that's pretty good evidence that whatever is going on is temporary. It is somewhat annoying though, to lose access to parts of my vocabulary. It is the one unambiguously bad side effect of pot for me. It's not a major deal, but I wish it didn't do that.

[shoi]

Oh damn.

Cannabis/THC doesnt not kill brain cells. It's a commen mis-conception, and only proves that the persons arguing it are uneducated buffoons trying to look big and important, when infact, they suck their thumbs at night.

Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol kills one cell within the brain, called the Glioma cell. This cell is the only cell in the brain to cause cancer, and is infact not used by the brain for anything. By smoking cannabis, you are infact protecting yourselves from getting a brain tumour. For this reason alone cannabis needs to be legalised, not to mention the 1339459486846 other reasons that it should.

Over and in.


lip do u have a study or document that can be refered to? its not that i dont believe u, its just if i ever use this in an argument then it will look better if i have somesort of offical paper :D

but its rlly cool info :thumbsup:

[LIP]

Hang on, i'll try and find you some. I've read it in loads of sites but cant remember em lol. I know Beachguy can back me up also.

Give me to ticks and i'll have a look. :)

[LIP]

Ok got some.

Number 23 is interesting. It talks about the Glioma tumour, and all the other cancers that cannabis can control/ prevent.

Another very interesting application is that of Skin Cancer because of the cannabinoid receptors in our skin.

Heres the link: http://www.thc-ministry.net/cannabisinfo.htm


Another thing that will work in your favour in ANY argument, is the first few thigns on the list...

Mothers give their babies a booster of cannabinoids to get the child to eat, as they dont know how.

That is basically saying ANYONE who has EVER breastfed their child, has infact given them cannabinoids, without which we'd all be dead.

And they think its bad? Oh, so if it didnt exist what would happen... give birth and the baby wont eat..

Some people argue all these points and have no idea what they're on about.

Cannabis is the safest "drug" ever. It's also one of the oldest, if not the oldest.

Without cannabis, we would be alive.

[shoi]

thanks alot lip :D great info