Cannabis Interaction w/ Pineal gland?

Here's some decent reading on the gland:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineal_gland


I think that thc somehow stimulates this gland to produce some of the effect that it does. And the fact that it shrinks around puberty and that's about the time the imagination starts to diminish and could be reawakened by something like cannabis. Also, when you are a child (scientists believe that the gland inhibits sexuality) your sexual instincts aren't even evident yet, and when you smoke (or at least when I do) i have a diminished sexual appetite.

I had a better theory but i forgot in the midst of searching for info.

What do you guys think?

The Kid

It's a good and interesting theroy

I have an increased sexual appetite, myself ...

Hey dude if youre looking for a good read on the pineal gland you should check out "DMT: The Spirit Molecule" by Dr. Rick Strassman

The pineal gland is what converts tryptophan (amino acid, from foods) to, essentially, melatonin. And marijuana raises melatonin 4,000%, in two hours (Lissoni, P., Resentini, M., and Fraschini, F. "Effects of Tetrahydrocannabinol on Melatonin Secretion in Man." Hormone and Metabolic Research 1986; 77-78. At baseline, the mean value of their melatonin levels was 21.3 pg/ml. Two hours later, it was 904 pg/ml.), so it's stimulating the pineal gland greatly, as to how, I don't know.

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

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Originally Posted by beachguy in thongs

The pineal gland is what converts tryptophan (amino acid, from foods) to, essentially, melatonin. And marijuana raises melatonin 4,000%, in two hours (Lissoni, P., Resentini, M., and Fraschini, F. "Effects of Tetrahydrocannabinol on Melatonin Secretion in Man." Hormone and Metabolic Research 1986; 77-78. At baseline, the mean value of their melatonin levels was 21.3 pg/ml. Two hours later, it was 904 pg/ml.), so it's stimulating the pineal gland greatly, as to how, I don't know.

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

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Damn, that's awesome. I'd never acutally done any research other than on the basics of the pineal gland. I wonder if anybody is doing research on it?

The Kid