I spoke with an Organic Chemistry major. He smokes weed, and is AWESOME. Read this.

[Zonyc]

I'm an undergrad in a science program, goin for a chem major though. Wikipedia is an awesome resource for learning how this lovely stuff effects us too.

[nft]

This thread is win.

[WeedyBoyWonder]

I enjoyed the reason of that info.

[LiquidMagik]

Awesome post.

Scientists usually call this the "half-value" (or something like this), where they determine half of the dose of a chemical it takes to produce a lethal effect). I hear the rate of consumption of the highest grade marijuana has is 1.5g every second for fifteen minutes.

What you're referring to is the LD-50, or lethal dose in 50% of the sample (not the half of the lethal dose). I don't think the value has been calculated for smoked cannabis, but for eaten cannabis at 5% THC (this is pretty low grade stuff), it's around 2-5 lbs for a 150 lb person. So, virtually impossible.

[qdavid]

I don't trust the cigarette companies for anything and especially I don't want no "genetically engineered" shit. I'll take what nature gives me, thank-you. I never believed we have these specific cannibanoid receptors specifically for just cannibas. That makes no sense. True scientific research develops hypothesis based on results, but very often research is based on results to prove a hypothesis. Therefore I'm skeptical of any conclusions such as the small molecules getting into the brain. What? I suggest you take any so called "experts" with a grain of salt. Anybody and everybody can try to contribute to Wikipedia. They try to filter bullshit but that's kind of hard to do with so much floating around. Flame-on batman.

[Storm Crow]

Do me a big favor, will ya? Get him over to a computer, and click the link in my sig. Let him read it. It might inspire some interesting results later in his career. - Granny:hippy:

PS- It is also on a purely medical site, TreatingYourself.com, if you don't want to expose him to Cannabis.com just yet.

My birthday gift to you.... - TreatingYourself.COM Online Community

[qdavid]

Okay Crow. Chill baby. You're right. We both know it. So do most people. I was gonna come back here to say, "Sorry. Too much coffee. I don't really give a shit." But she's right....."I remember my undergrad, know everything about everything days"....Snaps out of dream.

[HazyVille]

This thread rocks, thanks to Crow's links i actually found something interesting to read for the next couple of days, very interesting i might just start writing letters.

[Sir Bliss]

Very interesting. Very interesting, indeed.

And Crow. I'm taking a very detailed look at your journal. It's amazing. Thank you.

[home.grower]

good thread... i want to learn sum of that shyt Zonyc knows about.. makes me want to explore cannabis even more... maybe once I'm a master at growing i'll look into its effect(s) on the body