Myth: Smoking cannabis kills brain cells

Cannabinoids promote hippocampus neurogenesis and produce anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects (full - 2005)
Journal of Clinical Investigation -- Cannabinoids promote embryonic and adult hippocampus neurogenesis and produce anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects

Good News For The Medical Marijuana Movement: Pot Proliferates Brain Cells And Boosts Mood (news - 2005)
Good News For The Medical Marijuana Movement: Pot Proliferates Brain Cells And Boosts Mood

Myth: Long-term use of cannabis causes lung cancer, and cannabis is more damaging to the lungs than tobacco

Smoking Pot, Cigarettes Ups COPD Risk (news - 2009) (Bad title for a good article)
Smoking Pot, Cigarettes Ups COPD Risk

Marijuana Less Harmful to Lungs than Cigarettes (news - 1994)
Marijuana Less Harmful to Lungs than Cigarettes

Marijuana Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth In Half, Study Shows (news â?? 2007)
Marijuana Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth In Half, Study Shows


Myth: Cannabis is addictive


Merck Manual - Marijuana (Cannabis) (excerpt - 2008)
Marijuana (Cannabis): Drug Use and Dependence: Merck Manual Professional


Myth: Cannabis is a gateway drug

Study of 4000 indicates marijuana discourages use of hard drugs. (news - 2008)
Study of 4000 indicates marijuana discourages use of hard drugs.


Teen Pot Smoking Won't Lead to Other Drugs as Adults (news - 2010)
Teen Pot Smoking Won't Lead to Other Drugs as Adults


Myth: Cannabis makes people lazy

Cannabis Use Not Linked To So-Called "Amotivational Syndrome"
(news - 2006)
Cannabis Use Not Linked To So-Called "Amotivational Syndrome" - NORML

Cannabis, motivation, and life satisfaction in an internet sample (full - 2006)
Cannabis, motivation, and life satisfaction in an internet sample

(Or run a net search for "Granny Storm Crow". lol )

Myth: Cannabis has no medicinal value (ROFL! :S2: :yeahright So why does this exist?

Chronic Cannabis Use in the Compassionate Investigational New Drug Program
(abstract with comments- 2002)
AAMC: Chronic Cannabis Use in the Compassionate Investigational New Drug Program

(Click that first link in my sig for MMJ studies)!

Myth: You can overdose on cannabis and die

Marijuana Smoking Doesn't Kill (news - 2003)
Marijuana Smoking Doesn't Kill

Deaths from Marijuana v. 17 FDA-Approved Drugs (report - 2009)
Deaths from Marijuana v. 17 FDA-Approved Drugs - Medical Marijuana - ProCon.org

Myth: Cannabis causes short term memory loss BUT.....

Marijuana May Slow Alzheimer's (news - 2006)
Marijuana May Slow Alzheimer's

"THC, the key compound in marijuana, may also be the key to new drugs for Alzheimer's disease. That's because the marijuana compound blocks the formation of brain-clogging Alzheimer's plaques better than current Alzheimer's drugs."

And apparently CB2 agonists like CBD can help your brain REMOVE the beta amyloid plaque (the physical evidence of Alzheimner's in a brain)

The activation of cannabinoid CB2 receptors stimulates in situ and in vitro beta-amyloid removal by human macrophages. (abst - 2009)
The activation of cannabinoid CB2 receptors stimul... [Brain Res. 2009] - PubMed result

So we may forget where we put the car keys today, but we will remember our grandkids' names tomorrow! :thumbsup:


Granny :hippy: