Edgar

[Emperor]

Edgar asked me to find this piece of information, don't read it, I don't feel it appropriate to post this on a Cannabis forum but I was asked to and I like to always be right!

Cannabis Research

Will the real dopes in this marijuana-use study please stand up?

How much marijuana does a research volunteer need to smoke to demonstrate that dope is bad for your brains? Apparently, up to 350 joints a week.

In a study financed by the U.S. government, scientists measured blood flow in the brains of volunteers who smoked different amounts of weed. So-called "light users" smoked from two to 15 joints a week; moderate users toked 17 to 70 joints per week; and heavy users puffed away at from 78 to 350 joints per week.

The researchers found regular pot use narrows blood vessels and restricts oxygen and other nutrients from getting to the brain, possibly explaining why dope seems to impair memory. Furthermore, heavy dope-users still had restricted blood flow a full month after they stopped smoking up.

"This study unequivocally shows that marijuana has adverse effects on the brain," said Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which commissioned the research. "You really do not want to jeopardize the circulation [of blood] in the brain."

But the scientists found that "light users," who smoked seven to 11 joints a week, showed no lasting ill-effects from their habit. Their blood flow returned to normal within a month of quitting.

In an interview, Dr. Volkow acknowledged that those who experienced the more serious effects did smoke "huge, huge, huge doses." And even some of the so-called "light-users" smoked up on a daily basis. But she insisted the study is realistic. "There are people who are taking these unbelievably huge quantities of drugs."

Still, it's hard to take a study seriously when the participants have to almost chain-smoke joints in order to produce negative clinical results. This is one study the occasional pot smoker can safely forget about. Those who took part in the study certainly won't be able to remember it.

Emperor Reviewed by Emperor on 10-18-2005. Edgar Edgar asked me to find this piece of information, don't read it, I don't feel it appropriate to post this on a Cannabis forum but I was asked to and I like to always be right! Cannabis Research Will the real dopes in this marijuana-use study please stand up? How much marijuana does a research volunteer need to smoke to demonstrate that dope is bad for your brains? Apparently, up to 350 joints a week. In a study financed by the U.S. government, scientists measured blood flow in the Rating: 5

[Edgar]

It's plenty appropriate if you are going to be making claims like the 1 below, but you didn't have to make a new thread.

Cannabis resticts the oxygen going to the brain this is why we slow down

The study mentioned in that article was dealing with smoked cannabis (in huge amounts) and it didn't say anthing about cannabis making us slow down. Though I'm not denying that it can make us slow down, I just think that lack of oxygen isn't the primary cause, or if it is, it's probably because smoking cannabis produces extra toxins that aren't there if you choose some other way to consume it, and because smoking anything restricts oxygen to the brain.

I have read of that study b4 in a different article. There were some other criticisms of the study, but i can't recall what they were. Thanks for taking the time to provide a link.

[Emperor]

I don't give a fu<k,

I suppose you will use the usual come back that you could get hit by a bus tomorrow!

That bus has Ghostoker's name on it!

[Edgar]

What? Why would i say that?

[Emperor]

because your an uneducated fool like your mate!

[Edgar]

Yeah and your education is really showing through...

[Edgar]

Maybe i should get educated so i can pull 'facts' out of my ass too.

[Emperor]

lol

I do talk shit but all the same it is true shit!

[Edgar]

Some of it.

but oh well, it's cool

[thcbongman]

Given that fact that NOONE smokes 350 joints a week, this study is a load of bullshit. Seriously how many motherfuckers do you know that smoke 50 joints a day? Seriously ridiculous and does not apply real world variables. Note it did not denote the quality, nor the quantity of each joint. How am I suppose to take a study seriously without the variables listed? Givens the ones they did, its extreme bullshit from the sounds of it.

Infact, where is the results of the study where everyone can see? Not some article from some some politically left Canadian newsite. LOL.