Is weed really bad for you???

[roushrider81]

ok i know that this has probelly been asked 100 times but what is really hamful in weed????

roushrider81 Reviewed by roushrider81 on 06-29-2006. Is weed really bad for you??? ok i know that this has probelly been asked 100 times but what is really hamful in weed???? Rating: 5

[Web Smoker]

well burning any plant matter and inhaling it is harmful to your body. though if u eat or vaporise weed it is barley harmful. as far as brain damage from what i read it takes about 10 to 15 years of heavy use to show some damage

[LIP]

Actually cannabis doesnt damage the brain. Cannabis kills no brain cells, the only brain cell it kills is called the Glioma Cell which is the only cell in the brain to turn cancerous. It's also not used by the brain to carry out any taske or make you feel and sensation, its not used.

And yes, while inhaling ANY smoke it harmful to some extent, cannabis smoke, from the plant matter and THC trichomes does not cause any cancer in a living cell.

Cannabis is harmless.

[beachguy in thongs]

"Lack of hippocampal volume change in long-term heavy cannabis users."
http://marijuana.researchtoday.net/archive/2/4/358.htm

It forms a part of the limbic system and plays a part in memory and navigation.

In Alzheimer's disease, the hippocampus becomes one of the first regions of the brain to suffer attack; memory problems and disorientation appear amongst the first symptoms.

the hippocampus is among the phylogenetically (the evolutionary development of an organ) oldest parts of the brain.

http://encyclopedia.tfd.com/hippocampus

Images of Hippocampus
http://brainmaps.org/index.php?i=Hippocampus

[MyMARYJANE]

from what i've been reading on this website, i'd say no its not that bad

[MegaOctane12]

Weed is bad for you along with anything you smoke, your gona get biased info here because we all love MJ but reality wise, its bad.

[WhiskeyGirl]

weed is better than ALCOHOL , BY FAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WG

[Mr. TBAGU 420]

weed is better than ALCOHOL , BY FAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WG

I agree 100% with that Bro!!

[kd609728]

dude smoke weed.

[birdgirl73]

There does seem to be some pretty persuasive evidence that mj has a number of beneficial effects, but even in the tests results and posts that our most enthusiastic test-citers never fail to use in support of weed, there haven't been any huge or long-term studies proving overwhelming, without-a-doubt benefits. Just some very promising positive evidence that needs to be studied in more depth and over a longer term.

One correction to something LIP posted above. Cannabis doesn't kill glial cells or gliomas (glial-originating cancerous brain tumors). In the studies that have been done, THC seems to decrease their growth and help inhibit the vascular formation that feeds gliomas. That's a really big difference from outright killing those cells. There are some interesting studies going on in this area, and more need to be done.

Also, LIP, just as an FYI, there are lots of different types of brain cells that become cancerous, not just glial cells. Among them are neurofibromatomas, ependymomas, meningiomas, adenomas, astrocytomas, oligodendroglial cancer cells, medulloblastomas, pineocytomas, parenchymal cell tumors, craniopharyngomas, germ cell cancers, and several others. So far, the main one we know of positive effects from THC on is the glioma (glioblastoma multiforme), which is common and very deadly. Maybe in a few years, THC will be used routinely on these.