Quote Originally Posted by birdgirl73
Weed seems to be very beneficial to the brain indeed. But Marvelous, it also does kill brain cells. What people who use that as a reason to criticize weed don't know is it does that "killing" in a beneficial way. In lab tests and in human testing, weed kills glioma cells, which are dangerous brain cancer tumor cells. And it also aids a process called "apoptosis," which is basically the brain's (and body's) way of thinning or trimming out unnecessary or damaged cells that need to be destroyed in order for healthy cells to thrive. The brain-cell killing that occurs in regards to cannabis is quite beneficial.
I know that is is proven that cannabis causes no long term brain damage.

i havent come accross this information. would this not be considered brain damage?


to the first post:
I've accutaly read and have the study. it has very interesting results. Prozac acctualy has the same effect on the hippocampus cells.

as well rats share this area of the brain with humans. it is a very interesting finding. it came out just over a year ago. i dont know how they could replicate the study on humans though
harris7 Reviewed by harris7 on . Marijuana: Good for your Brain? Source: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn8155 Rating: 5