Psh, people have known for ages that marijuana can expand the mind.
(Sorry, that one was just too easy.)
Marijuana might cause new cell growth in the brain
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#32I would love to see a study that adjusts for the effects of inhaling carbon monoxide and other byproducts of plant combustion. Much cannabinoid research concerns THC-similar compounds that are directly applied to the research subject; conventional recreational use is at best tangential to the method at hand.
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#33This is great news for the pharmaceutical industry. The successful testing was done with a synthetic chemical very much like THC while real THC failed to get results. Sounds like a good way to monetize to me.
By monazite, do you mean the phosphate mineral containing rare earth metals?
I always thought HN readers had more important stuff to do then to point out other's misspellings.
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#34welcome to reddit
my immediate thought was 'welcome to digg'
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#35Tumors!
Re: Marijuana might cause new cell growth in the brain
#36I would love to see a study that adjusts for the effects of inhaling carbon monoxide and other byproducts of plant combustion. Much cannabinoid research concerns THC-similar compounds that are directly applied to the research subject; conventional recreational use is at best tangential to the method at hand.
There are methods of marijuana ingestion that do not introduce carbon monoxide or other harmful byproducts of combustion into the body.
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#37Earlier quoted context omitted.
"And, it is amazing that the drugs that are least harmful, or not harmful at all, are the most illegal" That's just wrong, a drug like coffee is a good example of "least harmful" and isn't anywhere near "most illegal"
Coffee has an LD50, whereas they haven't found one for marijuana. I was speaking with that scope in mind. The specific drugs I had in mind were psychedelics.
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
I smoke every morning before shower and ever evening before bed. I've done so for many years now and it's helped reduce my depression (inherited) and keep my GAD under control. It's been much more successful than traditional treatment regimes (SSRIs et al - tried it all) I'm currently running a successful business and have never been in any trouble with the law. Without marijuana I'd never have been able to achieve w…
Yeah, there are lots of anecdotal stories that at the least suggest that the effects of marijuana seem to vary from user to user. I knew one guy that had habitually smoked a bowl pretty much every single day ever since the 70s. He was a brilliant programmer, had a much better short-term and long-term memory than I do, and was well-versed in numerous other topics. I also knew another person that was mostly average, an…
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
We flat out do not have a good understanding of how a brain is effected by drugs. And, it is amazing that the drugs that are least harmful, or not harmful at all, are the most illegal. There are, of course, devious reasons for that. Whether we are aware it or not, everything that we perceive and consume effects us. One person will react differently to the sight of a bowl of cereal than another. It is the same with dr…
I'm more curious why psychedelics are (or were) viewed as something that can cause social problems. It's more clear with drugs that create physical dependence, like opioids or dopamine reuptake inhibitors (cocaine, amphetamines). However, drugs in those classes, along with other addictive drugs like benzodiazepines, are legal with a doctor's prescription. Why can't people take LSD once a year in a safe, supervised se…
``In a second procedure, which is the favored treatment in the United States, a single, very high LSD dose (0.3 to 0.6 mg) is administered after correspondingly intensive psychological preparation of the patients. This method, described as psychedelic therapy, attempts to induce a mystical-religious experience through the shock effects of LSD. This experience can then serve as a starting point for a restructuring and curing of the patient's personality in the accompanying psychotherapeutic treatment. The term psychedelic, which can be translated as "mind-manifesting" or "mind-expanding," was introduced by Humphry Osmond, a pioneer of LSD research in the United States.''[1]
Read the rest of the reference, you'll find why/how LSD became associated with the counter-culture, and then became illegal because of that. My take is that LSD, when administered responsibly, can lead to major positive life changes for those in need.
It is a pity that it is illegal, which only increases the risk of abuse/work dosage/mixing with other stuff, but perhaps in a more civilized age...
[1] Hofmann, Albert; LSD: My Problem Child; url ->http://www.psychedelic-library.org/child4.htm