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Marijuana might cause new cell growth in the brain

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Re: Marijuana might cause new cell growth in the brain

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I certinaly don't. I'll bite: >> than to point out other's misspellings.

Re: Marijuana might cause new cell growth in the brain

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I wonder how many of these 'researchers' actually smoke marijuana on a regular basis. I definitely found that a prolonged use had the complete opposite effect of "reducing anxiety and depression". I understand that many professionals use marijuana, but how many marijuana users are able to maintain a professional career?

When the company I work for recently needed a number of us to undergo drug testing to land a big contract, I discovered that my boss and a number of folks on my team were regular MJ smokers. The company we were contracting with didn't specify the testing methodology that was to be used, so my boss picked the one with the shortest detection window -- two days for the saliva test. I really would not have suspected that…

So what happened? The entire team fired?

Re: Marijuana might cause new cell growth in the brain

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

When the company I work for recently needed a number of us to undergo drug testing to land a big contract, I discovered that my boss and a number of folks on my team were regular MJ smokers. The company we were contracting with didn't specify the testing methodology that was to be used, so my boss picked the one with the shortest detection window -- two days for the saliva test. I really would not have suspected that…

So what happened? The entire team fired?

No. Everyone managed to not imbibe two days prior to the official testing. We all had advance notice.

Re: Marijuana might cause new cell growth in the brain

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post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I always thought HN readers had more important stuff to do then to point out other's misspellings.

I certinaly don't. I'll bite: >> than to point out other's misspellings.

I certinaly don't.

Is this intended as a HN make-work program? :)

Re: Marijuana might cause new cell growth in the brain

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I wonder how many of these 'researchers' actually smoke marijuana on a regular basis. I definitely found that a prolonged use had the complete opposite effect of "reducing anxiety and depression". I understand that many professionals use marijuana, but how many marijuana users are able to maintain a professional career?

I smoke ganj every evening, been doing so for probably 10 years + now. I'm nowhere near the amount heavy tokers smoke, (somehow i'm still a lightweight) but as long as I only smoke in the evening it has no bearing on my productivity or ability. It isn't addictive. If I have none, I just go without, it's annoying (as I like to smoke in the evenings) but its not a problem.

I work as a contractor, developer and software architect. At the moment i'm working on a rather large system in a senior role. I also do little bits of work in my own time for other businesses I have relationships with.

Re: Marijuana might cause new cell growth in the brain

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This 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.

From wikipedia: "Monazite is a reddish-brown phosphate mineral containing rare earth metals and is an important source of thorium, lanthanum, and cerium. It occurs usually in small isolated crystals." I'm guessing that's not what you meant.

This makes less sense since the parent fixed his spelling error.

Re: Marijuana might cause new cell growth in the brain

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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.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median_lethal_dose#Examples

This what what my fact checker had turned up: http://www.druglibrary.org/SCHAFFER/LIBRARY/mj_overdose.htm

And I was careful not to say THC.

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