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HU-210 - 100x the strength of THC - Study shows brain cell growth in Lab Rats

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Has anyone heard of this study?

Study turns pot wisdom on head
Lab rats given drug 100 times as strong as pot
BY DAWN WALTON
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2005
POSTED AT 3:57 AM EDT
FROM FRIDAY'S GLOBE AND MAIL
Calgary — Forget the stereotype about dopey potheads. It seems marijuana could be good for your
brain.
While other studies have shown that periodic use of marijuana can cause memory loss and impair
learning and a host of other health problems down the road, new research suggests the drug could
have some benefits when administered regularly in a highly potent form.
Most "drugs of abuse" such as alcohol, heroin, cocaine and nicotine suppress growth of new brain
cells. However, researchers found that cannabinoids promoted generation of new neurons in rats'
hippocampuses.
Hippocampuses are the part of the brain responsible for learning and memory, and the study held
true for either plant-derived or the synthetic version of cannabinoids.

Whole article in link below

http://www.usask.ca/research/communications/pdf/Study_turns_pot_wisdom_on_head.pdf

I have not heard any reports of Human Consumption though....

On the HU-210 Wikipedia "According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, HU-210 was discovered in Spice Gold products seized at the US border in January 2009. Over 100 pounds of Spice products were seized based on this finding.[12] HU-210 was also detected in three Spice products in the UK, as reported in June 2009.[13]"


Have any Bluelighters experienced Spice Gold cannabinoid products before 2009 or have had experience with HU-210??
 
I always knew there was a reason pot smokers in High School/college always got good grades... ;) lol j/k but there are plenty of chronic budsmokers that are smart and in good colleges or have technical jobs...
 
True - but the research in this experiment shows that we need to find this 100x strength Super Pot and have hits twice a day to get good results hahaha - It should just be a matter of time and careful breeding or lab research before this becomes cheap and easy aye? The supply price for buying this stuff from a Chemical Lab is extremely expensive..
 
But what are the benefits of new cell growth if the shit gets stuffed with rap lyrics about weed, cute kittys, knowledge about [insert console game] and how to make hash oil ? :'D
 
It's a single, dated and appalling piece of crap, pop science journalism.

1. The article says "seems marijuana could be good for your brain". Yet the chemical isn't even in cannabis. So that is a ridiculous and irresponsble claim by the journalist.
2. It's using rats which are very often a very poor model for humans. I.e. things that happen in rats don't happen in humans and visa versa. The best rodent studies can hope for is to provide evidence to justify future research.
3. They injected the drug. The method of application can drastically alter the effects of a drug. Another researcher talking about injected cannabinoids in his own study stated: "It does not explain the effects of smoked or
inhaled or ingested substances."
4. They only used 3 groups of 5 rats each! It is not possible to produce reliable statistically significant results using such a small pool. Random chance alone could easily explain any effects seen in any direction. I.e. the study is almost worthless on its own.
5. The additional info about CB1 and CB2 isn't even relevant and is dated. They have already formulated drugs to use these receptors to lower appetite but the drug made people suicidal so they pulled it.
5. Someone has done a similar study using THC and it didn't cause the same effect even at stupidly high doses injected.
6. Most preliminary scientific studies prove to be wrong in the future anyway even when apparently well conducted.

All we can read into it is that a very small study might show that a specific cannabinoid chemical injected into rats apparently had a neurogenic effect. Any further conclusions drawn from that point onwards are pure speculation without further and much better research.
 
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