Paranoid or Placid? Brain Scans Show Pot's Effect on Mind

[PriestTheyCalledHim]

Paranoid or Placid? Brain Scans Show Pot's Effect on Mind
Two ingredients in cannabis may impact neurology in very different ways, study shows
By Alan Mozes
Two ingredients in cannabis may impact neurology in very different ways, study shows.

FRIDAY, Jan. 6 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking marijuana can mean different things to different people -- for some, anxiety and paranoia can set in, while others mellow out.

Now, a unique brain scan study suggests two ingredients in pot may work independently to achieve these effects.

British scientists who watched the effects of the two marijuana ingredients -- Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD) -- on the brains of 15 young men say the research shows how the drug can either ease or agitate the mind.

"People have polarized views about marijuana," said study lead author Dr. Sagnik Bhattacharyya, a researcher in the department of psychosis studies at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. "Some consider it to be essentially harmless but potentially useful as a treatment in a number of medical conditions, and others link it to potentially severe public health consequences in terms of mental health. This study explains why the truth is somewhere in between."

The findings were published in the January issue of Archives of General Psychiatry.

http://health.msn.com/health-topics/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100283162

 

[LogicSoDeveloped]

I've always preferred indica and this study shows that indica is better in terms of mental health

I found this really interesting. Sativas always made me overly anxious and uncomfortable where as indicas did the opposite.

 

[Biovail]

Finally, a paper that isn't another fucking observational study. I want to read the actual study though. This is science. Most of the shit published on MJ is speculation.

Ingesting THC brought about irregular activity in two regions of the brain (the striatum and the lateral prefrontal cortex) that are key to the way people perceive their surroundings.

I would be very interested in how these areas of the brain act while somebody is under the influence of LSD, and how that compares to what was seen with THC. Perspective thinking seems to be the major component of the "mindfuck" of LSD and I'd love to see what's actually happening there.

 

[Folley]

Sativa FTW!


I probably could have just told you this after all my experience from smoking, but its cool someone did a study like this.

That "mental health" thing is pretty much bull shit though. THC is the ingredient they use in Marinol, and most other medical weed products that you dont smoke use it as their main ingredient. CBDs are really only helpful for pain and to chill out