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Gary Hobson

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RE: Cognitive issues

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Hey all.

I was wondering if anyone had seriously cornered the market - i.e. dug in and conquered this vast field of scholarly articles which seem to keep changing back and forth back and forth - on figuring out just how bad or good marijuana is for the brain.

I love my fucking brain. I love being able to think, to remember, to integrate and organize complex information and to use it to write kick ass motherfucking essays. I want to be an academic.

But I also love getting stoned. And I worry that getting stoned will ruin my long-term memory/cognitive functions and thus disable me from being able to do serious academic work.

So, I ask: does anyone know for sure just how bad/good it is for you?



I mean, yeah of course I know all about how there are cannabinoid receptors strewn about everywhere from the prefrontal lobe to the hippocampus, but I want to know about serious long-term cognitive fuckups...

Thanks in advance.

93/93
 
I've smoked nearly every day for the past 4 years. Normally it's "mids", mid-quality bud, and I've smoked out of a bong just about every day for the past year. I go thru around 15-20 grams per week, not that bad..

I have one B and 4 As in college right now, GPA was 3.5 in highschool.
Majoring in biochemistry..

I'm a programmer by hobby. In highschool I was known as a smart druggy.

So what do you think?
Doesn't damper my mind.. Just make sure you don't have any conditions that could get worse with regular marijuana usage (schizophrenia, (manic) depression, bipolarity, etc..) and keep in mind that everyone is different.

Don't you remember that study about the potent cannabinoid a while back?

Experiments on rats given a potent cannabinoid have shown the drug stimulates the growth of new brain cells. Canadian researchers found that the drug caused neurons to regenerate in the hippocampus, an area that controls mood and emotions, after one month of treatment.

The new research suggests that the size of the dose may be crucial. The results showed that regular injections of high, but not low, doses of the artificial cannabinoid HU210 were associated with anti-anxiety and antidepressive effects.
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Dunno if the result can be said for humans as well, but it's nice to dream ;)
 
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