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Post number 11600

iceblink — Thu, 18 Oct 2001 10:09:44 -0800

Marijuana's effects on the brain are reversible "It appears that cognitive impairment from marijuana use is temporary and related to the amount of marijuana that has been recently smoked rather than permanent and related to an entire lifetime consumption." Hmm, I suppose it's good to know I can go back to being smart after being stupid for a little while.

By: msacheson

msacheson — Thu, 18 Oct 2001 10:17:26 -0800

"Craving for marijuana, decreased appetite, sleep difficulty and weight loss were more common in abstaining periods. Aggression, anger, irritability, restlessness and strange dreams were also significantly increased during abstinence, Budney's team found." I definitely agree with this. Besides the quote above, I often feel dumb days after getting high, and feel sharper after a couple days of not smoking. Won't make me stop for good, but it's interesting I'm not alone. Hey, iceblink, don't bogart that J!

By: danOstuporStar

danOstuporStar — Thu, 18 Oct 2001 10:22:58 -0800

Dr. Alan J. Budney ... heh heh ... love the way that rolls off the tongue ... matt can i change my username? i definately get the strange dreams when i've gone a few days w/o ... dreams of where/how i'll meet mary again. don't get many of the others though. wish they had included a control group that was stoned when they took the tests. they might have flunked most of them, but i bet they would score off the charts "abstract thinking."

By: danOstuporStar

danOstuporStar — Thu, 18 Oct 2001 10:27:49 -0800

*on the* abstract thinking (no i haven't been partaking)

By: y2karl

y2karl — Thu, 18 Oct 2001 11:54:49 -0800

By: degan

degan — Thu, 18 Oct 2001 12:15:54 -0800

YAY!!!!!!

By: Dirjy

Dirjy — Thu, 18 Oct 2001 12:22:31 -0800

Wow, this would be really useful if our current marijuana prohibition was actually based on facts.

By: danOstuporStar

danOstuporStar — Thu, 18 Oct 2001 12:29:53 -0800

wow dirjy ... thanks for the heads up. that is so incredibly ridiculous.

By: Owen Boswarva

Owen Boswarva — Thu, 18 Oct 2001 14:35:31 -0800

Here's a link to the study itself: Neuropsychological Performance in Long-term Cannabis Users (Archives of General Psychiatry)

By: Wood

Wood — Thu, 18 Oct 2001 14:41:19 -0800

I liked this ad, because well, it's true. I bet it's reasonably effective. http://alpha2.bmc.uu.se/dombo/videos/karate.mpg

By: skallas

skallas — Thu, 18 Oct 2001 16:30:38 -0800

I liked this ad, because well, it's true. Dumb for a month? Yeah that's the truth all right. A little THC in you and 30 days of punishment. You work for the government right?

By: klint

klint — Thu, 18 Oct 2001 19:06:40 -0800

I've read that hydergine helps too. But I'm not a doctor and I haven't tried it, so don't take my word for it. But it could be worth looking into.

By: annathea

annathea — Thu, 18 Oct 2001 22:29:09 -0800

"Craving for marijuana, decreased appetite, sleep difficulty and weight loss were more common in abstaining periods." I generally lose weight whenever I stop knocking over Krispy Kremes to get a fix, myself. Which usually coincides with the periods in my life in which I am abstaining.