This could explain some of Beach_Leech's mental problems

[chrish]

It has been suggested that marijuana is at the root of many mental disorders, including acute toxic psychosis, panic attacks (one of the very conditions it is being used experimentally to treat), flashbacks, delusions, depersonalization, hallucinations, paranoia, depression, and uncontrollable aggressiveness. Marijuana has long been known to trigger attacks of mental illness, such as bipolar (manic-depressive) psychosis and schizophrenia. This connection with mental illness should make health care providers for terminally ill patients and the patients themselves, who may already be suffering from some form of clinical depression, weigh very carefully the pros and cons of adopting a therapeutic course of marijuana.

In the short term, marijuana use impairs perception, judgment, thinking, memory, and learning; memory defects may persist six weeks after last use. Mental disorders connected with marijuana use merit their own category in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) IV, published by the American Psychiatric Association. These include Cannabis Intoxication (consisting of impaired motor coordination, anxiety, impaired judgment, sensation of slowed time, social withdrawal, and often includes perceptual disturbances; Cannabis Intoxication Delirium (memory deficit, disorientation); Cannabis Induced Psychotic Disorder, Delusions; Cannabis Induced Psychotic Disorder, Hallucinations; and Cannabis Induced Anxiety Disorder.

In addition, marijuana use has many indirect effects on health. Its effect on coordination, perception, and judgment means that it causes a number of accidents, vehicular and otherwise.

For further information, you may find the following sites helpful:

http://www.sarnia.com/GROUPS/ANTIDRU.../updatejl.html, for information on links between marijuana use and mental health risks.
www.sarnia.com/GROUPS/ANTIDRUG/mrr/21.96.10.html, for more information on the indirect effects of marijuana on health
http://www.adf.org.au/drughit, the Australian Drug Foundation’s website
http://marijuananews.com/a_safe_ high_.htm, a reprint of New Science magazine’s "Marijuana Special Report: A Safe High?" with commentary
http://marijuananews.com/claim_four.htm, an article about the similarity of long-term marijuana use’s effect on the brain to that of "hard" drugs, with commentary
http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/publica...okescreen.html, for general information on the health risks of marijuana.
http://www.health.org, the homepage of the National Clearinghouse on Alcohol and Drug Information, for general information on marijuana.

[beachguy_inthongs]

Old information that's been proven otherwise.

Get with the game.

Those are horrible references,

Originally Posted by Australian Study, marijuana news, and drugs.indiana.edu

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Great debating skills being emanated from Northern California.

General

Marijuana is a green, brown, or gray mixture of dried, shredded leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers of the hemp plant. You may hear marijuana called by street names such as pot, herb, weed, grass, boom, Mary Jane, gangster, or chronic. There are more than 200 slang terms for marijuana. Sinsemilla (sin-seh-me-yah; it's a Spanish word), hashish ("hash" for short), and hash oil are stronger forms of marijuana.

All forms of marijuana are mind-altering. In other words, they change how the brain works. They all contain THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), the main active chemical in marijuana. They also contain more than 400 other chemicals. Marijuana’s effects on the user depend on it’s strength or potency, which is related to the amount of THC it contains(5). The THC content of marijuana has been increasing since the 1970s.


Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. National Institute on Drug Abuse. (2001, March 13). Marijuana: Facts for TeensWashington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Retrieved October 03, 2002 from the World Wide Web:http://www.nida.nih.gov/MarijBroch/M...stxt.html#What

[beachguy_inthongs]

And, P.S., sucker, I'm 500% further along in evolution than you.

[beachguy_inthongs]

It has only been in the last few years that a
specific receptor for THC has been identified in
the brain (16,30). This receptor is linked to a
second messenger (14) and is localized to specific
brain regions including the hippocampus, cerebral
cortex, cerebellum, and the axon terminals of
fibers that arise in the basal ganglia (a brain
structure in the front of the brain involved with
movement) and terminate in the globus pallidus (a
structure in the front of the brain involved in
movement and closely connected with the basal
ganglia) and substantial nigra (located in the
midbrain, next to the ventral tegmental area, it
contains dopamine neurons that send fibers to the
basal ganglia) (29,30). The characteristic cognitive
(e.g., memory impairment) and motor (e.g.,
decreased motor coordination) effects of THC are
thought to be the result of its action on these
receptors (29). As with benzodiazepines, the
identification of a specific receptor for THC
suggests that there may be a naturally occurring
endogenous neurotransmitter in the brain that
normally interacts with the receptor. While not
positively identified, several candidates have
been proposed, including the chemical anandamide
(16).

http://www.wws.princeton.edu/ota/dis...311/931105.PDF

[Haul Asp]

Oh yes, we can see that.

[beachguy_inthongs]

Well, at least I'm quoting scholars, not sarnia.online:

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