leibowde84
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Smoking Pot.
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When it comes to issues like this, I don't trust media reporting. Instead did a search on the scientific literature and found many references.
false memories cannabis - Google Scholar That reference shows very old studies so I limited the search to more recent papers and found this one:
Previous studies on the neurocognitive impact of cannabis use have found working and declarative memory deficits that tend to normalize with abstinence. An unexplored aspect of cognitive function in chronic cannabis users is the ability to distinguish between veridical and illusory memories, a crucial aspect of reality monitoring that relies on adequate memory function and cognitive control. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we show that abstinent cannabis users have an increased susceptibility to false memories, failing to identify lure stimuli as events that never occurred. In addition to impaired performance, cannabis users display reduced activation in areas associated with memory processing within the lateral and medial temporal lobe (MTL), and in parietal and frontal brain regions involved in attention and performance monitoring. Furthermore, cannabis consumption was inversely correlated with MTL activity, suggesting that the drug is especially detrimental to the episodic aspects of memory. These findings indicate that cannabis users have an increased susceptibility to memory distortions even when abstinent and drug-free, suggesting a long-lasting compromise of memory and cognitive control mechanisms involved in reality monitoring.
Molecular Psychiatry - Telling true from false: cannabis users show increased susceptibility to false memories
Mycroft
Ministry of Serendipity
leibowde84
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You made an insulting association between stupidity and cannabis use. That is not a joke, it's a mean-spirited insult ... especially coming from someone who has no idea what being high is like. Don't assume that you can make fun of smokers anymore without reprocussion. The stigma is being lifted.
leibowde84
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Mycroft
Ministry of Serendipity
Mycroft
Ministry of Serendipity
Huh? You typed an incomplete sentence. I made a little joke of it. I don't see where you're coming from with that.
leibowde84
Veteran Member
"Distracted by shiny things ..."
Mycroft
Ministry of Serendipity
Right...I don't get where you draw the association between a reflective object and getting high?
I get distracted by shiny things all the time!
leibowde84
Veteran Member
Fair enough. My mistake.
Mycroft
Ministry of Serendipity
OK, so I am pro-legalisation, just because then it can be regulated, taxed, etc. It's safer.
But, as someone who went through a period of smoking a lot of weed, I can safely say I never intend to do so again. I think it's damaging, mentally and physically, and should only be used in particular situations where it's medically helpful.
I've met a couple people who've really been damaged by it, and it is of course true that inhaling smoke regularly is just going to be bad for your throat and lungs, whatever the source.
Also, as it clouds the mind, it goes against the clarity that one aims to achieve through the practice of raja yoga.
But, as someone who went through a period of smoking a lot of weed, I can safely say I never intend to do so again. I think it's damaging, mentally and physically, and should only be used in particular situations where it's medically helpful.
I've met a couple people who've really been damaged by it, and it is of course true that inhaling smoke regularly is just going to be bad for your throat and lungs, whatever the source.
Also, as it clouds the mind, it goes against the clarity that one aims to achieve through the practice of raja yoga.
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That's not a reputable, scientific site. Some of those claims are true but some I doubt. And they're very, very minor compared to the proven negative affects of marijuana.
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dgirl1986
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I dont have a problem wiht legalisation but I hate it when people engage in regular use.
Shadow Wolf
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That's still just one compared to many I have read saying memory problems while using weed are not as severe as claimed, and that after the high wears off memory function returns to normal. This study also clearly states they were looking at chronic users, which are not normal users, so the point is invalid anyways. Even too much water is potentially fatal. And then their is alcohol, which is very capable of wiping an entire evening from memory in even the occasional user...of course, however, when too much is drank.