09-09-2017, 07:43 PM
(09-09-2017, 07:09 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: That would be completely false.
Alcohol is bad for you. Cigarettes are bad for you.
Marijuana, if anything, is good for you if you're an adult. It helps regrow the brain and I'm missing big chunks of mine from the wreck. The only time that I think clearly is when I'm high.
It should at least be legal for medical in Kentucky but there's so much money in keeping it illegal that who knows if it will ever happen, even though it's the biggest cash crop in the state and they'd make a fortune from taxing it.
It is dangerous, though, because I've seen where it can damage growth in teenage minds, and making it legal for adults could make it more common for teens, although studies have shown that that's not the case. Whether it's true or not that it damages growth and development of the brain, I'm not sure.
I'm all for it and you should find a reliable dealer or at least go through someone you trust to find someone reliable if you need it.
I found your claim interesting, and so read a couple of papers I found on Google Scholar about it. Very interesting stuff that cannabinoids have shown evidence of increasing neurogenesis in rats. I think a lot of concerns about marijuana are that in the form it is typically used, it does impact the lungs in a very similar way as cigarette smoking does. Any time vegetable matter burns, it will leave a tar residue. There is also potential that it impacts the heart muscles and potentially weakens them (Bonz, A., Laser, M., Küllmer, S., Kniesch, S., Babin-Ebell, J., Popp, V., ... & Wagner, J. A. (2003). Cannabinoids acting on CB1 receptors decrease contractile performance in human atrial muscle. Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology, 41(4), 657-664.), and that is just the same compound that increases neurogenesis, not the tar.
There is definitely a lot of potential for medical marijuana use, but the issue at hand is that the restrictions on it put in place by the government have really prohibited thorough study on the effects. I think before it is used as a treatment for anything, we need to look further into it. Just my two cents.
