STUDY: Regular pot smokers have shrunken brains...

from the article.

however, the authors of the study acknowledge that they cannot discern whether a pot smoker's smaller orbital frontal cortex is the cause or the result of chronic marijuana use.

Like.....woowwwww. Thats why...

Keep smoking....

Brawndo can fix it!!!

I'm not a pot smoker.

Correlation does not equal cause and effect.

I read this same article somewhere else, it said even though they had smaller frontal they showed more connectivity to counter act this effect.

Lol

My one friend brain must be size of a pea then

What's with the anti Pot sentiment around here last few days?

People blaze, get over it,

Well I may not know what I'm doing.....but I'm slow...

Because scientists are always right... What do people like you smoke the deprives them of intelligence?

I fully agree. 100%

BUT, if it is coming out in the PNAS, which is quite the heady peer reviewed journal, there must be more to this.

I look forward to reading the full paper.

Last Edited by Swerve on 11/11/2014 08:28 AM

Like Carl Sagan?

But you have to understand there are two types of potheads.

The stereotypical "dude" stoner, you know the one they like to trot out every chance they get.

And then you have the closet smokers, super intelligent people that use it to help focus their often times manic/hyper behavior.

I'm the second one, and trust me, "stoner dudes" annoy the fuck out of me as well. But then again so do most people who drink.

Just because some people are affected a certain way doesn't mean everyone is, just think on hyper kids coffee has the opposite effect. Why would weed be any different?

Most potheads are naggers or beeners, so they're already brianless.

potheads = denialists

Yes, thank you. If I had to do what I do without herb I would go insane.

Brits = Muppets

Yeah, we've all seen the pot head mental giants.

I'm not against using it, but everything in moderation.

If you choose to get high after work; I don't see a problem with it.

If you are getting high at work or instead of work; that's a huge problem.

having known some I can believe that. ditto booze and ciggies. People loose their ability to reason.

With all of these studies, I'd love to question why it is that I do so much better when I DO smoke!!

I was always the kid who got a C and felt over the moon that I had passed...I started college, dropped out a few semesters because my grades were so crappy. Then I started smoking--my mental stuff got under control, I reenrolled in college, and ended up on the Deans List (honor roll) the first semester. And the second. And the third...and so on.

I did my own study. I quit smoking for a few months during the summer (no classes), and the first test I took, I got a C+ and took nearly the entire class period. Screw that! Started smoking again, next test I was done in 15 (!!) minutes and got an A-. Same with another class I had, similar results. ???? I think a lot of it has to do with calming me down enough to remember what I've learned. Just throwing out my personal story.

Damn....

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Was he right or not? Illustrating your bias on the matter helps no-one.

Brawndo.........? Wasnt he in like....streetcaaarrr....
somethin?....huh huh

I don't care what the study says, I have watched all kinds of people go from motivated, energetic individuals to sleepy, unambitious wastes of skin due to pot use.

IOW - science is behind regular human observation. (Again) - When will science release a study that says that exposing skin to open flame causes pain in humans? I'm waiting....

Well do you believe in the idea that education is actually a dumbing down process and not really meant to reward intellect and critical thinking?

ponder that for a while

Then just keep smoking.

connectivity is white matter which is the stuff between the brain pieces.

more white matter means faster communication between brain parts.


here's another one for ya guys:

Multi-tasking makes your brain smaller and could be hurting your career: Grey matter shrinks if we do too much at once
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Smoking cannabis every day ‘shrinks brain but increases its connectivity’
Regular cannabis use shrinks the brain but increases the complexity of its wiring, a study has found.

To some extent the loss of brain volume is balanced by larger numbers of connections between neurons, scientists discovered.
[link to www.theguardian.com]





and then we have this:

Proof that meditation CAN grow your brain: In just eight weeks it can improve learning and memory

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oh shiat that means that fasting not only jump starts the amp and sirp protiens heals dna but also grows the brain! no problemo pot smokers just fast for two or three days every month or so and you will grow ur brain while maintain multiples more neuron connections. i think they haven't figured out all the causes of brain growth and shrinkage yet!