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Originally Posted by StapledShut  Really now, no one has ever been injured or killed because of something they did while they were high? And this is despite the fact that it's proven detrimental to a multitude of brain functions, especially motor skills and perceptions of pain. Site your source.
"The areas of the brain where cannabinoid receptors are most prevalently located are consistent with the behavioral effects produced by cannabinoids. Brain regions in which cannabinoid receptors are very abundant are the basal ganglia, associated with movement control; the cerebellum, associated with body movement coordination; the hippocampus, associated with learning, memory, and stress control; the cerebral cortex, associated with higher cognitive functions; and the nucleus accumbens, regarded as the reward center of the brain. Other regions where cannabinoid receptors are moderately concentrated are the hypothalamus, mediating body housekeeping functions; the amygdala, associated with emotional responses and fears; the spinal cord, associated with peripheral sensations like pain; the brain stem, associated with sleep, arousal, and motor control; and the nucleus of the solitary tract, associated with visceral sensations like nausea and vomiting. [6] Most notably, the two areas of motor control and memory are where the effects of cannabis are directly and irrefutably evident." ( Health issues and effects of cannabis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
And thank you for repeating what I said about alcohol being dangerous, as well. I mean, obviously I was saying that it being legal means it's safe. No, the point is that marijuana is dangerous, regardless of whatever facts you think you're regurgitating. It fucks with the brain, and people do develop dependencies on it, despite the fact that a pothead will deny it far longer than an alcoholic.
By the way, the lethal BAC is considered to be 0.50%. 0.40% is at the low end of the death risk range. |
I'll begin by saying that marijuana may hinder one's ability to function normally, but so does caffeine... which is another one of those legal-but-still-hugely-detrimental-to-your- health drugs.... as well as cough syrup. People have to take the right dosage and know how to function well on them through their daily activities. Same for weed. One can't really control one's self with lots of alcohol... but with weed, its NOTHING like alcohol. You are in complete and total control on weed.
Cite my sources? Ok.
Annotated Bibliography
Fried, Peter., Watkinson, Barbara., James, Deborah., and Gray, Robert. “Current and former marijuana use: preliminary findings of a longitudinal study of effects on IQ in young adults,"
Canadian Medical Association Journal. April 2, 2002, 166(7), p. 887. <http://www.drugwarfacts.org/marijuan.htm>
I used a decent amount of information from this site to back up points such as “marijuana has been shown to be an expectorant”
Joy, Janet E., Watson, Stanley J Jr., and Benson, John A Jr.,
"Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base," Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Research, Institute of Medicine (Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999). <
Contents | Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base | Institute of Medicine>
I found this site through Galileo. I used this source to disprove the theory of marijuana being the “gateway drug.”
Levy, B. “U.S. and U.N. studies support medicinal
marijuana research.”
HerbalGram. (1999): 46, p. 14-15. 22 OCT 2007 <
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.as...22012293&site= ehost-live.>.
I used Galileo to find this site. I used this source to describe the gateway drug theory and also show that alcohol and tobacco use occurs, on average, before marijuana smoking does.
McCarberg, BH, and Barkin, RL. “The future of cannabinoids as analgesic agents: a pharmacologic, pharmacokinetic, and pharmacodynamic overview.”
American Journal of Therapeutics (2007 Sep-Oct): 14(5): 475-83. 22 OCT 2007 <http://www.galileo.usg.edu/cgi-bin/homepage.cgi> .
Using Galileo, I found this article to give me insight into the many beneficial uses of marijuana, especially the many medical benefits cannabis has to offer.
“Web Chat on Addictions with Dr. Allen Battle, UTMG Clinical Psychologist.”
UT Medical Group, Inc. May 15, 2002. <http://www.utmedicalgroup.com/pages/webchat_addiction.html>
I used this source to describe how marijuana is not chemically addicting, and that the term “addicted,” when used in reference to marijuana, becomes a perversion of the term itself.
I happened to have done a research paper over this topic for one of my earlier classes a few semesters ago. Now, site YOUR sources. And if you say wikipedia, I will laugh heartily.
All that paragraph that you quoted proved was that weed affects the areas of the brain that control what we already know are affected by weed. Big deal. As I said in the beginning, its just like functioning on benadryl or cough syrup.
And my facts keep fucking contradicting your suppositions, Stapledshut. Marijuana
DOES NOT create dependencies. If you have a weak constitution and can't do without weed, its because of just that: you have a weak constitution. NOT because you've grown dependent on the substance.
And thank you for the correction on the lethal BAC.