more marijuana discussion

[Guest guest]

Get real you pot smoking people. If you want to

use Marijuana...whatever...but PLEASE don't use

pathetic rationalization and finger pointing (What about

sugar addicts etc. etc.) to try and convince others

that it is a healthy habit. I'm sure a good many of us

have experienced the buzz. Sure it feels good. Yoga

feels better. <br><br>Effects on the Brain:<br>THC

suppresses the neurons in the information-processing system

of the hippocampus, the part of <br>the brain that

is crucial for learning, memory, and the integration

of sensory experiences with<br>emotions and

motivation. Researchers have discovered that learned

behaviors, which depend on the<br>hippocampus, deteriorate

after chronic exposure to THC. Chronic abuse of

marijuana also is<br>associated with impaired attention and

memory, while prenatal exposure to marijuana is

associated<br>with impaired verbal reasoning and memory in preschool

children. Of possible relevance are findings<br>from animal

studies showing that chronic exposure to THC damages and

destroys nerve cells and<br>causes other pathological

changes in the hippocampus. <br><br>For madonna

ashtanga:<br>Effects on the Respiratory System:<br>Someone who smokes

marijuana regularly may have many of the same respiratory

problems that<br>tobacco smokers have. These individuals

may have daily cough and phlegm, symptoms of

chronic<br>bronchitis, and more frequent chest colds. Continuing to

smoke marijuana can lead to abnormal<br>functioning of

the lungs and airways. Scientists have found signs of

lung tissue injured or destroyed<br>by marijuana

smoke. <br><br>For Ashtanga Practitioners:<br>Effects of

Use: <br>Within a few minutes of inhaling marijuana

smoke, users likely experience dry mouth,

rapid<br>heartbeat, some loss of coordination and poor sense of

balance, and slower reaction times, along<br>with

intoxication. Blood vessels in the eye expand. For some people,

marijuana raises blood<br>pressure slightly and can double

the normal heart rate. This effect can be greater

when other drugs<br>are mixed with marijuana.

<br><br>I agree with fredmelodb:Pot smoking is a bad,and as

indignant as you want to be about it ILLEGAL habit. If you

want to use it make peace with the reality of

that.<br><br><br>What does Guruji say about pot smoking ? ESPW ?

[Guest guest]

got it pretty much on the head there

warriorgirlca BUT i think you fuk it all up right at the end.

the issue of legality is a very contentious one and

sits very uncomfortably with the rest of your

reasoning. id counsel against bringing it into any pro /

anti pot (jeez that is a stupid sounding word) debate.

were talking about free spirits here and to start

banging on about the law, well. . . that's not to say

that the issue of legality has not seriously fukked up

some lives but it seems out of place in this

discussion. <br><br>when you say 'make peace with that' do

you mean the legality of cannabis or the accepted

detrimental health aspects of it? completely support you if

youre asking folk to stop kidding themselves that

smoking is in some way positive (though that said it does

have positive side effects), afer all, all but the

most realised of us inhabit fantasy lives, but re

legality. . . well see above. <br><br>incidentally i

understand the word marijuana was picked up by the US

administration (thirties i think) because of the rascist

connotations that could be brought to bear on this obviously

hispanic word. spose the best word is cannabis (being

greek no rascist overtones applicable)!<br><br>hari om

tat sat