Quote (Balla @ Sep 3 2014 10:50am)
First point: but it's still negligent. Esp considering some of the deleterious ramifications of their use on sleep quality.. for instance, benzos increase time in stage 2 sleep and when coming off of them REM rebound is experienced which denotes the shortage of REM.
Second point: false.. pharmaceutical companies will pay big money to doctors to prescribe their medications. This is one of the reasons adderall/ADHD meds are so ubiquitous now
Third point: wrong lol. Cannabis will not cause dependency or withdrawal symptoms. Period. It can be habit forming, sure, but literally any activity or regimen of activity can and will be habit forming. That's basic neural plasticity. As for long term effects, they are more known actually. Only in chronic & heavy users, there'll be a decreased responsiveness to dopamine in the prefrontal cortex and an increase in alpha wave power in a resting state. These changes manifest as decreasing your ability to focus.. so essentially ADHD-esque symptoms. These changes are reversible though, again a basic neural plasticity response. Cannabis has been more extensively studied than you think.. I can even outline the effects it has on various neurotransmitters if you want? Or the effect on AMPA & NMDA receptors via COX2 signaling? And memory deficits are mainly based around impaired working memory WHILE high.. LTP can and will still occur readily once the depol threshold fires, par usual.
There's only one singular nuance of long term use that can be quite noxious. The anterior cingulate cortex can actually shrink.. but that's after several yearss.. and upward of 5+ joints/blunts a day. That's a ton of weed lol.. most people won't come close to having that risk. Stop talking about things you don't know about.
So you're saying that when I smoke weed all day every day for a long period of time, the withdrawal symptoms I experience don't exist?
Maybe it doesn't affect everyone the same way, but, I exist.
Refer to the last sentence of your statement.