damages & impairs*

just google dude, it's not difficult to find research leading to this.

and of course you will find research saying the opposite, written by people who use marijuana.
better yet - search "marijuana destroyed my life" - "Help i can't stop smoking pot"

then google "smoking marijuana made my life amazing" - "Pot is so easy to quit"


This post was edited by herbdoc on Nov 7 2014 12:46pm

Seems like since you got your lung collapse you got scared and got brainwashed by the doctors that marijuana is as dangerous as crack or you did it by yourself
And a lot of studies against marijuana have a certain bias too...

And btw I recently stopped smoking marijuana because I wanted to take a break and it wasn't hard AT ALL.

Cannabinoids promote embryonic and adult hippocampus neurogenesis and produce anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1253627/

Heavy Marijuana Use Doesn't Damage Brain
http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20030701/heavy-marijuana-use-doesnt-damage-brain

Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists Protect Cultured Rat Hippocampal Neurons from Excitotoxicity
http://molpharm.aspetjournals.org/content/54/3/459.full

Study Finds No Cancer-Marijuana Connection
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729.html

Go to antitumor activity
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/cannabis/patient/page2

This post was edited by Loops on Nov 7 2014 12:53pm

I think medical professionals on both sides of the fence are to be duly respected. As far as his lung collapse if the doctor thinks it caused it who is to say we know better. I mean what comes to mind is your lung probably got strained during boot camp or mile runs it happens alot to athletes and usually I think its a means to an end it heals and was just the way the lung was. what can go wrong will go wrong.

This post was edited by Historic on Nov 7 2014 01:04pm

I'm not saying it wasn't caused by marijuana, I'm saying that since this happened he got on a scare and believed everything fed to him against marijuana.

He gave other good reasons that were personal. You could be right but this is also a personal experience thread. I think he should answer this question.

Might not be true but sure seems like it.

I google'd 'marijuana kills brain cells' and most i got was studies saying the opposite and anti drug website saying weed is the devil plant

I think the studies I posted so far are reliable information. And there is so much more, I got 150 pages of studies about marijuana, wether it's about it's properties against all diseases or addiction or anything.

it had nothing to do with my feelings towards marijuana. I kept using for an additional year after the event actually.

Ok. I know marijuana isn't the perfect plant, and has risks, but I accept them like anyone does when they smoke tobacco or when they drink alcohol.

And while it has its risks, there's also a lot of good. Lots of studies shown that THC inhibit cancer cell growth, people use it to stop have 200x seizures everyday and so much more.



This post was edited by Loops on Nov 7 2014 01:32pm

loops -- What type of marijuana were these studies using? The old-school plant? Or was it using the new-age hydro-blow your mind northern lights which has 500+ new chemicals associated with it?

Why do youuse it?
Do you have cancer?
Do you have seizures?

These studies show THChelping, not the hundreds of other chemicals in marijuana.

THC - pills http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/259482.php

I'm not saying it's not a good drug to help the pain or prolong the increase of cancer in people who have cancer

you seem to be dodging the fact that i said:




This post was edited by herbdoc on Nov 7 2014 01:38pm

And you seem to be dodging to show me the ''hundreds of studies saying that marijuana kills brain cells''.


Marijuana today is just more potent because they cross it with other varieties of marijuana, nothing to do with chemicals added.

I know marijuana can cause some respiratory problems like a collapsed lung. However the testicular cancer thing idk, might be true my mind is open.
Alcohol can lead to some cancers and it's still legal?

I do not have cancer or anything like that, I use it recreationally. I was just saying it can be used for other things as well


AND why would YOU care if people used it recreationally?

This post was edited by Loops on Nov 7 2014 01:45pm