Teen Ganja Use May Show No Effect On Brain Tissue, Unlike Alcohol, Study Finds

[DigitalBuddha]

Teen Ganja Use May Show No Effect On Brain Tissue, Unlike Alcohol, Study Finds

A teen who consumes alcohol is likely to have reduced brain tissue health, but a teen who uses marijuana is not, according to a new study.

Researchers scanned the brains of 92 adolescents, ages 16 to 20, before and after an 18-month period. During that year and a half, half of the teens -- who already had extensive alcohol and marijuana-use histories -- continued to use marijuana and alcohol in varying amounts. The other half abstained or kept consumption minimal, as they had throughout adolescence.

Burn one - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/21/teens-marijuana-brain-tissue-alcohol_n_2331779.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular



Cannabis can make patients 'less bothered by pain'



Cannabis makes pain more bearable rather than actually reducing it, a study from the University of Oxford suggests.

A world of pain - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-20810603

[kilteddude]

As far as to whether it reduces pain or makes it more tolerable does it really matter to the person suffering?  I had to watch my mom suffer at home from cancer before her final passing and I have to say it makes no difference to me how a medicine works to someone that is suffering and possibly dying, only that it WORKS.

[DigitalBuddha]

As far as to whether it reduces pain or makes it more tolerable does it really matter to the person suffering?  I had to watch my mom suffer at home from cancer before her final passing and I have to say it makes no difference to me how a medicine works to someone that is suffering and possibly dying, only that it WORKS.

Fuckin' eh.

...and sorry for your loss, also, dude.

[cckeiser]

The problem with most marijuana studies is they focus only on the affects of extracted THC...and some studies use manufactured THC and not the natural chemical extracted from the marijuana plant itself...there are some 120 cannabinoids in the marijuana plant...they are distributed throughout the whole plant...one CanNot form any conclusions about marijuana based just on THC alone. There are receptors in the human body for all 120 cannabinoids not just THC.
A true scientific study Must include all the cannabinoids!

[BikerDude]

Plus it's fun to get stoned and listen to tunes or zone out on some freaky shit!