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cannabis and short term memory loss
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St. Phatty
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I find it varies from situation to situation.
Smoked pot in high school, mersh press brick, no problems.
Stopped in college, it seemed to interfere with heavy duty math.
Later on started up again because it helped me with heavy duty math.
I think Cannabis, especially Sativa's, can be quite a stimulant, so that your brain ends up processing a river of thought, instead of a stream of thought.
Like drinking from a fire-hose.
So it's normal to not remember every single detail. Our brains aren't built like digital video cameras with CCD's and huge memory cards.
That's right I almost forgot ..
That's right I almost forgot ..
I was going to smoke a joint
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That's right I almost forgot ..
I was going to smoke a joint
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Folate
Megadose on lecithin for a couple of weeks and see if there is a difference. There is with me.
As much as Iove weed, I realize it makes me a little slower as a software developer. I feel sharper and more focused at work when I don't get high the night before. I miss it every night, but I save it for the weekends now.
Saving it for the weekend means every Friday night is special.
Magical really. It's so much more powerful when you haven't gotten high in a few days.
Saving it for the weekend means every Friday night is special.
Magical really. It's so much more powerful when you haven't gotten high in a few days.
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Got it in the 70's
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Not only is it normal but to some extent our brains learn to tune out some of the details as part of normal development. Like things our eyes take in. There is so much going on at any given time in our lives that it's too much to take in all the time, so we learn to tune some of that input out so as to better focus on what is most important or meaningful to us.
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I got no idea what the OP is talking 'bout.......
bmp420gti
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Humans are complex as shit, everything affects everyone differently. My body hates alcohol, its an event if i go out boozing with my homies and im hungover and everything else the next day. I could do it forever when i was young now in my 30s my body just says fuck you to drinking.
On the other hand ive smoked pot since i was 18, my body reacts entirely differently to it and my tolerance always maintains its same level and i never have issues when im not smoking. And aside from my shitty grammar and lack of apostrophes my memory is rock solid, no short term memory loss ever and i feel like no intelligence has been lost from my point of starting out smoking 15 or so years ago. There are plenty of people on this forum who will tell you the same and all the information shared here on every aspect of growing to concentrate making will prove intelligent people smoke weed.
Many factors go into general intelligence and memory functions, but I dont believe long term marijuana use is one.
On the other hand ive smoked pot since i was 18, my body reacts entirely differently to it and my tolerance always maintains its same level and i never have issues when im not smoking. And aside from my shitty grammar and lack of apostrophes my memory is rock solid, no short term memory loss ever and i feel like no intelligence has been lost from my point of starting out smoking 15 or so years ago. There are plenty of people on this forum who will tell you the same and all the information shared here on every aspect of growing to concentrate making will prove intelligent people smoke weed.
Many factors go into general intelligence and memory functions, but I dont believe long term marijuana use is one.
you're wrong. it's been shown by countless studies that the short term (key words there) memory loss (there's long term memory and short term memory in your brain, this is saying it effects the short term part, not that the loss of memory is for a short term) is only temporary. i dunno what book you read but that shit's outta date.
i've always had a terrible short term memory (ADD) some strains of weed make it better, when i'm talking i can't even keep up with my own points i was making, certain strains i've smoked made it where i could talk about something, digress for 5 minutes onto something else and still come back to what i was originally talking about. i almost cried that day, it was the first time i knew what it must be like to have a normal memory.
other strains make it worse, i'll forget what i was gonna say before i say it. we've all been there i'm sure.
but like the studies say it's only for the duration of the high (well they say temporary, my experience shows it's only while you're high) so nothing to worry about. once your weed wears off you'll be fine.|
long term memory has not been affected, i can still remember watching 2 dogs fuck when i was 4 and getting turned on by it.
I don't buy into this just like I don't buy into cannabis causing teen boys to grow breasts
Personally, I just don't believe any of that. As far as memory loss, long or short, I never noticed any. I never grew man boobs except when I was fat, nor was the decrease in testosterone ever evident. I think my kids ranging is ages attest to that.
If you looked at the actual study about it changing the brains in adolescents, you'll see it was just one small study and cannabis was listed as a correlation, not a causation. That was just jumped all over after some media type said it to sell print.
I attribute all that crap to the reefer madness type thinking. There are more lies, bs, and wives-tales than anything else. They just can't all be true, so I choose to believe none of it.
Also, since it is a Schedule one drug and since even doctors or labs can't get it, how or where do all these studies come from? Maybe all that will change in the near future. I hoped so. Until then, I just think it's ALL bullshit.
If you looked at the actual study about it changing the brains in adolescents, you'll see it was just one small study and cannabis was listed as a correlation, not a causation. That was just jumped all over after some media type said it to sell print.
I attribute all that crap to the reefer madness type thinking. There are more lies, bs, and wives-tales than anything else. They just can't all be true, so I choose to believe none of it.
Also, since it is a Schedule one drug and since even doctors or labs can't get it, how or where do all these studies come from? Maybe all that will change in the near future. I hoped so. Until then, I just think it's ALL bullshit.
there are LOTS of studies done on it. the problem is that in order to get weed for your study, you have to be trying to prove it is harmful. they don't give weed to researchers trying to prove it's not harmful or even beneficial. plus, if a study looking for harm comes up empty, they just shitcan it & it never gets published. like the report that Nixon had done in the early seventies. his hand-picked crew came back & said, basically, that "prohibition does far more harm than the drug is capable of" & they recommended taking it out of the schedules completely. it took forever & a bunch of FOI lawsuits to get it released. Nazis do what they want to do...if the facts don't fit their theory, the damned facts must be WRONG!
Well as far as studies go, and I mean any studies. The places that get hired to perform studies are selling a product. The people wanting studies done are the consumers. Just like any other company the companies doing the studies want to be successful and make lots of money. Also just like any other company they know the best way to do that is to satisfy the person paying you. Which in the case of studies translates into doing your best to get the results the customers want even if that's they're not exactly truthful.
I remember back in the Nixon days there was a period of a year or two where a ton of studies were being released and it was laughable because for every study coming out about the harmful effects of marijuana there were others coming out within days saying exactly the opposite.
I would say this though, it's all a matter of the cannabinoid profile of a given strain. All of us who have smoked many varieties over many years have noticed the stark differences with strains. It's also a matter of the individual, some people do a little bit and put the pipe, bong, joint, etc down. While others will sit there and keep toking well after they're already high as a kite. So I can see where for some people it may have an adverse side effect, too much of a good thing can become a bad thing. Listen to some of the side effects they list for all these drugs they're pushing to make old men feel like they're young men, or drugs to sleep, or to breath better, to stop smoking, to lose weight. They have warnings like may cause death, may cause suicidal thoughts or encourage a gambling habit. What would you prefer Man Boobs or death?
I remember back in the Nixon days there was a period of a year or two where a ton of studies were being released and it was laughable because for every study coming out about the harmful effects of marijuana there were others coming out within days saying exactly the opposite.
I would say this though, it's all a matter of the cannabinoid profile of a given strain. All of us who have smoked many varieties over many years have noticed the stark differences with strains. It's also a matter of the individual, some people do a little bit and put the pipe, bong, joint, etc down. While others will sit there and keep toking well after they're already high as a kite. So I can see where for some people it may have an adverse side effect, too much of a good thing can become a bad thing. Listen to some of the side effects they list for all these drugs they're pushing to make old men feel like they're young men, or drugs to sleep, or to breath better, to stop smoking, to lose weight. They have warnings like may cause death, may cause suicidal thoughts or encourage a gambling habit. What would you prefer Man Boobs or death?
I'm pretty sure ...
I'm pretty sure ...
It causes hair to grow on the palms of you hands
I'm pretty sure ...
It causes hair to grow on the palms of you hands
I don't keep a calendar, but if i am high all the time i do forget things
I see what could be described as short term memory loss in lots of people regardless of whether they smoke weed or not. Most people have difficulty remembering what they ate the previous day. They do tend to remember what they ate at a special event though such as a first date, birthday, anniversary, etc. It's all a matter of what our particular mind set is I think. As stated above, some people smoke as a way to escape things they can't handle. Is that then brain damage or willful suppression of memories?
