There's no such thing as a free lunch. Anything that has such a profound effect upon the mind, is likely to have a profound effect on the mind... even if your head is in the sand. There's likely a reason why the long tradition of cannabis use in India discourages consumption by youth. Some other studies have suggested negative effects upon the developing brain, including a higher incidence of anxiety in those who smoked before adulthood. Do people ever post here looking for strains that help with their anxiety issues?
But our ignorance of actual effects is a legacy of prohibition which made realistic studies with cannabis impossible. And the many studies which used synthetic THC (including the anxiety work with mice mentioned above) are questionable because actual smokers wouldn't touch the stuff because it's so hardcore. We'll finally come out on the other side of this situation some years in the future with legitimate user data on effects, but we're not there now. We'll get there though.
But we're in a muddle because prohibition has had a stranglehold upon acquisition of new knowledge. That's changing. We aren't stuck with synthetic THC, nor Kings College London for our new knowledge on cannabis' effects. We will obtain more valid user data. We have new brain imaging technologies such as blood perfusion scans which pinpoint the regions of the brain doing work and the effort required. We smokers may not like some of the results of this research, but we should pay attention.
I just watched an alcoholic in serious denial testify to the US Senate. It wasn't a pretty sight. I'm a pothead and I try not to be in denial about my habit. We all have different metabolisms and reactions to effects. We all have different reasons for walking this path we've chosen. But whatever way we choose, nothing we consume of this plant could possibly outdo the profound negative life effects resulting from incarceration for possession we've all faced. I lived as a criminal for 45 years because of this nonsense. What does that do to a person?
Its time for me to roll one now.
But our ignorance of actual effects is a legacy of prohibition which made realistic studies with cannabis impossible. And the many studies which used synthetic THC (including the anxiety work with mice mentioned above) are questionable because actual smokers wouldn't touch the stuff because it's so hardcore. We'll finally come out on the other side of this situation some years in the future with legitimate user data on effects, but we're not there now. We'll get there though.
But we're in a muddle because prohibition has had a stranglehold upon acquisition of new knowledge. That's changing. We aren't stuck with synthetic THC, nor Kings College London for our new knowledge on cannabis' effects. We will obtain more valid user data. We have new brain imaging technologies such as blood perfusion scans which pinpoint the regions of the brain doing work and the effort required. We smokers may not like some of the results of this research, but we should pay attention.
I just watched an alcoholic in serious denial testify to the US Senate. It wasn't a pretty sight. I'm a pothead and I try not to be in denial about my habit. We all have different metabolisms and reactions to effects. We all have different reasons for walking this path we've chosen. But whatever way we choose, nothing we consume of this plant could possibly outdo the profound negative life effects resulting from incarceration for possession we've all faced. I lived as a criminal for 45 years because of this nonsense. What does that do to a person?
Its time for me to roll one now.
