Here's some good news for stoners

[canetoad]

Cannabis users' brains can repair themselves: study

By Meredith Griffiths

Study: long-term cannabis users surprisingly performed better at some tasks than newer users.

Study: long-term cannabis users surprisingly performed better at some tasks than newer users. (Reuters: Robert Galbraith)


New research shows how the brains of chronic cannabis users become less efficient than the brains of people who do not use the drug.

The University of Wollongong study also shows that over time the drug users' brains adapt and almost come back up to speed.

But experts say the study shows more evidence that cannabis should not be regarded as a soft drug.

The study shows the main psycho-active ingredient in cannabis, THC, lingers in the body for weeks, meaning that the brains of frequent users could be constantly exposed to the chemical.

University of Wollongong clinical psychologist Robert Battista says lingering effects of THC mean users' brains have to work harder to do the same tasks as people who do not use cannabis

"It is kind of like if you are driving your car down a freeway and the freeway is the most efficient neural pathway ... the road has potholes or there is fog so that it is more effortful, more resources have to go into doing that same task," he said.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/06/11/2924432.htm

[Webster Green]

1. This shows how important it is to "wake and bake".

Then proceed to smoke like a Rasta for the rest of the day. Keep them synapses firing!


"I smoke two joints in the morning
I smoke two joints at night,
I smoke two joints in the afternoon
and it makes me feel alright
I smoke two joints in time of peace
and two in time of war
smoke two joints before I smoke two joints
and then I smoke two more

yeah thats what I do, hey

mama she always told me son you really have it bad
mama she always told me son you do the best you can
then one day I met a man he came to me and said
Hard work good and I work fine but first take care of head

I smoke two joints in the morning
I smoke two joints at night
I smoke two joints in the video game
and it makes me feel alright
I smoke two joints in the time of peace
and two in time of war
I smoke two joints before I smoke two joints
and then I smoke two more"

[Scuba]

2. No conclusions were made....

....regarding whether or not smoking cannabis makes you quit being an asshole.

[htuttle]

3. According to my long-term observations...

...it can ameliorate the symptoms somewhat, but doesn't cure it.

[elocs]

4. I knew a guy who was an asshole when he drank. Then when he quit he was an asshole.

That's because drunk or dry, he was an asshole.