STUDY: Pot Smokers Have Smaller Brains
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STUDY: Pot Smokers Have Smaller Brains
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Even now, however, the authors of the study acknowledge that they cannot discern whether a pot smoker's smaller orbital frontal cortex is the cause or the result of chronic marijuana use. A 2012 study found that subjects with a smaller orbital frontal cortex at age 12 were more likely to start using marijuana by age 16, suggesting that deficits in this crucial region may predispose one to substance-abuse behaviors.
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Re: STUDY: Pot Smoking Shrinks The Brain
So rats are dumber when they smoke. Must be conclusive.
Carl Sagan toked. Many of the smartest most successful people I know smoke.
At worst, this puts heads on a level playing field with the amygdala laden conks.
Carl Sagan toked. Many of the smartest most successful people I know smoke.
At worst, this puts heads on a level playing field with the amygdala laden conks.
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Billions and billions of buds.kalm wrote:Carl Sagan toked.
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This…made me laugh.93henfan wrote:Billions and billions of buds.kalm wrote:Carl Sagan toked.
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My mother and I (both quite geeky) used to watch Cosmos religiously in the early 80s.kalm wrote:This…made me laugh.93henfan wrote:
Billions and billions of buds.
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93henfan wrote:My mother and I (both quite geeky) used to watch Cosmos religiously in the early 80s.kalm wrote:
This…made me laugh.
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Yeah, but you also smoked pot at some point, so you must be a moran. Sorry.93henfan wrote:My mother and I (both quite geeky) used to watch Cosmos religiously in the early 80s.kalm wrote:
This…made me laugh.
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Chicken or the egg.93henfan wrote:Even now, however, the authors of the study acknowledge that they cannot discern whether a pot smoker's smaller orbital frontal cortex is the cause or the result of chronic marijuana use. A 2012 study found that subjects with a smaller orbital frontal cortex at age 12 were more likely to start using marijuana by age 16, suggesting that deficits in this crucial region may predispose one to substance-abuse behaviors.
People with smaller brains more likely to take drug.
People who take drug more likely to have smaller brain.
Either way, potheads have smaller brains.
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Grizalltheway wrote:Yeah, but you also smoked pot at some point, so you must be a moran. Sorry.93henfan wrote:
My mother and I (both quite geeky) used to watch Cosmos religiously in the early 80s.
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The level of your stupidity in this is...Cheetos!travelinman67 wrote:Chicken or the egg.93henfan wrote:
People with smaller brains more likely to take drug.
People who take drug more likely to have smaller brain.
Either way, potheads have smaller brains.
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I'm sure there is a study that contradicts this.travelinman67 wrote:Chicken or the egg.93henfan wrote:
People with smaller brains more likely to take drug.
People who take drug more likely to have smaller brain.
Either way, potheads have smaller brains.
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So...are you disagreeing with the study, the NY Times, or merely frustrated that I have proven correct once again?kalm wrote:The level of your stupidity in this is...Cheetos!travelinman67 wrote:
Chicken or the egg.
People with smaller brains more likely to take drug.
People who take drug more likely to have smaller brain.
Either way, potheads have smaller brains.
Take your time. I understand you suffer from a neurotransmitter deficiency.
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Jay and Bob are not peer reviewed.Ibanez wrote:I'm sure there is a study that contradicts this.travelinman67 wrote:
Chicken or the egg.
People with smaller brains more likely to take drug.
People who take drug more likely to have smaller brain.
Either way, potheads have smaller brains.
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Trust me, your lack the common sense for me to ever get frustrated with you.travelinman67 wrote:So...are you disagreeing with the study, the NY Times, or merely frustrated that I have proven correct once again?kalm wrote:
The level of your stupidity in this is...Cheetos!
Take your time. I understand you suffer from a neurotransmitter deficiency.
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kalmy, there are a lot of holes in this study for potheads to exploit, but you choose not to.kalm wrote:Trust me, you lack the common sense for me to ever get frustrated with you.travelinman67 wrote:
So...are you disagreeing with the study, the NY Times, or merely frustrated that I have proven correct once again?
Take your time. I understand you suffer from a neurotransmitter deficiency.
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No need to exploit obvious holes.CAA Flagship wrote:kalmy, there are a lot of holes in this study for potheads to exploit, but you choose not to.kalm wrote:
Trust me, you lack the common sense for me to ever get frustrated with you.
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And look where he is now.kalm wrote:Carl Sagan toked.
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Maybe not be an smart ass. That might help you in life. Or your golden years. I'm sure there is some university study that can make a different claim. Btw, it was appropriate that you would ignore one of the findings:travelinman67 wrote:Jay and Bob are not peer reviewed.Ibanez wrote:
I'm sure there is a study that contradicts this.
But the study, which compared 48 users with 62 “control” subjects who never smoked, found that the brains of the former had “higher functional and structural connectivity”. Due to overcompensate from the damage.
That's interesting.
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From Tmans article :
So, the thread of this misleading.Even now, however, the authors of the study acknowledge that they cannot discern whether a pot smoker's smaller orbital frontal cortex is the cause or the result of chronic marijuana use
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Yeah. This study basically says, maybe so maybe not. There's not consensus or hard truth. Fail.CAA Flagship wrote:kalmy, there are a lot of holes in this study for potheads to exploit, but you choose not to.kalm wrote:
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I'm glad somebody caught this.Ibanez wrote:From Tmans article :
Even now, however, the authors of the study acknowledge that they cannot discern whether a pot smoker's smaller orbital frontal cortex is the cause or the result of chronic marijuana use
So, the thread of this misleading.
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I see that the NY Times is back on your good side.travelinman67 wrote:So...are you disagreeing with the study, the NY Times, or merely frustrated that I have proven correct once again?kalm wrote:
The level of your stupidity in this is...Cheetos!
Take your time. I understand you suffer from a neurotransmitter deficiency.