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Helpme1
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Weed Kills Braincells :(
#7615769 - 11/09/07 03:24 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Why do people think that it doesn't?
Wether or not it is a carcinogen is still debatable. (there are theories that it kills the cells before they have a chance to become cancerous)
Smoke + Lungs + Lack of Oxygen = Loss of braincells.
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: Helpme1]
#7615786 - 11/09/07 03:29 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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what happens when you take a drink... you're not breathing then right, otherwise you'd drown.
So does this mean Drinking = Not breathing = Lack of Oxygen = Loss of braincells?
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JonnyDeformed said: what happens when you take a drink... you're not breathing then right, otherwise you'd drown.
So does this mean Drinking = Not breathing = Lack of Oxygen = Loss of braincells?
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: Helpme1]
#7615790 - 11/09/07 03:30 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Smoking weed kills about the same amount of braincells as swimming laps in a pool does, and a lot less than alcohol. The very act of being alive day-to-day kills way more braincells than you could ever hope to with weed. Besides, intelligence is not based on the amount of braincells you have, if that were the case than teenagers with all their fresh braincells would be drastically more intelligent than adults. Plus, its been proven that braincells do regenerate.
Basically, weed does very little damage to the brain.
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: g00ru]
#7615806 - 11/09/07 03:34 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: g00ru]
#7615807 - 11/09/07 03:34 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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i guess when i hold my breath under water i am just destroying my brain cells as well...
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: g00ru]
#7615820 - 11/09/07 03:36 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Weed actually works wonders on the body...
It is no worse than some of the shit that is in the air we breathe already...
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: g00ru]
#7615821 - 11/09/07 03:36 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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weed doesn't kill brain cells are you retarded lol.. i'm tripping right now and it seems like everything i do has already happened. weird.
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: Caribou_Lou]
#7615831 - 11/09/07 03:39 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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It's too bad starting lame posts doesn't kill mass braincells
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: Caribou_Lou]
#7615832 - 11/09/07 03:39 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Caribou_Lou said: weed doesn't kill brain cells are you retarded lol.. i'm tripping right now and it seems like everything i do has already happened. weird.
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: Helpme1]
#7615848 - 11/09/07 03:41 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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fag. GTFO KTHX
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: g00ru]
#7615851 - 11/09/07 03:42 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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didn't i read a article once that said weed might actually kill cancer cells or something along those lines
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: Helpme1]
#7615882 - 11/09/07 03:52 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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J Clin Invest. 2005 Oct 13
Cannabinoids promote embryonic and adult hippocampus neurogenesis and produce anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects ABSTRACT
The hippocampal dentate gyrus in the adult mammalian brain contains neural stem/progenitor cells (NS/PCs) capable of generating new neurons, i.e., neurogenesis. Most drugs of abuse examined to date decrease adult hippocampal neurogenesis, but the effects of cannabis (marijuana or cannabinoids) on hippocampal neurogenesis remain unknown. This study aimed at investigating the potential regulatory capacity of the potent synthetic cannabinoid HU210 on hippocampal neurogenesis and its possible correlation with behavioral change. We show that both embryonic and adult rat hippocampal NS/PCs are immunoreactive for CB1 cannabinoid receptors, indicating that cannabinoids could act on CB1 receptors to regulate neurogenesis. This hypothesis is supported by further findings that HU210 promotes proliferation, but not differentiation, of cultured embryonic hippocampal NS/PCs likely via a sequential activation of CB1 receptors, G(i/o) proteins, and ERK signaling. Chronic, but not acute, HU210 treatment promoted neurogenesis in the hippocampal dentate gyrus of adult rats and exerted anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects. X-irradiation of the hippocampus blocked both the neurogenic and behavioral effects of chronic HU210 treatment, suggesting that chronic HU210 treatment produces anxiolytic- and antidepressant-like effects likely via promotion of hippocampal neurogenesis.
Neurogensis = new brain cells.
Cannabinoids have also been shown to have neuroprotective effects. - The brain secretes endogenous cannabinoids after physical trauma. And yes there are studies that show cannabinoids may help prevent cancer cell proliferation.
This thread should probably be in Physical & Mental.. Troll.
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: makaveli8x8]
#7615894 - 11/09/07 03:55 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Weed does a lot of good things and virtually none of the bad things often attributed to it (except for occasionally making you lazy and forgetful, but I'm like that without weed anyway).
To the OP, why do you think that smoking weed DOES kill brain cells?
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: eeso]
#7615902 - 11/09/07 03:58 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I think that TECHNICALLY you're killing brain cells if you're inhaling ANY burned carbon-based substance.
....and I can't even remember where I read that.
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: Helpme1]
#7615914 - 11/09/07 04:01 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Last I heard, in order for brain cells to start dying, you have be passed out for, like, 7 minutes
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: JunkFood]
#7616005 - 11/09/07 04:29 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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There are people who can hold their breath for like 3-5 minutes with no brain damage.
Ignorance is...rampant
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Have you ever heard of free diving? They train to be able to hold their breath for upwards of 20 minutes
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: JunkFood]
#7616016 - 11/09/07 04:33 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Oh ya, you mean those crazy islander guys? With the big net and shit?
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Brain cells die all the time. inhaling smoke = kill more brain cells. Brain cells do come back though.
you're a goddamn fool if you don't believe that.
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eeso
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inhaling smoke = kill more brain cells
You're ignorant if you think it's as simple as that.
In addition - the title of this thread is "weed kills brain cells" - assuming your assertion is true - what if it's only eaten or vaporized? How would that equate to "weed kills braincells."
It's a completely unscientific blanket statement. In a word: wrong.
How about "Smoking weed may increase neuron death" I could go with that.
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: eeso]
#7616874 - 11/09/07 09:12 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Having brain cells kills brain cells.
Being that they exist, they have to die at some point.
Key is, don't make them in the first place..
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: Helpme1]
#7616895 - 11/09/07 09:15 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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yes about brain cells i agree with the major concensus, however you are damaging your lungs by smoke.
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: Helpme1]
#7616937 - 11/09/07 09:31 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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a lot of things kill brain cells...I do admit that weed severely scrambles my memory...but a lot of drugs do that.
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: aDoS]
#7617118 - 11/09/07 10:38 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Even if weed did kill brain cells why waste your time complaining bout that on a list of all the things that kill brain cells weed would be the least of your worries.
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Ouch. You Pretty Much Got destroyed.
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: eeso]
#7617461 - 11/10/07 01:46 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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eeso said:
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inhaling smoke = kill more brain cells
You're ignorant if you think it's as simple as that.
In addition - the title of this thread is "weed kills brain cells" - assuming your assertion is true - what if it's only eaten or vaporized? How would that equate to "weed kills braincells."
It's a completely unscientific blanket statement. In a word: wrong.
How about "Smoking weed may increase neuron death" I could go with that.
Well fuck i'm sorry I didn't explain it well enough to you, however you did infer what I implied in the first place.
BTW the title of the thread isn't whether or not weed kills extremem amounts of braincells, its the fact that it does. But yes, i'm pretty sure you damage yourself as much if you eat it.
I know there are downsides to weed but theres downsides to a lot of other things as well which is where a lot of people forget to mention such as the classic "alcohol vs weed" n' how some find one acceptable but not the later.
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: Helpme1]
#7617512 - 11/10/07 02:28 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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this thread killed brain cells
so did my sneeze.
I'm off to smoke a bowl to recuperate my senses.......
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: JunkFood]
#7617790 - 11/10/07 07:42 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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JunkFood said: Last I heard, in order for brain cells to start dying, you have be passed out for, like, 7 minutes
i'm pretty sure that 7 minutes passed out with no oxygen would cause permanent brain damage for most people
i do think this topic is bullshit though I might be wrong but I think drinking alcohol kills more brain cells than smoking pot
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mm hmmm...
And mushrooms make your brain bleed.
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: Richii]
#7617854 - 11/10/07 08:12 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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You seem to be overly simpling life and the human body.
Cannabis contains some carcinogens, but that doesn't mean it causes cancer. Coffee and many things you eat daily contain plenty of carcinogens. Neither weed nor coffee cause cancer, and pot has been shown to be beneficial in regards to stunting tumor growth - that is still being debated.
According to your logic, people who deep sea dive or have sleep apnea must be dumb as fuck.
Oh wait, you're probably holding your breath while reading this!
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learningtofly said: Brain cells die all the time. inhaling smoke = kill more brain cells. Brain cells do come back though.
you're a goddamn fool if you don't believe that.
That's ironic... So smoking cigarettes would kill extremely more brain cells since you inhale more smoke? Everything can kill brain cells, but weed itself does NOT kill brain cells.. you have to be a god damn fool to believe that. You can vaporize, or make edibles with weed if you didn't know.
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: Caribou_Lou]
#7618385 - 11/10/07 11:37 AM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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I've been told that smoking kills braincells by depriving the brain of oxygen, but I really don't buy that. If that were true, professional swimmers would suffer more brain damage.
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That, and usually when you smoke pot, you inhale a sufficient amount of oxygen along with the smoke: One deep breath of air mixed with smoke equals the same amount of air (if not, MORE) you'd take in from a normal breath.
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: JunkFood]
#7618518 - 11/10/07 12:15 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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In regards to braincell homicide, I share the belief of an old girlfriend whom described to me the idea of survival of the fittest amongst the braincell population. The slower, weaker and dumber braincells are the first to go, making your brain a more efficient machine. Beat that logic. Justify my drug.
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Re: Weed Kills Braincells :( [Re: elbisivni]
#7618621 - 11/10/07 12:44 PM (16 years, 2 months ago) |
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Alcohol is so much worse in terms of killing brain cells, there's no arguing that. I'm sure you people saying weed kills braincells have had a drink before.
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