Damage

Posted by Questionmark on April 28, 2003, at 2:34:53

In reply to Re: Thanks all you guys . This is my conclucion, posted by Caleb462 on April 26, 2003, at 0:19:55

> Chronic use of cocaine can cause brain damage - though it's likely minor in most cases, certainly not all.
Someone asked how it does this. i believe it's mostly by destroying or at least damaging dopaminergic neurons. i don't know if it's the massive overstimulation of these neurons (excitotoxicity) or the subsequent depletion of dopamine within these neurons that causes the damage. i've been wondering this a lot about drug-induced brain damage-- which is it? Anyone know?
> Heroin, on the other hand, is completely harmless. Even chronic use will not damage the body or mind in any way.
i thought you were being jokingly sarcastic here at first, but then i realized you weren't. Do you really believe this? i've never read about any physiological evidence that says heroin can damage the brain or body, but i imagine it has to to some extent doesn't it? .. Probably opioid/endorphin receptors (whatever they're called) and the associated neurons, and maybe some dopaminergic neurons.. and, i duno. The effects are so powerful that it must do some kind of damage, right?
> And no good research suggests that pot causes brain damage.
i adamantly said the same thing for a number of years growing up, and, i was right, but, much to my disappointment and dismay-- and i'm sorry i don't know the reference or anything, but i'm sure i read it-- just this past year i came across an abstract (published in the past couple years i believe) that found that THC (or maybe just cannabis in general, i forget exactly) can destroy/damage brain cells in the hippocampus. :?( Now the damage might still be relatively minor or even insignificant-- i don't know-- but, according to this, it exists. Sorry i can't remember the source-- maybe just do a search on THC (or marijuana or something) and brain damage or hippocampus damage or something like that. You should be able to find it. It's a recent study, and unlike many other anti-pot type studies this one seems to be pretty valid.

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Help¡¡¡ I want my cousin to stop smoking canabbis Tepiaca 4/24/03
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Read this before you decide. » Tepiaca Questionmark 4/25/03
Re: Help¡¡¡ I want my cousin to stop smoking canabbis Caleb462 4/26/03
Re: Thanks all you guys . This is my conclucion Caleb462 4/26/03
Re: true, but..... Okpolosi 4/26/03
Re: Read this before you decide. Okpolosi 4/26/03
Re: true, but..... Okpolosi 4/26/03
Re: Thanks all you guys . This is my conclucion stjames 4/26/03
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Re: Help¡¡¡ I want my cousin to stop smoking canabbis Ed O`Flaherty 4/27/03
Re: Help¡¡¡ (New Thought) Snoozy 4/27/03
Redirect: rehtorical question Dr. Bob 4/27/03
Re: » Ed O`Flaherty Questionmark 4/28/03
Damage Questionmark 4/28/03
Re: Redirect: rehtorical question Okpolosi 4/28/03
Re: Damage stjames 4/28/03
Re: Damage » Questionmark Pfinstegg 4/28/03
Hippocampus (trivia) Willow 4/29/03
H - no dammage - Long term alteration linkadge 4/29/03
Re: H - no dammage - Long term alteration Caleb462 4/29/03
Cannabis - the opposite of brain damage Caleb462 4/29/03
More on neuroprotection Caleb462 4/29/03
Re; H- No Damage, CRAZY, BS, NOT TRUE!!!!!!!! CJ Nightowl 4/29/03
Re: Re; H- No Damage, CRAZY, BS, NOT TRUE!!!!!!!! Caleb462 4/30/03
Those are secondary characteristics linkadge 4/30/03
Re: Re; H- No Damage, CRAZY, BS, NOT TRUE!!!!!!!! stjames 4/30/03
Pot? Tepiaca KarenB 5/3/03

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