Article : Even Casual Pot Use Changes the Brain (why its for the better!)

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I know there is another post but this is my take on this article and how I think its a good thing

"People who smoke marijuana a few times a week, but are not addicted to the drug, may still undergo changes in their brains in areas thought to be involved in emotion, motivation and addiction, a new study suggests."

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"The researchers chose to look at the nucleus accumbens and amygdala because these regions are thought to play a role in the rewarding feelings of drugs, and other things that people consider pleasurable. Studies show that rats exposed to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active ingredient of marijuana, develop new connections in the nucleus accumbens.

Researchers suspect that these new connections make other rewards in life — such as food, sex and social interaction — seem less satisfying, compared with the effects of the drug. The increased volume and density in the nucleus accumbens of study participants suggests that they may be forming new connections in that brain area."

Summary :

even for casual pot users, there are areas of the brain that seem to grow, become denser and make new connections. (increased brain function)

other rewards in life such as food, sex and social interaction will seem to be less satisfying.


Food = Look how fat we all are because of addictions to HFCS, and junk food

Sex = look how sex driven our society is... rapes, and selling of sex via marketing

Social interaction = less people on their phones worrying about people and things that dont matter!?

does this sound like a bad thing for more people to get exposed to?


Article: [link to m.livescience.com]

Last Edited by webbyBird on 04/16/2014 01:20 PM