Any moral implication regarding marijuana use?

[_alvatra]

Let's see what Jesus had to say about it.

Matthew 15:11:

Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.

I like this.

[_alvatra]

Hmmm...I wonder if gramps' response is a sort of performance piece on the effects of pot smoking...


I just wanted to pop in now to say I'm glad to see you're sticking around and have started another thread. That first one got kind of rocky, but one's entrance into a new and unfamiliar message board is often a bumpy ride. If you're willing to try again, then I'm willing to try, too.

Thanks for your reply. I believe you were asking me in the other thread about my age? I guess I should just say that unlike, perhaps, some of you, Mormons and otherwise, I am not yet a self-actualized individual. I'm 22 years old. Live and learn, right?

[_Blixa]

Thanks for your reply. I believe you were asking me in the other thread about my age? I guess I should just say that unlike, perhaps, some of you, Mormons and otherwise, I am not yet a self-actualized individual. I'm 22 years old. Live and learn, right?

I think I was 37 before I had a completely formed thought, so kudos to you for your self description!

[Rikiti]

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[Rikiti]

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[_Dr. Shades]

Am I the only person here who has never smoked marijuana?

[_sock puppet]

Am I the only person here who has never smoked marijuana?

yes

[_EAllusion]

Dude -

Different people experience the side effects to different degrees. Some people don't get apathy, others do. THC is an anandamide agonist. It messes with the things anandamide is involved in, which includes a sense of how to locate oneself in time.

I don't like the distinction between "psychological addiction" and "physical addiction" because of misleading information out there about that distinction. Tolerance and withdrawal, by itself, has very little to do with why a substance is addictive - why people feel compelled to reuse. It's an afterthought. Real addiction comes from a person's limbic reward pathways becoming chemically hijacked. If it raises dopamine levels in the nucleus acumbens, that's your answer to why something is addictive, not the fact that someone gets the shakes if they stop using it.

As far as recreational drugs go, marijuana is on the low end in terms of addictive potential. There are different ways of looking at how addictive a drug is. What % of the population is likely to develop an addiction? With how much use? How strong is the compulsion to use? For marijuana, it's generally mild. Of those who are apt to become addicted, a smaller subset develop a moderate addiction.

[_EAllusion]

BCSpace: He wants the government out of our lives. Unless your a hippie, beatnik (?!), or biker in which case he wants a government boot on your face forever.

[_EAllusion]

Oh. I worked in a neuroscience lab that studied the medial forebrain bundle (a "cable" of axons between the limbic system and forebrain that play a crucial role in regulating reward/motivational behavior). We studied addiction. That's why I get all antsy when the subject comes up.