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2008-06-05 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Cannabis may shrink brain, scientists report

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Posted by tipper 2008-06-05 02:41|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 My brain was too big anyway...

Just for the record, 5 jays a day is a hellava lot of weed! Personally, I don't know ANYONE who can smoke that much.

Posted by Scooter McGruder 2008-06-05 04:54|| 2008-06-05 04:54|| Front Page Top

#2 It might also be
a) People with mental health problems smoke cannabis
b) Smoking anything shrinks the brain.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-06-05 05:05|| 2008-06-05 05:05|| Front Page Top

#3 Not sure about that cannabis linked shrinking... Is it possible that cannabis smokers have smaller brains to begin with?

Posted by Spike Uniter 2008-06-05 07:03|| 2008-06-05 07:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Is it possible that cannabis smokers have smaller brains to begin with?

You have admirably understood why interpreting statistics is not a job for amateurs.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-06-05 07:14|| 2008-06-05 07:14|| Front Page Top

#5 Woah, dude, like, pot like, you know, like shrinks the brain? You mean, you're, like, just figuring that out?

Posted by Mike 2008-06-05 07:19|| 2008-06-05 07:19|| Front Page Top

#6 Those who smoked cannabis regularly had on average a 12% smaller hippocampus

"Duude! A smaller hippocampus would mean, like, not all the hippos would get into school 'cause there, like, wouldn't be room for 'em. Bummer!"

Posted by Mike 2008-06-05 07:23|| 2008-06-05 07:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Remember kids, just say ... ooohh pretty colors!

Posted by DarthVader">DarthVader 2008-06-05 08:28|| 2008-06-05 08:28|| Front Page Top

#8 Dontcha hate articles like this that are so long that by the time you get to the bottom, you forget what it's about? Uh.... me neither

what?

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2008-06-05 08:54|| 2008-06-05 08:54|| Front Page Top

#9 If I smoke 18,250 joints in 10 years, my brain might shrink. Good to know.

Posted by Goober Glearong2367 2008-06-05 09:25|| 2008-06-05 09:25|| Front Page Top

#10 So basically , if im a chronic pot smoker , and suffer from severe sternutation , my poor brain is screwed ..

Posted by Mad Eye 2008-06-05 09:32|| 2008-06-05 09:32|| Front Page Top

#11 Dr. Egon Spengler: We'd like to get a sample of your brain tissue.

Louis: Okay.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-06-05 09:32|| 2008-06-05 09:32|| Front Page Top

#12 If I smoke 18,250 joints in 10 years, my brain might shrink.

And you would vote for Obama.

Posted by JFM">JFM 2008-06-05 09:48|| 2008-06-05 09:48|| Front Page Top

#13 Where's the more than appropo Big Lebowski picture to go w/this thread?

...yeah, well, that's just like your opinion, man.

Posted by Broadhead6 2008-06-05 10:34|| 2008-06-05 10:34|| Front Page Top

#14 We believe in nothing, Lebowski. Nothing. And tomorrow we come back and we cut off your Johnson!

Posted by Mad Eye 2008-06-05 10:57|| 2008-06-05 10:57|| Front Page Top

#15 No problem...the expansion of your waistline owing to Double-Stuff Oreos, Cheeto's (be careful of a person displaying yellow nostrils, by the way!), etc... will balance the books.....

Posted by Uncle Phester 2008-06-05 11:07|| 2008-06-05 11:07|| Front Page Top

#16 people who admitted to smoking more than five joints a day for at least 10 years

Jesus H. Christ!!!!

Posted by bigjim-ky 2008-06-05 11:32|| 2008-06-05 11:32|| Front Page Top

#17 > the brains of people who admitted to smoking more than five joints a day for at least 10 years

Maybe people who LIE/BOAST have a smaller hippocampus and amygdala?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2008-06-05 12:01|| 2008-06-05 12:01|| Front Page Top

#18 Personally, I don't know ANYONE who can smoke that much.

Scooter,
You've just been hanging out with the wrong crowd.

Posted by Frozen Al 2008-06-05 12:02|| 2008-06-05 12:02|| Front Page Top

#19 How do people who smoke that much cannabis remember ten minutes ago, let alone ten years?

Posted by Rambler in California">Rambler in California 2008-06-05 13:29|| 2008-06-05 13:29|| Front Page Top

#20 Those who smoked cannabis regularly had on average a 12% smaller hippocampus, the part of the brain which is thought to be involved with emotion and memory, and a 7% smaller amygdala, which plays a role in regulating fear and aggression.

Marijuana smokers in my experience aren't aggressive. Alcohol is way more of a problem in this regard.

Posted by gorb 2008-06-05 13:54|| 2008-06-05 13:54|| Front Page Top

#21 Maybe that's the problem with pot. It leaves one insufficiently aggressive.

Posted by Abdominal Snowman 2008-06-05 14:47|| 2008-06-05 14:47|| Front Page Top

#22 Those who smoked cannabis regularly had on average a 12% smaller hippocampus

Yeah, but you should see the size of my eohippus!

Posted by SteveS 2008-06-05 16:05|| 2008-06-05 16:05|| Front Page Top

#23 What did the pot smoker's brains look like before they smoked? Sample sizes of 15 and 16 are fairly small. I wonder what the error rates are. Hey don't Bogart that joint!

Posted by JohnQC 2008-06-05 18:41|| 2008-06-05 18:41|| Front Page Top

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