Marijuana could be good for memory - what?

I KNEW IT!!!!!!!!!

There have been NO studies proving that marijuana defects the short-term memory, yet people wrongly believe it does.

I believe that it only temporarily lessens the ability of the short-term memory after smoking. I can still do my homework while high, but I wouldn't want to take a test while high.

This is coming from a straight-A stoner :)

"potheads are just plain irritating"

So are people who stereotype!

haha a puff a day keep alzeimers away?

Moderation is the best policy. Then you get to enjoy a bit of everything and avoid overdoing it. It goes for weed and alcohol. Obviously this doesn't apply to anything addictive or severely detrimental like hard drugs, or tobacco. If you can't have control over your usage then you shouldn't be using it.

I believe that we are completely cruel to those who are victims of terminal diseases in this country. No one who would agree to euthanasia would understand that it occurs daily, yes, daily, in this country. Doctors kill every single day by giving legal pain meds that cause their patients to stop breathing. Patients that are so over medicated that they have no part in a natural death because Doctors are hamstrung by the Government in the choices of drugs they may use with terminal patients. If someone is in hospice who, other than the fracking government, gives a sh*t what they take to help them cope? Seriously? Why The Fu*k can't someone dying of Cancer have H if they want it? Come on Congress man or woman give me a fuc*ing answer? I bet the answer is becuase you have never watched someone die a slow fuc*ing death you fuc*ing hypocrite.

lol brilliant :D

The only memory loss you can have when taking marijuna, is all the year's worth of insignificant consious memory's that pack up and block the pathway's to the deeper subconscious memorys like, "where the fuck did I put my car key's?". It's only if youre prone to have some fear's involved somewhere in your early youth of your childhood that marijuana has an effect on by relaxing the neural pathway's and memorys from year's before that come back over time, but not nessassarily in the right order, which can lead to even more fear's, uncertainty, misstrust, relationship problem's, etc;, and it's how one is capable of dealing with perhap's the hurt and pain of losing their parent's in a crash, or may have suffered some kind of abuse that leave's these emotional and psychological tag's/scar's like a reference book in the subconcious memory.
There's other factor's involved in this too, for instance; it's been proven that the recent research was conducted on people already undergoing treatments for long term depression's, which resulted in higher number's of schitzophrenic and paranoid sysmtom's while also using cannabiss. Another factor was that most of the trial's done where on people also known to be either alcoholic's or have an unusually high daily alcohol intake, so it's like all the research has been done on people already full of a cocktail of other chemical's for year's well before the result's for cannabis, so to me there's a lot of unanswered question's in the medical research industry as regard's to accurate data on Marijuana, because it look's to me that the medical profession is trying anything they can to discredit the benefits of Marijuana and are running out of scientific excuse's to stop people using marijuana, medical or otherwise, reason being that more than 2 third's of the medical and pharmasuitcal industry wont be required when the real truth come's out about herbally grown marijuana, and this is what I think the world of science is trying to avoid having to deal with!

Well, in my opinion, Cannabis allowing the mental capacity to be coherent to oneself, as compared to Morphine and a semiconscious coherence state for pain relief, seem's a lot more logical sense to me in the self controling of one's mental state when in severe delibitating pain either through injury or other biological or genetic factors, ie; anger, frustration, depression etc;. And to be honest, I believe that using Morphine over long period's of time as a pain relief, can lead to more mental impairment later on, and I believe this is actually a contributive factor in a lot of senile dementure's on the uprise these day's, whereas no one's ever been recorded as losing their intelligence whilst taking medical marijuana on a daily basis, infact some of the world's most famous inventor's, artis's, architect's, musician's, etc; have all used cannabis sometime in their live's, but do you think Einstien would have had the mind of a genious if he was taking morphine on a regular basis instead of that bit of weed he puffed on in his pipe every day, hehe!

well at least we know if dangermouse gets high he won't forget to save the world...

the links between marijuana improving memory impairment for Alzheimers sufferers has been floating about for some time, and I can see how getting slightly high sharpens the senses, though getting completely stoned can do nothing but impair your memory.

That is one helluva messed-up pic btw.

Lord only knows what the "pot smokers" you've known were smoking, because none of the pot smokers I've known (and I've known hundreds, perhaps thousands, over the past 45 years) were anything like your description. Your friends must have been smoking pot laced with strichnine or heroin or something, because clean and pure pot simply doesn't have the effects you described.

Except for the occasional giggles, I'll give you that.

That's great that rats seem to remember more but every pot smoker I've known has trouble remembering who the hell they are after a night of inhaling that trash while fogging their brains until ordinary events seem overwhelming funny. No thanks. I'll hang on to my brain cells and use the memory I was born with.

right im taking a puff, lets see...........................what was i talking about again?

I don't find that very hard to believe.
Most judgments about pot tend to be wrong.
And everyone is affected differently..

Personally, my memory's in hell. So is my spelling.
My sense of humor and taste in music rocks though.
Rock on!

this must be a really difficult thing to test, especially since it's a widely accepted fact that heavy marijuana use is bad for memory.
Maybe they shouldn't release these sort of findings until they're somewhat more certain.

Very interesting... wait... what were we talking about?

And not getting caught means not being stupid enough to do dumb shit.

Moderation is good, excess is dangerous.

Whoa. Sorry dog, totally forgot what was talking about.

I've made a career out doing (semi) dumb shit.

I think they forgot what they were researching. Seriously.

And "legal" meaning not getting caught?

this is stupid...

there are so many better ways to prevent Alzheimer's from emerging. "better" meaning legal...

So much for the scapegoat.

i like my memory the way it is, which is why i try not to anything to alter it negatively. besides, potheads are just plain irritating

I have conducted my own independant research for years now and my results are inconclusive as of yet. More research is in order for anything conclusive :)

moderation is key

Ridiculous. Look at the scientific studies that have been done about THC. Wouldn't it have led to someone making headline news if they could disprove the longstanding theory that THC is not the best thing for you?

Although, I don't think it should be illegal either. It is no worse than alcohol. I think it should be at least legalized for medicinal purposes. Drobinal gives severe headaches for the patients that take the alternatives that are given for oncology patients.

I had something to say but I forgot what it was.

Just buy some good shit it'll get you stoned with just one drag.

I wish people would read books about this subject
before they experience it so that they can look before they leap(to conclusions). Cannabis' active ingredients
include more than Tetrohydrocannabinol. It contains many,many variations of cannabinols. Back in the 1920s and 1930s they were given scrabble names like canabiol
canabdinol,cannabiniol,etc..Rexall drug stores used to sell tinctures of various combinations to treat various
diseases and ailments. That was before the FBI propaganda movies and the 1937 hysteria that manipulated the Congress of their time to pass their antiConstitutional Prohibition which since has led to the rise of Organized Crime Cartels. Before that the A.M.A.
testified they wanted tinctures of cannabis to remain in
the hands of medical not criminal authorities. Cannabis is classified in the sedative/anesthetic/hypnotic variety
of substances, and unlike alchohol is non toxic. Focus in
on the hypnotic aspect and remember that hypnosis has to do with the unconscious mind. Think of the mind you know of to be merely the tip of an iceberg. That the main part of the mind(unconscious part)is the rest of the iceberg. And that the human brain interfacing this mind
is connected latently to all the other minds like the ocean
which supports the iceberg. No, I don't profess to know it all, but I do have a degree in Psychology and some real talent so if you follow my analogy you can grasp what I'm about to say. Cannabis enhances the long term memory because that pertains to the unconscious mind where the vast majority of memory is stored. The short term memory is often affected when people smoke because people are distracted by the behaviors associated with
"getting high"(Euphoria, id impulses such as food,sex and other primary drives, expanded senses etc.) But
'for experienced users, it needent be. It's simply more
of a challenge to recall what just happened in the immediate present, and recall what happened in the long term past. Try remembering anything when you're trying to concentrate on say negotiating the road under dangerous road and whether conditions and you'll likely kill yourself. That's because the brain interface is hard wired in a way that for our survival prevents this trajedy from happening like an evolutionary failsafe attributed to modern cro magnon humans who still have recessive genes from the neandertaals. That's how the brain works
when it intefaces the mind. The conscious mind is dominant when you're awake and the unconscious mind is recessive. Then when you shut your eyes,relax,and drift off to sleep,the conscious mind submerges,and the unconscious mind surfaces. This same phenomenon
occurrs when you get blasted-only simultaneously-.That is you're conscious AND unconscious simultaneously.
Being a comedian at heart I like to think of it in terms of the lyrics of Sir Paul McCartney's Beatles song on the Sgt.Peper album: "I'm fixing a hole when the rain's getting in to keep my mind from wandering,where it must go....OH ! da,da,da,da,da," You've long since gotten the picture. Not you've got the frame(of reference too).

i think i have heard of this,,, i not sure.........................I need to go into the vending machine business!

SredniVashtar-

I disagree. I fit into the "young professionals that have their lives together, have goals n support families" category, but I smoke more than just on the weekends. I'm pretty much a stoner. That doesn't make me an idiot or anything, it just makes me someone who really likes ganja.

there's a difference between being a stoner and a ganja user. stoners are idiots who get involved wit hsome shitty sub culture to try n be cool. then ther eare young professionas that have their lives together, have goals n support familys, who just happen to prefer smoking reefer. you might have a beer at weekends but you shouldnt be labeled an alcoholic. not fair to tar everyone with the same brush.

Yes, that's true! Can't remember who told me that before but it's true...wait, how can I've forgotten that? Calling my dealer right now!!!

that claim is such bullshit, the only thing i regret about smoking is the short term memory loss

I've had a great memory since I was a wee lassie, and I've been toking since I was 15... the only difference in my memory between then and now? I can't remember why I didn't start sooner!!!

LOL, necrotized, but honestly I think it depends on the person!

I'm notorious for being absent minded about certain things- even before I was a weed smoker. I can't very well attribute it to weed every time I misplace my wallet or my keys because I've been doing that forever! In general I have a very good memory and intellect.

Stoners are portrayed they way they are simply because it's funny, but it is far from reality!

I am reminded of an electric powered Hookah I built out of an old "HOOVER" tank-type vacuum & a 5-gallon plastic bucket back in 1972...close the door in a small room & Stone everyone present out within a minute...only drawback was it burned up an oz that fast, too...but with enough People, it was still an economical party, although hard on the eyes....

I've witnessed and experienced students at a local college, that get high every day before class, my class graduated most w/ honors and over 75% of us were all on the A honor roll for the majority of the math intensive video game design program. I respect this study as i feel it is a reflection of myself. People get high and act stupid when they do not have to.

I'm all for legalization, but I call BS on this one.

Here's a simple test. Hang out with a friend, have them smoke a little. Wait 15 minutes, then ask them where their lighter went.

Watch for the next 20 minutes and then retry your study.

Make that one hit a gravity bong hit and Im in.

I volunteer my lungs and brain for OSU experimentation.

hmmmm a small dosage works? I'll let my grandparents know but i'm not sure one puff is going to do anything for me that i want it to.