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cb007sax

? I smoke a lot of pot, and I can't vouch for half of his symptoms when trying to quit. It's easy, I just stop smoking, and I still feel fine. I may get bored or pissed that I have no pot but it's not a life changer weather I have or don't have pot.

 

innervision311

I could smoke an ounce in a week and quit and all that would happen is I would get bored. I don't think he knows his ass from a hole in the ground.

I've never heard of THC described as a "dopamine blocker." The way I understand it is that the signal goes right through THC but since THC is fat, it alters the way you perceive a signal which is why you "feel high." I could be wrong but I'd like to know of a valid source that says THC blocks dopamine and causes the brain to produce more.

And even if the brain does end up producing more dopamine, it's not like it's going to have to increase levels as high as someone who's all tweeked out. That's a misleading correlation that is probably really innaccurate.

I just did a quick google search and found this quote:

Link to article.

i love weed 420

"ive had problems with the stuff"
lol is that guy a fag or what

hes all like bug eyed and shit, and HAS to get his hands on a pair of fuckin tweezers! lol

man this person is some kind of dumbass, and his voice is fuckin annoying, sounds like hes obsessed with it lol

Green-Lantern

Addiction is an excuse for people who have no discipline.

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troublemaker_42

so says the person who has to get high at school

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forget the freak, you're just nature
Keep the gun oiled and the temple clean
shit, snort and blaspheme
Let the heads cool and the engine run
Because in the end,
everything we do
is just everything we've done..."Omega" by StoneSour
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IGemini

Okay, there are far too many mistakes with this "theory" which shows you really CANNOT couch something like this in "layman's terms." Dopamine is one of the most complicated neurotransmitters active in the brain. He describes it as a "dopamine antagonist" which simply isn't accurate at all. It debunks the entire "theory." Animal studies with extremely high doses of THC don't show increased DA or its metabolites in the nucleus accumbens, which is directly associated with rewarding behavior and addiction. It translates to no increased dopamine, period.

"I've had problems with it before." Well then, you sir, are weak-minded. Plain and simple.

k20

He has the effects right, because he claims he's smoked pot.
Lack of hunger I thought made sense that you overeat a shitload when you're high... Idk if he's heard of the munchies but yeah. Lack of sleep I wouldn't know because I've always had sleeping problems. I do get grumpy after I'm done smoking and being high for a while, though.. But I dunno enough to be able to explain that.

Even if what he's explaining is going on is correct, who says an "over-production" of this dopamine... is what causes addiction? If that happens, just because that happens doesn't mean that's how you get addicted... also IF he is correct, would that be why they call pot, "dope"?.. why wouldn't they call coke, "dope"?

Though his symptoms of not smoking for a while after previously smoking are correct in relation to me... I haven't smoke in like a month, and I'm certainly not showing signs of addiction like becoming cold or craving weed or anything.

In my opinion, the fact that a lot of us (including myself) can go without smoking, is proof enough that marijuana isn't addictive. It IS addictive in terms of wanting to have fun because it's a fuckin fun as hell thing to do, but so are video games, computers, anything you find fun... and I think a lot of us have realized that already.

DankDealer

I would love to lock this idiot in a porta-potty and set it on fire.

k20

Eh, even though it sucks he's kinda busting on weed.. I admire the research and thought he put into it. It actually makes somewhat sense, even though we all know Marijuana really isn't addictive.
To me it also kind of seems like he's trying to get credit for something rather than spread truth. There are better theories and things to care and concern about than an essentially safe drug like Marijuana(even though not everyone believes it's as safe as some[or many] of us believe)... especially things that aren't so easily proven wrong like this.

IGemini

I'd go so far as to say it's bad research because thought he found a one-way answer to marijuana "addiction" and spun it as "fact." There's a difference between a fact and a perceived truth. There's at least ten different chemicals acting on the brain when you smoke. Not only is his "theory" too limiting, it's also looking at the wrong mechanisms. Dopamine activation in the necessary centers of the brain for addiction simply do not happen with marijuana.