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Justifying for Marijuana Use

By , 16 December, 2010, No Comment

If you ever reach to speak to a marijuana smoker, you might end up being almost persuaded that it would be quite all right to give it a try if not, even smoke it in regular basis!

You can find these sorts of conversation if you go online and access those blogs where marijuana smokers speak about how great the feeling is. They also touch the matters of how subjective the reality is and how good it is to prefer staying stoned instead of being sober all the day around.

After a while you can realize that this guy ort these guys have an entire list of justifications on their marijuana use and even of you decide to turn them around, you might bump into a wall seeing how well researched and learned these guys are. But when deepening the matter you can’t help yourself not seeing that actually the research was made solely into the positive-ness of the thing, while the negative side wasn’t even approached.

If you decide to continue pumping into all the justifications this marijuana smoker has, you will see that he might go on and on without seeming to reach to an end. But when he finally does you can interfere and conclude that in fact the reasons have nothing to do with smoking weed in itself, but rather with the textile uses of the hemp as a plant.

The questions that you can ask a marijuana smoker will always lead to answers that have to do with one-sided research, but there won’t take too long to see that in a matter of months this smoker would reach the stage where the specific dullness that comes with the chronic use will instill that pot-head attitude in his face. Would he then need to attend a detoxing rehab program? He might have to, sooner or later.

Deal With It

By , 3 November, 2010, No Comment

Deal With It | A Comedy Series with Life after MJ’s Legalization

Since marijuana was prohibited through the Harrison Act issued in 1914, many people have tried to support the attempt of legalizing once more the consumption of marijuana. This subject has ever since been a continuous debate with two opposite points of view known across USA

One point of view supports the assumption that the cases of crime will decrease in time, and the government will have only to gain from this market sector. On the other hand, the other point of view supports the affirmation that legalizing the marijuana will only make this dealing more powerful leading to drugs that are even deadlier. Regardless of the side you are on, there is a web series that has been released in the attempt to show the humorous part of this matter determining people from around the world to talk about it

The series is called “Deal with it” and it is created as a comedy web series which plot revolves around the life of a dealer on legalized marijuana. Shot throughout LA the series plans to explore the changes that affect the life after marijuana was prohibited. The script is written by Chelsea Mize and Matt Giegerich having Daniel Doherty II as director.

“Deal with it” has Quincy – the Dealer the main character who strives to get unloaded a huge crop of marijuana investigating his new life through absurd situations that create the comic of the series. The creators of the show are very pleased to have the opportunity of discussing this ‘delicate’ matter inside a comic series as it is known that most of the time comedies can really make a point reaching straight to the mind of the viewers without being too pretentious.

“Deal with it” has released its first episode at the end of October and each week will come with the subsequent episode of the series available on www.DealWithItSeries.com

Weeding Out A Marijuana Addiction

By , 27 May, 2010, No Comment

There is no magical way to stop smoking weed, no pills that need to be taken every few hours every day for a month, no injections, but despite how easy the answer is the task of quitting can be rather difficult and many people who smoke marijuana and want to quit can find that the stress of quitting can make them want to smoke even more.

If you aren’t really motivating yourself to quit smoking weed then you probably aren’t going to go very well with it. You need to be really serious about wanting to stop this marijuana dependency in order to have the best chances at kicking the habit once and for all. It’s also a good idea to try and get yourself some kind of a support system for your quitting. You can do it alone of course but you may find it easier if you have a support system of non smokers who you can turn to when cravings get tough and you need someone to talk to.

Not everyone can just say that they are going to quit and then do it and never touch the drug ever again. A lot of people slip up once or twice when trying to quit, the important thing is to not give up. Just because you make one mistake and take a draw of a joint or a puff of the bong doesn’t mean that you’ve ruined all your hard work and you can’t quit as you have failed. If you do have a relapse take note of what it is that caused you to smoke, the environment or emotional trigger, and from that point onwards avoid it as much as possible. If your trigger was emotional then you must find yourself an alternative way to deal with that kind of situation such as chewing gum or some deep breathing exercises.

The idea of crossing days off of the calendar every day that you have gone without smoking may seem cliché but it’s a great idea. Write down a reward for yourself on the calendar at certain intervals such as every week or so. Having a reward system for yourself will help you to stay on track and focussed on your goal. Think of things that you enjoy but don’t do often such as going out to the cinema, going out for dinner or buying something nice for yourself. Write these things on your calendar at weekly intervals and at every one month milestone make it something really special because after a month of not smoking you have certainly earned yourself a reward. If you slip up and have a smoke at any time when you are trying to quit you should mark this on your calendar as well and punish yourself with things you dislike such as having to clean the house until it sparkle and you should also throw out any items around the home that you associate with smoking such as lighters, papers, matches, bongs, hoses, pipes etc. Having those kinds of items around the house will just tempt you more.

Cannabis Compound Hardens Bone

By , 13 May, 2010, No Comment

Rresearch shows how plant based compounds can help to contain the brittle bone disease, osteoporosis. Smoking weed is not that bad after all. Scientists at the Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, UK have discovered how a non-psychoactive compound in cannabis,cannabidiol helps to maintain bone strength.

The endocannabinoid system is a group of cell receptors that are activated by a group of endogenous lipids as well as compounds derived from the cannabis plant. The cannabinoid receptors are involved in a variety of physiological processes including appetite control, pain, memory and mood. Recent research has shown that the endocannabinoid system also has a strong influence on bone metabolism, as the receptors are well represented on osteoclasts – cells whose principal function is to resorb (thin out) bone.

Bone is an active, living tissue that is being continuously formed, remodeled and shaped in response to both physical and physiological needs of the body. Bone matrix consists primarily of the macronutrients calcium, magnesium and phosphate and is the material that makes up both the dense parts of the bone and the bone marrow framework. Many people still believe that if one eats foods rich in these minerals then they will avoid developing osteoporosis. Epidemiological and other evidence suggests that this is not necessarily the case.

When it comes to bone health and disease the integrated processes that control the formation and resorption bone are just as important as the availability of calcium, magnesium and phosphate.

The formation and resorbtion of bone matrix is controlled by two main cell types:

1) Osteoblasts are bone cells that are responsible for the formation of bone matrix
2) Osteoclasts are modified white blood cells responsible for the resorption of bone tissue.

These two cell types are controlled by a complex set of signaling hormones, proteins and cell receptors that respond to the ever-changing demands on bone tissue and other physiological processes. If there are too many osteoclasts, or if these cells become overactive, they will resorb more matrix than the osteoblasts can produce. A predominance of osteoclast activity results in the bone becoming less dense – the principal characteristic of the clinical condition known as osteoporosis.

The Aberdeen researchers have discovered that cannabidiol binds to a specific cannabinoid receptor on the bone-resorbing osteoblast cells. By so doing it inhibits these cells from resorbing the bone matrix – thereby helping to prevent further weakening of the bones.

This is not the first time that plant compounds have been shown to influence bone metabolism in favour of stronger bones. In January 2009 researchers at Oklahoma State University in the USA found that, even in the presence of oxidative stress and systemic inflammation, polyphenols derived from plums inhibit the action of the bone-softening osteoclasts but enhance the generation and activity of bone-building osteoblasts.

For those who hope that smoking pot will help to strengthen their bones, they do so in vain. Although wild cannabis contains up to 40% cannabidiol, cultivated varieties contain very little of this compound. The important point arising from this research, in my opinion, is that it shows how vital plant compounds are in the prevention of chronic degenerative diseases such as osteoporosis. There are bound to be many other phytonutrients in other food plants that have a positive influence on bone metabolism – they just have not been “discovered” yet.

While we wait for that research to be carried out, it is important to eat (not smoke) a wide range of vegetables, fruit and spices to ensure an adequate intake of a host of beneficial phytonutrients.

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Smoking Marijuana and Panic Attacks

By , 2 May, 2010, 1 Comment

Over the past few years a number of US states have voted to legalize medical marijuana. While most politicians still remain on the fence about this issue, supporters of medical marijuana have convinced many of benefits of smoking weed. Studies have shown that smoking cannabis can help relieve pain and increase the appetites of people who are suffering from life threatening-illnesses like cancer and AIDS. Marijuana can also help people with glaucoma, epilepsy and multiple sclerosis.

But the overwhelming majority of the people who use pot do not suffer from any life-threatening or even life-altering diseases or illnesses. They are healthy people who choose to smoke pot because it brings them pleasure. While cannabis use is still illegal in America for people who do not need it for medical reasons, pot users frequently claim that the drug is harmless and should be legalize. On the other side, opponents of legalizing cannabis claim that it is a gateway drug and that it may encourage young people to experiment with other more powerful and dangerous drugs. So, who’s right? Is pot dangerous or is it a harmless drug that has gotten a bad rap?

The answer, as we might expect, is somewhere in the middle. But, before we go on, we must unequivocally state that marijuana is most assuredly a drug. It affects your senses, slows your reaction time and impairs your judgment. Though there is a suspicious dearth of information on the subject, chronic marijuana use has been shown to affect the ability of people to drive a car, much like alcohol. It can also have other unexpected side effects.

One of the most common complaints of people who experiment with marijuana is that it causes paranoia and even panic attacks. In fact, many young people who have experienced this side effect vow to never smoke pot again for this very reason.

Why do some people who use pot experience anxiety or have panic attack?

Because pot is an illegal drug, it is completely unregulated, which means that pot varies in potency. A person who does not have much experience with smoking weed may be completely unaware that they are smoking a type of marijuana that is ten or twenty times stronger than an ordinary joint. It is also not uncommon that certain chemicals, like embalming fluid, may be used to increase the potency of regular weed. When they chemicals are added they can transform a norm joint into an extremely powerful drug that may cause not only anxiety, but also hallucinations. In fact, the effect of smoking a marijuana cigarette dipped in embalming fluid is similar to snorting PCP or Angel Dust.

While marijuana make not be an addictive drug or even a gateway drug, it is still far from safe. The truth is that pot affects your brain the same way that drugs like alcohol or cocaine do; it changes the way you see the world and sometimes it results in increased levels of anxiety and paranoia. But don’t worry. These symptoms are not permanent and they will slowly dissipate as the drug wears off. However, if you experience these symptoms once, you are far more likely to experience them again. The best thing to do in that case is to simply stop smoking pot.

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