Comments on: Which Strains of Marijuana Put the Least Strain on Memory? http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/05/which-strains-of-marijuana-put-the-least-strain-on-memory/ Mon, 22 Apr 2013 21:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: smoked out economist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/05/which-strains-of-marijuana-put-the-least-strain-on-memory/#comment-22563 smoked out economist Thu, 08 Mar 2012 05:12:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=20959#comment-22563 what a bad test how do they control for one participant being just plain smarter than the other? maybe the guys with the strong weed were smarter.... thusly they got better scores (and bought the better weed lol!) what a bad test

how do they control for one participant being just plain smarter than the other?

maybe the guys with the strong weed were smarter…. thusly they got better scores (and bought the better weed lol!)

]]> By: d.dyke http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/05/which-strains-of-marijuana-put-the-least-strain-on-memory/#comment-22562 d.dyke Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:44:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=20959#comment-22562 re; " effective stone test " Right on .Maybe all those advocates should work the streets for a while and do the cleanup and see the real effects or work in a factory where people are stoned all the time .Prohibition didn t work ,that was a long time ago and we are still trying to control the alcohol and we still haven' t learnt how to do it .So lets compound it by adding pot and the rest of the drugs. Some countries have already tried this and all we have to do is look at some of the countries that produce and see their state of affairs .And what about the other chemicals in pot that stay in your system up to six months,are they okay ? re; ” effective stone test ”

Right on .Maybe all those advocates should work the streets for a while and do the cleanup and see the real effects or work in a factory where people are stoned all the time .Prohibition didn t work ,that was a long time ago and we are still trying to control the alcohol and we still haven’ t learnt how to do it .So lets compound it by adding pot and the rest of the drugs.
Some countries have already tried this and all we have to do is look at some of the countries that produce and see their state of affairs .And what about the other chemicals in pot that stay in your system up to six months,are they okay ?

]]> By: SomethingToPonder http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/05/which-strains-of-marijuana-put-the-least-strain-on-memory/#comment-22561 SomethingToPonder Tue, 19 Oct 2010 20:50:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=20959#comment-22561 My only problem with legalizing pot relates to testing for it under proper circumstances. Does anyone like the idea of abolishing a legal blood alcohol limit? Does anyone think that it's a good idea to drive while stoned? Should you be able to operate heavy machinery, or work in high-risk areas while stoned? How do police administer a low-cost, NON-invasive test to see if you were stoned (above whatever legal limit is decided on) while driving? Unless we get a reasonably effective 'stone-test' that can be quickly administered, I have to weigh in on the side of keeping pot illegal, until the other issues of safety can be addressed. My only problem with legalizing pot relates to testing for it under proper circumstances. Does anyone like the idea of abolishing a legal blood alcohol limit? Does anyone think that it’s a good idea to drive while stoned? Should you be able to operate heavy machinery, or work in high-risk areas while stoned? How do police administer a low-cost, NON-invasive test to see if you were stoned (above whatever legal limit is decided on) while driving?

Unless we get a reasonably effective ‘stone-test’ that can be quickly administered, I have to weigh in on the side of keeping pot illegal, until the other issues of safety can be addressed.

]]> By: EndtheDrugWar http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/05/which-strains-of-marijuana-put-the-least-strain-on-memory/#comment-22560 EndtheDrugWar Wed, 13 Oct 2010 01:24:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=20959#comment-22560 JDubya: Pay attention. This article has nothing to do with medical marijuana. It mentions Proposition 19, which is about legalizing cannabis in general for adults over 21. No need to consult with a doctor or anything ridiculous like that. Should Prop. 19 pass, if an adult wants to partake, they just need to show I.D. to prove they are 21+ and go to a licensed dispensary, like going to a liquor store. No more having to find a seedy dealer, risk imprisonment, fines, violence, etc. because of dealing with a black market. You care about kids? Good, then you'll agree marijuana prohibition puts them in more danger than just regulating and taxing marijuana for adults in the same way tobacco and alcohol are. Don't like marijuana? Don't use it! Very simple. I don't like alcohol, I have seen it destroy too many people's lives, so I rarely ever use it (I have maybe 1-3 drinks/year, total, and could go the rest of my life without another drink and be totally o.k. with that). Tobacco killed my grandmother. I have no use for it either. Never for one second would I think it a good idea for either one of these dangerous, destructive substances to be illegal. Prohibition does not work. In case it wasn't obvious, that is the whole point of Proposition 19, to help do away with the horrifically harmful prohibition that is far more dangerous to society than the substance known as cannabis. YES on Prop. 19. JDubya: Pay attention. This article has nothing to do with medical marijuana. It mentions Proposition 19, which is about legalizing cannabis in general for adults over 21. No need to consult with a doctor or anything ridiculous like that. Should Prop. 19 pass, if an adult wants to partake, they just need to show I.D. to prove they are 21+ and go to a licensed dispensary, like going to a liquor store. No more having to find a seedy dealer, risk imprisonment, fines, violence, etc. because of dealing with a black market. You care about kids? Good, then you’ll agree marijuana prohibition puts them in more danger than just regulating and taxing marijuana for adults in the same way tobacco and alcohol are.

Don’t like marijuana? Don’t use it! Very simple. I don’t like alcohol, I have seen it destroy too many people’s lives, so I rarely ever use it (I have maybe 1-3 drinks/year, total, and could go the rest of my life without another drink and be totally o.k. with that). Tobacco killed my grandmother. I have no use for it either. Never for one second would I think it a good idea for either one of these dangerous, destructive substances to be illegal. Prohibition does not work. In case it wasn’t obvious, that is the whole point of Proposition 19, to help do away with the horrifically harmful prohibition that is far more dangerous to society than the substance known as cannabis.

YES on Prop. 19.

]]> By: Voice of Reason http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/05/which-strains-of-marijuana-put-the-least-strain-on-memory/#comment-22559 Voice of Reason Tue, 12 Oct 2010 22:46:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=20959#comment-22559 I think its important to point out what 'short term memory' really is. The layman interprets that to mean anything from minutes, to hours, to days, as fits their point of view. The duration of short-term memory in the order of seconds. Seconds. The effect they're talking about is exactly '...dude, what was I talking about?', which only occurs while under the influence. I think its important to point out what ‘short term memory’ really is. The layman interprets that to mean anything from minutes, to hours, to days, as fits their point of view.

The duration of short-term memory in the order of seconds.

Seconds.

The effect they’re talking about is exactly ‘…dude, what was I talking about?’, which only occurs while under the influence.

]]> By: Jerry D. Elmore http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/05/which-strains-of-marijuana-put-the-least-strain-on-memory/#comment-22558 Jerry D. Elmore Tue, 12 Oct 2010 21:07:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=20959#comment-22558 Additionally, the NIH (National Institute of Health), concedes that the cannabinoids present in marijuana have "remarkably low toxicity and that lethal doses in humans are not known" (see Potency of Tetrahydrocannabinol ): http://www.nih.gov/news/medmarijuana/MedicalMarijuana.htm#EXECUTIVE Yet, marijuana is illegal because according to the DEA it has a high potential for abuse, there is no medical accepted use for treatment, AND there is a lack of accepted use under medical supervision. http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2006/ucm108643.htm Marinol, an exact chemical artificial copy of THC can be administered legally. In God We Trust does NOT apply to His marijuana. The threat of marijuana is not to society but to industries like paper, petroleum refineries, and drug companies. Consider that hemp and marijuana have renewable properties greater than trees, can be used to make plastic which make up 10% of most automobiles (http://www.ford.com/about-ford/news-announcements/press-releases/press-releases-detail/pr-ford-researchers-look-to-mother-31009), and yields twice as much ethanol as corn per acre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_biofuel_crop_yields) If people could grow their drugs for ailments treated by OTC drugs, the FDA would lose BILLIONS of dollars in revenue. It's a wonder that it's remained illegal for this long. Fortunately, or unfortunately for those industries affected, the truth shall set it free. The laws against hemp and marijuana have outlived the people who created it...but those same laws have not withstood the test of time and logic. Here's hoping that legal marijuana will help us forget the pain and suffering the US government has caused millions of Americans over a non-lethal plant and lead us on the unbeaten path of renewable and sustainable practices. Additionally, the NIH (National Institute of Health), concedes that the cannabinoids present in marijuana have “remarkably low toxicity and that lethal doses in humans are not known” (see Potency of Tetrahydrocannabinol ):

http://www.nih.gov/news/medmarijuana/MedicalMarijuana.htm#EXECUTIVE

Yet, marijuana is illegal because according to the DEA it has a high potential for abuse, there is no medical accepted use for treatment, AND there is a lack of accepted use under medical supervision.

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2006/ucm108643.htm

Marinol, an exact chemical artificial copy of THC can be administered legally. In God We Trust does NOT apply to His marijuana.

The threat of marijuana is not to society but to industries like paper, petroleum refineries, and drug companies.

Consider that hemp and marijuana have renewable properties greater than trees, can be used to make plastic which make up 10% of most automobiles (http://www.ford.com/about-ford/news-announcements/press-releases/press-releases-detail/pr-ford-researchers-look-to-mother-31009), and yields twice as much ethanol as corn per acre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_biofuel_crop_yields)

If people could grow their drugs for ailments treated by OTC drugs, the FDA would lose BILLIONS of dollars in revenue.

It’s a wonder that it’s remained illegal for this long.

Fortunately, or unfortunately for those industries affected, the truth shall set it free. The laws against hemp and marijuana have outlived the people who created it…but those same laws have not withstood the test of time and logic.

Here’s hoping that legal marijuana will help us forget the pain and suffering the US government has caused millions of Americans over a non-lethal plant and lead us on the unbeaten path of renewable and sustainable practices.

]]> By: Angel420 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/05/which-strains-of-marijuana-put-the-least-strain-on-memory/#comment-22557 Angel420 Tue, 12 Oct 2010 20:39:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=20959#comment-22557 STRAIN BRAIN...IT'S ALL THE SAME...when it comes to good herb, you pay. I DONT MAKE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO BE PICKY ABOUT WHAT STRAIN I WANT OR CAN GET. DUH STRAIN BRAIN…IT’S ALL THE SAME…when it comes to good herb, you pay. I DONT MAKE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO BE PICKY ABOUT WHAT STRAIN I WANT OR CAN GET.

DUH

]]> By: daniel carter http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/05/which-strains-of-marijuana-put-the-least-strain-on-memory/#comment-22556 daniel carter Fri, 08 Oct 2010 11:17:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=20959#comment-22556 Autoflowering Kush. Autoflower varieties tend to have more CBD; Kush also. Autoflowering Kush. Autoflower varieties tend to have more CBD; Kush also.

]]> By: Brian Too http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/05/which-strains-of-marijuana-put-the-least-strain-on-memory/#comment-22555 Brian Too Thu, 07 Oct 2010 00:27:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=20959#comment-22555 To answer the article's titular question, the strain of marijuana that puts the least strain on memory is the one made out of parsley. No pain no gain! To answer the article’s titular question, the strain of marijuana that puts the least strain on memory is the one made out of parsley.

No pain no gain!

]]> By: scott http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/10/05/which-strains-of-marijuana-put-the-least-strain-on-memory/#comment-22554 scott Wed, 06 Oct 2010 18:24:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/?p=20959#comment-22554 I am all in support of making it legal and people can smoke it all they want, I don't care, smoke yourself into a coma if you like...but I know a lot of people who smoke it and they are all over weight, (some very obese) lethargic and all the guys have boobs* (isnt the pot estrogenic?? Can someone give me some biochem on it?). I would hold off on the stuff unless there was a medical need and find other ways to cope with stress and a needed escape from reality. * I just spent 5 weeks in south of France and as expected, there were many topless women on the beaches. Now, it is illegal in most of the US, yet I see obese men all over the beaches here (in LA where I live and on the Texas coast where I often go) sporting breasts often larger than most womens...so why is that not illegal? It's a fatty, fleshy breast..with a nipple.. and usually covered in hair..so, one that makes milk is illegal and one that just sprouts hair is not? I am confused by our conservative laws banning women from going topless yet allowing an ever growing obese population of men to swing theirs around.. I am all in support of making it legal and people can smoke it all they want, I don’t care, smoke yourself into a coma if you like…but I know a lot of people who smoke it and they are all over weight, (some very obese) lethargic and all the guys have boobs* (isnt the pot estrogenic?? Can someone give me some biochem on it?). I would hold off on the stuff unless there was a medical need and find other ways to cope with stress and a needed escape from reality.
* I just spent 5 weeks in south of France and as expected, there were many topless women on the beaches. Now, it is illegal in most of the US, yet I see obese men all over the beaches here (in LA where I live and on the Texas coast where I often go) sporting breasts often larger than most womens…so why is that not illegal? It’s a fatty, fleshy breast..with a nipple.. and usually covered in hair..so, one that makes milk is illegal and one that just sprouts hair is not? I am confused by our conservative laws banning women from going topless yet allowing an ever growing obese population of men to swing theirs around..

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