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by JP1967 on December 4th, 2003

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Does smoking marijuana really kill brain cells?

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  • by Thommy on June 14th, 2004

    Thommy

    I personally think this "kills brain cells" stuff is like a bad myth. It is my opinion that it is a bit bogus. Regardless of this opinion on brain cells, smoking marijuana does alter personality characteristics for the worse.

    The following is a report of my personal research and observation with over 1,000 people. I doubt that any of the critics who rated this data as false conducted their own first-hand investigation.

    There is no doubt that marijuana adversely alters personality characteristics long-term of an individual. I personally observed this after over 1,000 interviews with people from all walks of life who filled out a character questionaire (more than a hundred questions). It got to where I could look at the results of the form and predict that the person had been doing drugs. I was even surprised one day when I asked this 60 year old grandma if she was smoking pot... ...and she said "yes".

    One will find these characteristics diminished: ability to concentrate or focus, ability to make decisions, stability, general happiness, general attitude and outlook on life. One will be more dispersed, depressed more often, less aware, less observant, more critical or skeptical or sardonic, more easily irritated or agitated, have less follow-thru on a given course or action, daydream more, worry or think about things more, it is harder to unfix a line of thought i.e. stop thinking about something or someone or a problem, it is more difficult for the individual to accept responsibility, energy level may have diminished but can vacillate as well as the person's communication. There are other diminished characteristics. They fit to the person and each other.

    This is something that I observed for myself and I know it to be true based on my observation and experience, without being influenced by government propaganda or some book or other vector. Pot is not mentally healthy.

    Again, marijuana is not mentally healthy. Back in the 70's I personally used it quite often and in later years noticed how this had affected me personally. After conducting this test, there was no doubt in my mind as to the harmful effects of marijuana (and many other drugs).

    Ha! Does a person increase intelligence, memory, and more ability by smoking marijuana?...of course not. If that was true, then one could use pot to increase ability and sanity and intelligence...Ha!...which, of course does not work. Marijuana does one of two things: it either improves characteristics of an individual or inhibits fundamental characteristics of an individual. There is no "null" effect. It is either in a positive direction or a negative direction.

    This is accurate and based on specific, intense direct observation with tests. Using marijuana is mentally unhealthy for an individual.

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    • Those effects diminish. Marijuana does not combine well with social. (anxiety) This is flawed.

      John Doe

      by John Doe on February 10th, 2005

    • inaccurate and broad generalization.

      Anonymous

      by Anonymous on February 27th, 2005

    • aside from anything else, does not answer the specific question that was asked.

      Grandma Roses - my avatar is my real dog

      by Grandma Roses - my avatar is my real dog on November 27th, 2005

    • y r u all cunts i think it was gd, at least say what he could improve on instead of sayin ur shit, i hate u all

      worship me im god

      by worship me im god on March 9th, 2006

    • I think you overlooked something. I know people like that who smoked but they were like that before they started. It is not that smoking creates that type of person, it is that, that type of person is drawn to smoking. Not to generalize, but usually the people drawn to smoking are not those with small minds, happy lives and an easy future. It's intelligent people who may be suffering and are either drawn to it out of curiosity, with the intent of opening their mind, or drawn to it because it relieves their depression for a bit. The characteristics you described are similar to that of older souls and even people with adhd, so I think it' safer to say that certain characteristics are drawn to smoking, rather than saying, smoking makes people act like this. Because even though a vast majority do, you will find that is not the case with all.
      You could say the same about anything that characterizes someone's character as cliche. Such as cheerleading. In movies cheerleaders are often portrayed as either bubbly air heads or bitches. And you could conduct a study to find out a majority act that way, but it would be unfair to say it was cheerleading that made them act that way. Rather it was that type of person that was attracted to cheerleading. And it is definitely not true with every case. Stereotyping in general is best to be avoided along with whatever can be "blamed" for it.

      Becky_H

      by Becky_H on December 16th, 2010

    • Well said, Becky_H. And you used a very good example to illustrate the fallacy in Thommy's position.

      Grandma Roses - my avatar is my real dog

      by Grandma Roses - my avatar is my real dog on December 16th, 2010

    • Well i personally think you suck dick....HA!... your brain loses cells every day, mary jane only takes away a small amount of brain cells when it is used, but they grow back, even if you smoke for 10 years you can stop and your brain will return to normal. what marijuana does is change your way of thinking, depending on what kind of person you were before you started smoking there can be many different outcomes, if your lazy already that might be what pulled you in to weed in the first place, so you may remain lazy while you smoke, but if your motivated and a hard worker weed can bring you to a new realization of life that you can share with the world in many ways. besides which who would want to act like you, thinking your so sophisticated and intelligent, all you give is generalization that cant be proven in any way shape or form because it has been fabricated so you can make yourself look smarter on a subject which you probably know nothing about apart from the also generalized notions of the anti drug website, and other drug websites views on marijuana....HA!...

      Thepersonwatchingyou

      by Thepersonwatchingyou on February 10th, 2011

    • this is flawed most people start smoking pot because of these problems therefore would be listed under preexisting condition and is why in GOVT. tests and fda tests its writin off as a preexisting condition otherwise they would be all over that and be exploiting it!

      maxbuschkopf1

      by maxbuschkopf1 on March 24th, 2011

    • don't knock it till you try it. if you think its unhealthy and/or not good for you. okay cool. that's your opinion in all honesty nobody gives a damn, hank hill even approves of it. id put money on it that you've never experienced marijuana. boom, ridiculed by a 17 year old pot head who probably has a better paying job and leads a happier life than you, because of marijuana.

      Coryyyy

      by Coryyyy on April 22nd, 2012

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