That 'Legalize Medical Marijuana' Thing: Not a Joke

[HAL 9000 96]

chronic pot smoking messes up your sleep cycle to the point where you will eventually become crazy

Or, just plain lazy. For me, it was hard to study and get stoned at the same time.

HAL will probably know about it more than me. Something in it makes you not be able to go into a certain sleep cycle. Without that sleep cycle you continually wake up just as tired as when you went to sleep. I forget all the details.

One of long term exposure to THCs is in disturbing the Circadian Rhythm. Just anterior to the hypothalamus. THC binds to several plasma membrane receptors that mimick opioid responses... and this by itself sends the suprachiasmatic nucleus (where the Circadian Rhythm funcions) into misfiring.

Wow, this is great info Hal9000. I had not read that before.

And now my mind wonders what alcohol does to one's brain and body....not to mention physical behaviour.

Oops, did I challenge something people cannot live without?

Bahahaha!

Please, carry on....

Hey Spirit!

Several action sites in brain. Well... action meaning depression of function. To a point, like with any other poison, where excess exposure will lead to neuronal death by toxicity. It hits cognitive places like the hippocampus, prefrontal cortex, emotional areas like the amygdala, and motor areas like the cerebellum.