Click here to support the Daily Grail for as little as $US1 per month on Patreon

News Briefs 24-04-2014

This is your brain.
This is your brain on TDG.
Any questions?

Thanks to the Brotherhood of the Screaming Abyss

Quote of the Day:

“Nobody can have your psychedelic experience for you; you just have to screw your courage up and raise the cup to your lips or smoke the pipe or whatever it is and face what’s in there.”

~ Dennis McKenna

  1. I don’t doubt that smoking
    I don’t doubt that smoking marijuana carries health risks. When I used to smoke it in a universe far, far away my heart rate would always elevate for instance, but I am more intrigued by the studies that tout the benefits of ingesting the raw juice which has minimal psychoactive side effects apparently. Also, if the FDA and AMA are going to proscribe marijuana smoking for adverse cardiac effects then they will have to do the very same thing for tobacco, or they will be practicing hypocrisy.

    1. Hypocrisy
      I think you’re right. There are many ways to consume Cannabis; were these patients all smoking a rolled-up cigarette? were they using a water pipe or vaporizer?

      I decided to include the news, since I’ve been very vocal about my support on the legalization of these substances, because I don’t want to be accused of being biased. Having said that, I’ve always thought that ANYTHING, even the most healthy thing you can think of, can be dangerous to your health when consumed in excess; once again, these articles are very scarce in details, and never explain just how many times a day were these patients smoking marijuana.

      But the conclusion is evident: YES we need to study further the long-term effects of Cannabis consumption, but for THAT we need to lift the bans imposed on scientists, who are restricted by needless red tape when trying to get their hands on cannabis!

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Mobile menu - fractal