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Date and Time  - Oct. 14th, 2005, 04:31 pm

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gacked from [info]kaiaroo:

WASHINGTON, Oct. 13 (UPI) -- Scientists said Thursday that marijuana appears to promote the development of new brain cells in rats and have anti-anxiety and anti-depressant effects, a finding that could have an impact on the national debate over medical uses of the drug.

Other illegal and legal drugs, including opiates, alcohol, nicotine and cocaine, have been shown to suppress the formation of new brain cells when used chronically, but marijuana's effect on that process was uncertain.

Now, a team led by Xia Zhang of the department of psychiatry at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon may have found evidence the drug spurs new brain cells to form in a region of the brain called the hippocampus, and this in turn reduces anxiety and depression.

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So much for the killing brain cells argument.

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From:[info]finding_rowan
Date:October 14th, 2005 - 10:01 pm
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I've definitely used marijuana in conjunction with talking therapy and writing to help treat depression. I've found it helpful. Also, the omega-3 fatty acids in hemp seed can be helpful, too.
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From:[info]siouxcourtesan
Date:October 14th, 2005 - 10:08 pm
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This honestly used to work for me.

I was a wreck when I was in my early teens, just atrocious...suicidal most of the time, nervous, just miserable.
I noticed soon after my first high that it made me feel better...not just on the short term, but for weeks at a time. I was less depressed, more social, more outgoing. The effects of this would last long after I wasn't high anymore.

It would be nice to be able to go back to that legally. I lost my hookup years ago. ;)
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From:[info]kaiaroo
Date:October 14th, 2005 - 11:05 pm
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:grin:
i love that, aside from crediting me, i even got a tag ;D
From:[info]bryan_parrish
Date:October 17th, 2005 - 08:46 am
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i want to fuck you in the asshole.
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From:[info]macabre_grrl
Date:May 25th, 2006 - 02:59 pm
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It heals the hippocampus???

You just made my DAY! Take that, social-worker-who-worries-about-my-recreation-and-its-effect-on-my-broken-head!