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The Erroneous Hoodlum
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: West Side Phoenix
Posts: 2,059
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"many schizophrenics say weed helps them feel better, all this begins to make sense in light of recent findings about the internal cannabinoids. Schizophrenia is accompanied by, and perhaps caused by, an extreme overproduction of dopamine in parts of the brain. Since the endocannabinoids help regulate the dopamine supply, researchers expected that they would be found in larger amounts, but not enough to control the tremendous excess of dopamine—and sure enough, when they tested the spinal fluid of schizophrenics, they found twice the normal amounts of anandamide. This suggests that pot-smoking schizophrenics try to make up the difference with THC, but it doesn’t work well enough because it’s not specific to the abnormal dopamine-producing regions. basically, by them smoking it does help with their "schizophrenic episodes" by slowing down the production of the extra chemicals thats causing it. |
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