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Re:When Adolescents Give Up Pot, Their Cognition Quickly Imp... by IMTDb on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @10:27AM (#18345950)
Watch the MRI scan of a 35 yo alcoholic and the MRI scan of a 35 yo heavy pot smoker then do the comparison again.

The liver can more or less heal itself until it's too late. The brain, not so much.

Re:When Adolescents Give Up Pot, Their Cognition Quickly Imp... by josefresco on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @10:51AM (#18346147)
88,000* people die each year from alcohol-related causes in the United States. Clearly there's more to worry about than your "self healing liver".

Also, citation needed for your claim about MRI/brain activity.

* https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-health/overview-alcohol-co...

Re:When Adolescents Give Up Pot, Their Cognition Quickly Imp... by IMTDb on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @12:29PM (#18347104)
I never ever said that alcohol is nothing to worry about. I just said that the liver heals better than the brain Please refrain from putting word in my mouth (or anyone) in the future.

Sample Citation for the MRI : https://academic.oup.com/schizophreniabulletin/article/40/2/...

And if your next point is "yeah but we know nothing about the long lasting effects after your stop", nature has you covered : https://www.nature.com/articles/npp201744

Re:When Adolescents Give Up Pot, Their Cognition Quickly Imp... by moate on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @01:23PM (#18347595)
From the Abstract: "Future longitudinal studies could help determine whether cannabis use contributes to these observed shape differences or whether they are biomarkers of a vulnerability to the effects of cannabis that predate its misuse."

Also, the liver doesn't "heal better" than the brain. If anything, the problem is that Cirrhosis isn't really detected until too late. I would counter that more things cause brain damage than liver damage.

Finally, the last study you point to references two other studies that found OPPOSITE results in its discussion, so trying to say that is the definitive answer is scientifically disingenuous.

Your data doesn't even help your cause dude. It just shows that further research is needed before going out and making "case closed" proclamations.

Re:When Adolescents Give Up Pot, Their Cognition Quickly Imp... by thecatspaw on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @01:39PM (#18347723)
Nature seems to cover you for 3 days after smoking, but what about longer times?
Re:When Adolescents Give Up Pot, Their Cognition Quickly Imp... by moate on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @01:30PM (#18347652)
https://americanaddictioncenters.org/alcoholism-treatment/me...

Alcohol abuse destroys your brain as well as your liver. It's a substance that creates an actual physical dependence that can kill during withdrawal (something that even heroin doesn't do!).

It's an extremely toxic substance. Not trying to make any statements about pot here, just noting that you seem to be grossly misunderstanding the effects of prolonged alcohol abuse on the human body.

Re:When Adolescents Give Up Pot, Their Cognition Quickly Imp... by LMYahooTFY on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @11:49AM (#18346729)
Did you just completely make that up?

Not even a mention of a source?

Re:When Adolescents Give Up Pot, Their Cognition Quickly Imp... by exDM69 on Wednesday October 31, 2018 @11:41AM (#18346635)
Can you point to a source with such MRI scans? I would like to see.