5th March 2007, 7:07 PM
Quote:It dosen't inhibit the pathways, it excistes them, but there are specific pathways in the brain that are meant to inhibit things, and if they get overexcited, it results IN inhibitions. Just like how when people get drunk, it inhitibs the pathways in the inhibition center, lowering inhibitions. It's all wonderfully circuitis.
Fair enough, but if this doesn't permanently alter my brain chemistry to a point where my personality changes, intelligence lowers, etc., then where's the harm? My personality, or what makes me ME as you put it, hasn't changed dramatically or at all negatively since taking up cannabis as a hobby. Maybe your policy of how you treat your own body differs from mine, but that doesn't mean I should be restricting from having my own policy. That'd be just as bad as if someone forced you to smoke cannabis.
Quote:Anyway, I mean that you PERSONALLY have no idea what you are doing. Scientists know just fine.
I don't have a strong grasp on how caffeine or nicotine affect my brain chemistry, but that doesn't make me run screaming in the other direction when someone offers me a smoke or asks if I'd like a small coffee with my donut.