Wednesday, 03 August 2011
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Marijuana Helps in Cocaine Addiction
The latest scientific research on mice has shown that marijuana affects a receptor that can reduce the consumption of cocaine. This study has led to the suggestion that cocaine anti-addiction drugs will be created using cannabidiol (which is a component of marijuana).
As it turns out, the cannabidiol receptor in the brain can be stimulated using a synthetic drug JWH133, which would not produce a high or a negative experience as marijuana does.
How was this tested? Scientists administered cocaine to mice, who came back to the same area where they were administered as soon as their high wore off. However, when administered JWH133, they had no preference for cocaine.
As Time notes, "this merely adds to the controversy over medical uses of marijuana."
Sounds like fighting fire with fire! What do you think?
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Poor coked out mice. I would have been itching for a blunt, too.
That's odd, since part of the reason marijuana is illegal (or so I've heard) is because it supposedly encourages usage of hard drugs - cocaine being one of them.
@AlluringAddiction@xanga - lmao that is hilarious! I definitely agree.
@ivarahBharavi@xanga - I've smoked pot for years and let me tell you that is entirely false. Hard drugs have more to do with who you hang out with and what kind of person you are. Though I wouldn't be surprised if people who use cocaine smoke marijuana and drink heavily as well.
@AlluringAddiction@xanga - LOL <3
@ivarahBharavi@xanga - The gateway drug theory is hokum, so no worries about it. Best thing to do is to stop mentioning it to impressionable folks who might get the wrong idea. ;)
And no, I don't see fighting cocaine addiction with cannabis as fighting fire with fire. Instead, I see it more as fighting fire with water.
My parents are alcoholics and my dad uses pot to drink less. That's great and all. But, I still get pretty broken down that they just can't stand being sober. I mean, I know...it's addiction...but. Uhg. I mean, I give up. At least I have MY life.
@ivarahBharavi@xanga - that actually has nothing to do with why marijuana was made illegal! read this: http://www.ozarkia.net/bill/pot/blunderof37.html
In all seriousness, why is salvia legal but marijuana not? -___-
@Shades0f_Grey@xanga - Oh... well it makes sense that it's more about the company you keep. But keep in mind that just because that's your personal experience, it doesn't mean it's widely true. I heard the thing about marijuana leading to usage of hard drugs from my psychology teacher, who's an extremely intelligent guy that does his research. I'll read up on it though just to make sure :)
@B2yan_C@xanga - Huh? I don't get it, hahaha.
@haltija@xanga - Thanks for the link! I'll read it in a bit :) (But refer to what I said in my first response as to why I believe what I said to be true.)
Actually, a lot of people only like weed OR coke. Many people either want something that chills them out, relaxes them, and makes them at easy - I.E. Weed. The rest want something that wakes them up, energizes them, and makes them ready to do something - I.E. Cocaine. A lot of people mix both for a different effect, but in general most the people I know prefer one or the other. Also the effects of smoking (weed) vs snorting (coke) should be taken into account as well.
In a supplement kind of thing like this i think it would be fine, but if someone was just smoking to avoid their issues its the same thing as using coke to not face their issues when you come down to it.
@Day923@xanga - Salvia was just made illegal in Colorado but marijuana is legal!
@ivarahBharavi@xanga - if you subscribe to the gateway drug theory & see it as a reason to keep marijuana illegal, that is all fine and dandy. but regardless, it was not the reason it was made illegal. that is all i'm saying! knowledge is power - KNOW why it was truly made illegal. (:
@haltija@xanga - Haha yeah I think that my teacher meant that the theory is part of why it IS illegal, not that it's a reason it was made illegal. But yes, of course it's good to know the truth :) Thanks again for the article!
Things like this...I love it.
It really, really bothers me how they do this to animals. That's just not right.
Animal testing aside, I've definitely heard that pot can really help to come off of really hard drugs, like Meth. So I'm not surprised.
@OstentatiousEloquence@xanga - so you think we should test on humans. Great! Because I don't think animal testing always yields correct results. Animal physiology is so different from humans, that I think when they approve something on animals, they're taking a shot in the dark, indirectly making US test subjects anyway.
@SlackerSociety@xanga - Yes, agreed. Plus humans receive compensation and are willing subjects (well they're supposed to be). Animals are not given that choice. But you make an even better (and convincing) impartial point.
No, fighting fire would fire would be like fighting a coke addiction with coke. That's what the phrase fighting fire with fire means. That's like saying that taking a prescription drug to counteract the effects of another prescription drug is like fighting fire with fire. If they do different things, it's not.
Its only called a "gate-way drug"is because it has been banned by government and smokers are therefore forced to buy it on the black market which makes drug dealers seem a norm. If you could buy a J in a little coffee shop were it was safe we would have a lot more mellow people, maybe a few less drug addicts, and a life were bane would be able to work its magic un us lettle human beings.. GO GUNJA!!
The poor mice!
negative experience of marijuana? weirddddd.
that is cool though. another point for marijuana!
@ivarahBharavi@xanga - Agreed!!
@OstentatiousEloquence@xanga - It is better than doing it on people
@thisxemergencyx@xanga - First of all, why?
Second of all, wrong, because humans can consent. Animals cannot, and therefore cannot be used in a fair manner.