Study: Pot might ease stress

[underpants]

Pot Might Ease PTSD: Study
Synthetic marijuana reduced post-traumatic stress disorder in rats

http://health.msn.com/health-topics/addiction/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100249166>1=31036

FRIDAY, Nov. 13 (HealthDay News) -- Marijuana may help people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study.

PTSD affects 10 to 30 percent of people who experience a traumatic event, such as a car accident or terror attack. These people continue to suffer stress symptoms for months and even years after the incident.

Israeli researchers conducted a series of experiments in which rats were subjected to stressful experiences, such as receiving electric shocks. The study found that the rats' stress levels could be reduced by giving them a synthetic form of marijuana that has properties similar to that of the natural plant.

Further investigation revealed that the synthetic marijuana prevents increased release of a stress hormone the body releases in response to traumatic situations.

"The results of our research should encourage psychiatric investigation into the use of cannabinoids in post-traumatic stress patients," wrote study author Dr. Irit Akirav of the department of psychology at the University of Haifa.

The study was published in a recent issue of the Journal of Neuroscience.

[Electric Monk]

1. Who woulda guessed? Imagine that...

dupe, btw
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[MercutioATC]

2. Yeah, exactly.

Pot makes people (in this case, rats) more mellow?

Simply amazing.

[timeforpeace]

27. The stress is still there. You just don't care. But the issues causing the stress remain. It's the

human equivalent of the ostrich-head-in-the-sand gambit.

[Electric Monk]

31. John Lennon is really the wrong avatar for you. You're more of an Alice Cooper type, imho.

/trying to be constructive criticism...

[PassingFair]

38. Just like Prozac or Wellbutrin....

but with no side effects and you can GROW it.

LIFE = STRESS, so I really don't get your point....

[Cirque du So-What]

3. Hey, the rest of us have stress in our lives too!

You don't need an MD degree to realize that cannabis relieves all sorts of stress - not just the PTSD-related variety. Will we allow Big Pharma to forever keep cannabis on the list of Schedule 1 substances: those with no medical value?

[intheflow]

4. OMG, I thought for sure this was an Onion headline!

:rofl:

Pot relieves stress? Duh!!

[HopeHoops]

5. They had to do a study to determine this?

Another study showed that water is wet.

[MikeE]

6. And in an even newer study...

Water is wet and fire is hot :rofl:

[Bonobo]

7. So then if STRESS were a disease...

Cannabis would be an excellent drug treatment and would be legalized, right?

[crikkett]

23. Stress is a disease - see how many meds are prescribed for stress

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

41. Stress is not just a disease, it also becomes a gateway to other diseases...

[Fumesucker]

8. Whookoodanoed?

Amirite?

[tridim]

9. It helps with general life-stress too.

And since stress kills, I tend to self-medicate when needed, even though I risk prison every time I do.

It's also the best sleep-aid on Earth.

Legalize it, obviously.

[TexasObserver]

10. Next, they'll be telling us that sugar can cause weight gain.

Soldiers and vets have been using it to self medicate for decades.

[spanone]

11. d u h

[malaise]

12. Guess that explains

the Jamaican saying 'Irie and mellow' :evilgrin:

[piratefish08]

13. Wow. HooNew?

[piratefish08]

15. BREAKING: In a related story, water may be helpful to quenching thirst. Story developing........

[BigBluenoser]

14. It can also cause a great deal of stress...

On friday or saturday night when it runs out and you can't get a hold of your "friend"...

Leads to expensive cab rides, long cold walks and other amazing feats by heroic individuals to save the night.

[Bonobo]

16. Agreed! nt

[crikkett]

22. Wow. Sounds like yours is laced with opium.

I've never seen someone "desperate" for pot.

[Ghost in the Machine]

29. Are you confusing marijuana with cocaine?

The scenario you just put out sounds more like geekers and/or tweakers...

just sayin'...

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

40. I've never known anyone who smoked pot that desperate for it when it runs out.

[leeroysphitz]

17. Derr...

[madrchsod]

18. well the stress of my wifes job....

otherwise she`s a raving.....and it does wonders for change of life.

if a lot more people...the world would be better off....

:smoke: smok'm if ya got'm

[madokie]

19. I'm now finding out that is what's been helping me for 40 years

[eShirl]

20. Jeebus Soap on a Rope.

duh?

[crikkett]

21. Any excuse to torture a rat. What a shame. n/t

[99 Percent Sure]

24. Well, it does. Indeed . . .

if I had insurance, I'd have a medical mj Rx; as it is, living the stressful life of a 2 years-and-counting- unemployed person and all that that entails has given me insight on its medicinal val--never mind.

Still. WEED, not GREED, is good for what ails you. WEED not GREED gets you FREED -- from stress and depression, among other ailments whether psychological or physical.

Really, really.

[Greyhound]

25. Israelis and The Journal of Neuroscience are all a bunch of hippies and woo-woos!

So say all good little proles.

[Fire1]

26. There's no "might" to it. It does ease stress. n/t

[krispos42]

28. We need a cutting-edge reporter on this story

Quick, call Rick Romero

[downeyr]

30. It would probably cause even less stress

if it were somehow legalized by a certain government body. Legalization=No Paranoia!

[Warren DeMontague]

32. In our next studies, we will ascertain that water is wet, puppies are cute

and Rush Limbaugh is full of shit.

[DU GrovelBot]

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[Warren DeMontague]

34. dude.

harshin my mellow.

[JCMach1]

35. Story was obviously written by researchers ON POT!

A big DUHHHH for this one. Hope no one go a Ph.D. out of it!

[4_TN_TITANS]

36. The catch here is

that the findings support a SYNTHETIC form, which can be copyrighted and manufactured by Big Pharma while the natural version remains very much illegal.

[elizfeelinggreat]

39. +1

That's what struck me.

[FormerDittoHead]

37. Legalizing Pot would certain relieve the stress of getting arrested and going to jail! n/t

[Echo In Light]

43. Yes. The phony 'war on drugs' is a very REAL class/ideological war

[OnyxCollie]

42. I'm going to see if their results are replicable.

Anybody got papers?:smoke: