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One of the favorite topics of late night discussions back in my misspent youth was the pros and cons of using marijuana. The scariest negative I heard at that time was that smoking weed would "temporarily inhibit the ability to learn." That effect, it was rumored, was caused by the drug insulating the nerve endings that normally linked together while you were learning something. Shortly after hearing this, I was introduced to a person in his late twenties who bragged about having been stoned continuously since he started high school. As we talked, I noticed he was demonstrating all the mental, verbal and social skills of a below average high school student. That experience convinced me to abstain from cannabis ever since. HOWEVER, if someone comes up with a convincing argument that this drug reduces my most aggravating PD symptoms, I may be willing to learn less in exchange for the relief.. Most sincerely, Geo. "M.Schild" <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: Parkinson's Information Exchange Network <[log in to unmask]> 05/07/05 01:54 AM Please respond to Parkinson's Information Exchange Network <[log in to unmask]> To [log in to unmask] cc Subject Re: Ailing elderly new face of drug Many turning to pot to ease pain > Walters argues there is not a whiff of clinical proof qualifying smoked pot > as medicine. Any beneficial compounds that do exist in the leafy plant, he > said, should be synthesized, sent through the rigors of the regulatory > process and packaged as a pharmaceutical, not smoked like black-market > weed. Walters ( whoever he is)is wrong. Pot has been recognized useful even against atheroma ( in small quantitites). it can be useful against tremor too. Of course, govts want to cash in. It has been synthetized, it is called Sativex maryse cg John, 76,16 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn