Dandy wrote:
Hmmmm - as far as I understood what was written here, the psychotic people need these chemicals to suppress the symptoms of their illness.
That's one reason for the presence of Anandamide, yes, but I doubt that's the only role it plays.
And if they use cannabis products, you are afraid their receptors for these antipsychotic chemicals are blocked by THC.
THC doesn't block the receptors, it triggers them, causing the brain to think it's overproducing Anandomide, conditioning the brain to produce less in all instances where it feels the need to produce any at all. THC also destroys these receptors, so that even if the brain still is able to produce enough Anandamide in a situation it feels it needs to, the receptors won't be responsive to it.
May be - I don't know.
But as long as one is not psychotic that does not matter at all - or did I get something wrong?
Depends... We know that schizophrenics who fare well are able to produce and respond to Anandomide quite well, while those that fare worse generally have rather low levels of Anandomide. What's still being studied is what role Anandomide deficiencies (or at least the lack of the ability to produce Anandomide) have on the developement on mental illness.
The problem is, there are no people that "are not psychotic." Everyone's brain is psychotic at times, that's the reason for the Anandomide system in the first place.
But if one is psychotic and uses sedative Cannabis products instead of his own antipsychotic chemicals - I can't see what's wrong with that, as long as the effect remains the same...
The effect isn't the same. Schizophrenics symptoms are WORSE in the presence of THC, not better. THC only makes your brain THINK it's being flooded with Anandomide. Similar to the way Carbon Monoxide makes your brain THINK it's getting oxygen, but it isn't, yet you don't feel like you're suffocating, even though you're not getting enough oxygen.
But what do they need to suppress with antipsychotic chemicals, if they are not psychotic at all?
The brain is always suseptible to psychosis, that's why the system is in place to deal with it. I guess the brain is like an OS, and Anandomide could be the Memory Protection. The lack of memory protection isn't necessarily bad if nothing happens, but without memory protection, if something misbehaves, the system gets corrupted.
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So you agree with him that Opium is better for you (and me) than cannabis?
O.K. - I'll give it a try!
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Recreational use is harmfull obviously, but opiates are quite safe. the biggest threat from prescribed opiates is overdose... not of the opiates, but of the Tylenol added to it. (The APAP is Tylenol)
It's quite a shame really that opiates have been abused by those predisposed to chemical masterbation, causing the world to shun opiates as a painreliever, as it is quite safe and effective. I see people who take way more over the counter Tylenol or Advil than is healthy, when they could be taking an opiate under a doctors supervision and not kill their liver and kidneys the way the Tylenol and Advil do. Hell, someone on these boards posted a picture of empty tylenol wrappers he's used due to pain from a previous surgery, and I couldn't help but get angry at their doctor for not prescribing an effective painkiller, instead letting him take this over the counter garbage that is probably not even working too well, and who knows what it's doing to their liver?
No, I'm not really supportive of over the counter Opiates, but it makes MUCH more sense than over the counter Marijuana. Marijuana should be legal for other reasons... namely, it's a losing battle to treat it as a controlled substance.
