Is this wise ?

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  1. Jenny namaste

    Jenny namaste Total Gardener

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    The lady in the documentary said Sativex did not give a sufficient degree of lasting relief for her.Not strong enough. She was very controlled, lucid of mind and intelligent. She showed no signs of mental deterioration to me,
     
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    I think a well-balanced, mature & stable person would not be particularly at risk. But some groups of aimless, immature and emotionally unstable people definitely are - a cannabis dependency can easily tip them over the edge into mental illness. But this is only a tendency and many people have no problems.

    We used to laugh about cannabis use causing your brain cells to die off. I don't find that idea so funny any more; 30 years later I feel I need all the brain cells I can get.
     
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      We used to laugh about cannabis use causing your brain cells to die off. I don't find that idea so funny any more; 30 years later I feel I need all the brain cells I can get.

      Madahhlia,
      I am not convinced that they have proven this to be so. Well, no more so than any other toxic substance absorbed by the body over a lifetime.
       
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      Recent research has shown that cannabis smoking has a greater deleterious effect if done when a teenager than when older. It isn't to do with length of time it's been used but the fact that it affects the maturing of the brain. It causes more permanent disorientation.
       
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