A 1998 French governmental report commissioned by Health Secretary of State Bernard Kouchner, and directed by Dr. Pierre-Bernard Roques, classed drugs according to addictiveness and neurotoxicity. It placed heroin, cocaine and alcohol in the most addictive and lethal categories; benzodiazepine, hallucinogens and tobacco in the medium category, and cannabis in the last category. The report stated that "Addiction to cannabis does not involve neurotoxicity such as it was defined in chapter 3 by neuroanatomical, neurochemical and behavioral criteria. Thus, former results suggesting anatomic changes in the brain of chronic cannabis users, measured by tomography, were not confirmed by the accurate modern neuro-imaging techniques. Moreover, morphological impairment of the hippocampus [which plays a part in memory and navigation] of rat after administration of very high doses of THC (Langfield et al., 1988) was not shown (Slikker et al., 1992)." Health Secretary Bernard Kouchner concluded that : "Scientific facts show that, for cannabis, no neurotoxicity is demonstrated, to the contrary of alcohol and cocaine."[39]
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Dallas Mavericks' Josh Howard admitted pot use, denied need
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This is how I see it: does marijuana affect (positively) the player in any way? If so, something should be done, if not, it's just a jointAnd if it affects a player's game negatively, then the player is plain stupid and is ruining his career.
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Originally posted by LuDuxA 1998 French governmental report commissioned by Health Secretary of State Bernard Kouchner, and directed by Dr. Pierre-Bernard Roques, classed drugs according to addictiveness and neurotoxicity. It placed heroin, cocaine and alcohol in the most addictive and lethal categories; benzodiazepine, hallucinogens and tobacco in the medium category, and cannabis in the last category. The report stated that "Addiction to cannabis does not involve neurotoxicity such as it was defined in chapter 3 by neuroanatomical, neurochemical and behavioral criteria. Thus, former results suggesting anatomic changes in the brain of chronic cannabis users, measured by tomography, were not confirmed by the accurate modern neuro-imaging techniques. Moreover, morphological impairment of the hippocampus [which plays a part in memory and navigation] of rat after administration of very high doses of THC (Langfield et al., 1988) was not shown (Slikker et al., 1992)." Health Secretary Bernard Kouchner concluded that : "Scientific facts show that, for cannabis, no neurotoxicity is demonstrated, to the contrary of alcohol and cocaine."[39]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_...s#cite_note-38
Let me therefore quote a study published by the german ministry of health:
Dipl.-Psych. Roland Simon
Dipl.-Psych. Dilek Sonntag
Cannabis Related Disorders (CARED): Prevalence, treatment needs and provision of services in Germany
Link, P.137-138
Acute effects
From what is known so far, cannabis use does have an acute negative effect on perception, memory, cognition (Bolla et al. 2002) and behavior (Kleiber & Kovar, 1997; van Laar et al., 2003). All these effects are of relevance for school and job performance. They are particularly dangerous when driving a car, operating machines and doing risky sports (Schulz et al., 1998). The not uncommon combination of cannabis and alcohol represents an aggravation of the problem (Vollrath et al., 2001). The difficulty of determining abstinence periods after stopping cannabis use after which perception, concentration and reaction are no longer impaired, deserves particular mentioning. The abstinence period for cannabis is about 24 hours, but can, however, with intense use, amount to 4 weeks.
Acute somatic effects on pulse and blood pressure are possibly critical for persons suffering from previous damages of their cardiovascular system. (Hall & Room, 1995; Hollister, 1998).
Evidence of acute psychotic episodes due to cannabis use has been established (Thornicroft,1990) as well as of affective disorders and anxiety disorders as short-term concomitant symptoms of cannabis use (Berke & Hernton, 1974; Hall & Solowij, 1998). These are among the most frequently reported effects.
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Another important complex of issues is related to the negative effects of cannabis use on safety in traffic, at the job (especially high-risk jobs) and with dangerous sports. With cannabis use, it is much more difficult to determine abstinence periods after which performance impairments can be excluded than it is for the consumption of alcoholic beverages.
However just looking at the occasional, moderate use of both substances, cannabis has a more severe, longer lasting effect than alcohol. You will have a more severe, longer lasting effect from the occasional joint than from the occasional beer.
A pro athlete should stay away from cannabis consume and more than occasional alcohol consume (some coaches I have met even had the opinion that their players should completely stay away from alcohol as well).
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This thread is getting a little too academic for me to make any big comments.
Like it or not, Howard is a professional athlete. It's not illegal for him to make those comments, but it'll hurt his fiscal opportunities when it comes to his next Pepsi contract. He should also be mindful that kids look up to him.
I think marijuana should be decriminalized in the US, just because it causes so many non-violent offenders to be in jail. But I still think the drug is bad. I mean, let's face it, it's not doing anything positive for the smoker, so it's probably doing something bad."I really like the attitudes of eagles. They never give up. When they grab a fish or something else, they never let it go. It doesn't matter. In a book, they write they find a skeleton of [an] eagle and there is no fish. It means that the fish beat him and killed him, but he didn't let go." -- Donatas Motiejunas
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Originally posted by Joško Poljak Fanif you're used to playing like that, marijuana can improve your concentration to a great degree... you just get into the game that bad, that nothing else except basketball matters at that moment and in most cases it actually does improves the performance, although it's very easy to screw everthing up in the first 4-5 minutes on court when you're not as focused yet. It's a mental and not physical thing, but it's existant.
As for Triff -Ill get back to you later this week.Unicajism (or Unicajian Performance Fluctuation Syndrome: UPFS) in all its glory
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I'm probably as straight-edge as they come but this doesn't really bother me. Almost everyone in the NBA has, or still smokes pot, J-ho was just more candid about it.
I was more bothered by his other antics during the playoffs like distributing flyers to his birthday party after a crushing loss to the Hornets.
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