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There are certainly still some people with a beer glass in their hand who describe the healing effects of medical cannabis as the mere imagination of drugged-up patients or who think of THC as an explosive, which sounds similar, is dangerous and also only has three letters.
Both extremes have been defining the arguments of opponents of cannabis legalization for years and continue to do so in this country, even if countless studies of international research on cannabinoids have refuted the alleged ineffectiveness as clearly as seemingly inevitable psychoses. But now a new study is making headlines, according to which our beliefs about psychoactive substances, such as those found in hashish and marijuana, directly influence effects, behavior, brain waves – what does this mean for medicine and pharmacology?
Through conviction of addiction to stimulants?
The study in question from Mount Sinai University did not have hemp plants on the table in the laboratory, but rather looked at an active ingredient from botany that has been intensively researched for much longer – nicotine and tobacco! Neural processes that are based on beliefs, for example, can logically promote potential addiction to any intoxicating, invigorating substance, from cannabis to cigarettes, and, conversely, can advantageously balance out risky consumption patterns when used in an uncomplicated way in leisure time or for therapeutic use.
Normally, beliefs are a topic in practical philosophy, the field of ethics, and sometimes perhaps in philosophical linguistics and rhetoric, but until now, genuinely neuroscientific researchers have only rarely dared to use this lever, which is so deeply rooted in people. Today, however, people are increasingly looking into their heads and at the “Ican School of Medicine” they want to know how the beliefs surrounding the dosing of active ingredients such as THC and, in this case, nicotine, exert their influence. Neurology can now measure and analyze what happens in the brain before we make consumption decisions.
Circuits in the brain activated by nicotine influence decisions – and vice versa!
We already know the first thing about cannabis, but now it has also been shown how beliefs begin to assess the effect of the psychoactive substance after ingestion and then derive a corresponding decision from this. Subjects were given different strengths of nicotine to take and then looked at the brain on an MRI to see how it dealt with the tasks and constantly made neural reference to the dosage of the inhaled substance. If the nicotine was very strong, all participants considered less potency to be useful, as they had already documented less interest in the active ingredient in the previous survey.
The focus is on the thalamus and ventromedial cortex, where our beliefs are known to float around, mixed with beliefs, superstitions and yet always indispensable parameters for a variety of decisions.
It may sound trite to say that subjective attitudes toward hemp and THC structure actual use, but research shows that that is exactly the case. For example, a patient who vaporizes grass flowers for pain does not become addicted, etc., but rather consumes it with conviction for therapeutic purposes. More and more cannabis, bong smoking and extremely high levels of THC don’t play a role and, according to the new study, never will.
In the philosophy mentioned, “hermeneutics” refers to the seemingly banal but actually decisive way of dealing with knowledge and texts through persuasion. The material we hated at school was something we learned with great difficulty, while enthusiasm ensured that we quickly and truly absorbed the information.
Can cannabis consumption be controlled and controlled by personality?
Science believes this is possible, but naturally initially looks primarily at its own specialist areas. It is about intervention by experts in the case of addiction, dependence and problematic consumption of stimulants that are harmful to health or can have negative effects in everyday life due to specific effects. However, as with cannabis, the latter are often promoted primarily through state bans. It is hardly surprising when similar studies from neurology and psychology show how real legalization quickly and reliably leads to normality in hemp.
Beliefs such as calmness as a basis for a more conscious use of THC can only really develop when every joint is no longer viewed as a crime.
In the USA, the neurological institutes are planning the first combination therapies with beliefs and psychotropic drugs, MRI checks and decision-making. In the report from the specialist magazine, the scientists refrain from asking about the individual formation of beliefs so that nothing goes wrong when dealing with drugs. Of course, this is not such a simple topic and under no circumstances are most people today able to consume opiates prudently over long periods of time on their own responsibility.
On the other hand, a healthy, fresh, curious mind and a self-confident personality will certainly be less likely to end up in trouble because of THC when it comes to cannabis than someone who has to do business with sleazy dealers in constant fear of cops and concerned citizens.
Sources and further links
sciencedaily.com
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