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Quote: (02-16-2014 09:25 PM)LeonsGreenWifeBeater Wrote:
Quote: (02-16-2014 08:17 PM)The Lizard of Oz Wrote:
kapitaw, these testosterone studies (which are in any case inconclusive and contradictory) only serve to obscure the issue.
There is no need to rely on specific "studies" that look at a very particular and noisy measurement of the intractably complex human endocrine system, when we know from everyday observation that, while there are exceptions to this, habitual pot smokers have the tendency to become sluggish, lazy and passive as time goes on.
Yeah ignore the science and focus on what you perceive to be true...cant see any fault in that logic...
Quote: (02-17-2014 12:10 PM)The Lizard of Oz Wrote:
Quote: (02-16-2014 09:25 PM)LeonsGreenWifeBeater Wrote:
Quote: (02-16-2014 08:17 PM)The Lizard of Oz Wrote:
kapitaw, these testosterone studies (which are in any case inconclusive and contradictory) only serve to obscure the issue.
There is no need to rely on specific "studies" that look at a very particular and noisy measurement of the intractably complex human endocrine system, when we know from everyday observation that, while there are exceptions to this, habitual pot smokers have the tendency to become sluggish, lazy and passive as time goes on.
Yeah ignore the science and focus on what you perceive to be true...cant see any fault in that logic...
I love it when people who often have no understanding of any kind of science trot out the all-purpose scarecrow phrase "the science" to justify the idea that any "peer-reviewed study" no matter how ill-designed, inconclusive, or outright irrelevant, is necessarily a better basis on which to form conclusions about a subject than the totality of human experience about that subject.
There is no such thing as "the science". There are different sciences, developed to very different levels of quantification and predictive power. Overestimating the applicability of a weakly developed and under-quantified scientific field -- let alone of a single, limited, and inconclusive "study" -- can be as or more dangerous as ignoring the valid conclusions of a mature and powerful one.
If I'm going to design and build a bridge, I will rely on the conclusions of harshly quantified mechanics and materials science to determine whether or not the bridge will hold, not on my personal impressions on that subject (even though the latter might still add some value). But if I want to evaluate something as intractably complex as the effects of a prolonged administration of a psychoactive drug on such elusive but no less real phenomena as morale, motivation and joie-de-vivre in no longer very young men, I would be a fool and a simpleton to rely on the outputs of a small number of measurements of this or that specific indicator in one or two studies, as opposed to the totality of human experience and observation on the subject at hand.
Quote: (02-17-2014 12:10 PM)The Lizard of Oz Wrote:
Quote: (02-16-2014 09:25 PM)LeonsGreenWifeBeater Wrote:
Quote: (02-16-2014 08:17 PM)The Lizard of Oz Wrote:
kapitaw, these testosterone studies (which are in any case inconclusive and contradictory) only serve to obscure the issue.
There is no need to rely on specific "studies" that look at a very particular and noisy measurement of the intractably complex human endocrine system, when we know from everyday observation that, while there are exceptions to this, habitual pot smokers have the tendency to become sluggish, lazy and passive as time goes on.
Yeah ignore the science and focus on what you perceive to be true...cant see any fault in that logic...
I love it when people who often have no understanding of any kind of science trot out the all-purpose scarecrow phrase "the science" to justify the idea that any "peer-reviewed study" no matter how ill-designed, inconclusive, or outright irrelevant, is necessarily a better basis on which to form conclusions about a subject than the totality of human experience about that subject.
There is no such thing as "the science". There are different sciences, developed to very different levels of quantification and predictive power. Overestimating the applicability of a weakly developed and under-quantified scientific field -- let alone of a single, limited, and inconclusive "study" -- can be as or more dangerous as ignoring the valid conclusions of a mature and powerful one.
If I'm going to design and build a bridge, I will rely on the conclusions of harshly quantified mechanics and materials science to determine whether or not the bridge will hold, not on my personal impressions on that subject (even though the latter might still add some value). But if I want to evaluate something as intractably complex as the effects of a prolonged administration of a psychoactive drug on such elusive but no less real phenomena as morale, motivation and joie-de-vivre in no longer very young men, I would be a fool and a simpleton to rely on the outputs of a small number of measurements of this or that specific indicator in one or two studies, as opposed to the totality of human experience and observation on the subject at hand.
Quote: (02-16-2014 02:34 PM)The Lizard of Oz Wrote:
Quote: (02-16-2014 01:17 AM)frenchie Wrote:
For the record, I smoke everyday. I also hit the gym daily, pay my bills, go to work, and complete tasks like any other adult.
Doesn't affect my ability to do life tasks or complete goals. I'm more dominant when I'm blazed to the point of intimidation. I'm better sober simply because I put more energy into being nice.
frenchie, you're a young guy (around 25 I'd guess) so you may be able to get away with it for now, but I'd watch it over time -- you always want to quit while you're ahead with this sort of thing.
One of the main ways your body and brain change as you get a little bit older (even late 20s and 30s) is that it gets harder to flush out the effects of a repeated insult such as the long-term administration of a drug. You can feel just as well in every way in your 30s and 40s as you do in your 20s if you keep your shit clean -- but you can also start taking damage of both obvious and less obvious kinds if you keep jamming your brain with a psychoactive drug like pot day in day out.
Again, don't want to be a buzzkill here -- but you want to enjoy your life and your body to the utmost for a long time to come, so watch it and don't hesitate to set the pot aside if you feel the least sign of a problem, anything like sluggishness, lower libido, less interest in life, and so on. No matter what, if you're still doing it regularly past your late 20s you're trying your luck.
Quote: (02-18-2014 12:25 AM)LeonsGreenWifeBeater Wrote:
Here's a recap
Dude asks:
"Does MJ make your T go down?"
Another guy says:
"Here's a study that says no."
You say:
"Ill just trust my own judgement."
Which is far more ridiculous that blindly trusting a study. For a variety of reasons.
1) You are around people who aren't high and act "normal" This of course the makes the data you are drawing on very polluted.
2) You can't "see" T levels...Of course high T will be correlated with happier, more aggressive men and the reverse is probably true also, but still you cant actually see what you're claiming to be a good judge of.
3) These loser burnout types that we are all talking about...Well how did they behave "before" they started smoking weed? If a weakling starts smoking weed, can we really blame the weed when the dudes still weak twenty years later?
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Endocrinology. 1980 Sep;107(3):848-50.
Marihuana inhibits dihydrotestosterone binding to the androgen receptor.
Purohit V, Ahluwahlia BS, Vigersky RA.
Abstract
Marihuana and its constitutents delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (delta 9-THC) and cannabinol (CBN) were tested for their ability to interact with the androgen receptor in rat prostate cytosol. Smoked marihuana condensate, delta 9-THC, and CBN inhibit specific binding of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) to the androgen receptor with a dissociatin constant of the inhibitors (Li) of 2.1-5.8 X 10(-7)M. in addition, other metabolites of delta 9-THC were also androgen antagonists. This data suggests that the anti-androgenic effects associated with marihuana use results, at least in part, from inhibition of androgen action at the receptor level.
Quote: (02-19-2014 06:00 AM)FilipSRB Wrote:
Just be honest and ask yourself why are you taking it? There is nothing inherently bad about it, if you use it at time of leisure to unwind from the day, or to enhance an already pleasurable experience, I don't see a problem. If its used as a crutch or as an escape from reality tool, then you fucked up.