RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-04-04 Thread mark robert


On Apr 4, 2005, at 5:25 PM, mark robert wrote:

> How can one read you objectively when you claim to mean
something so 
> different from that which you write? For example, how should I
read 
> your "agenda" statement? I would like to read it objectively of

> course, but I do not have special sidhi powers to cognize what
you 
> will claim you did or did not mean after I confront you.

I don't think I could be much clearer on your burnt out hippy
theory. 
It happens, people burn out. There's evidence. Hell, I've met
them. So 
have most people on this list. Better to know how to reverse it
or do 
it right.


> I don't use coke or pot or any "soft drugs". How much alcohol
do you 
> drink on a weekly basis?

I'm not a regular drinker, sorry.

No soft drugs, huh? You never do any of that stuff on your
website? 
Come on! Heck you've even lectured at the Telluride Mushroom
conference 
on the topic! Do you still have to provide urine samples, is that
why?

You're just pushing for folk hero AND saint. Patron Saint of 
Libertarians. I might even vote for you if you drop the attitude
and 
chip/block on your shoulder.


---



Vaj,

"My burnt out hippie theory"? Are you again back to claiming
they're brain damaged from drug use? "There's evidence."? Of
what? Of more damage than alcohol? Where is this evidence?
"People you know"? Good grief! I thought you just got finished
denying your original brain-damage claim. Or am I just not being
objective again? Are you trying to make me dizzy?

I claim no ability to objectively comprehend your words about
mushrooms, websites, or urine samples.

My attitude here on this forum is to discuss, converse, and to
defend my positions - and voice my disagreements with those I
believe to be inaccurate. Does that make me have a chip on my
shoulder? I don't think so. The term is rather insulting.
Regarding insults, maybe you should feel more of an obligation to
explain your purpose for making them. Have I offended you
somehow?

-Mark 




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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-04-04 Thread Vaj


On Apr 4, 2005, at 5:25 PM, mark robert wrote:

> How can one read you objectively when you claim to mean something so 
> different from that which you write? For example, how should I read 
> your “agenda” statement? I would like to read it objectively of 
> course, but I do not have special sidhi powers to cognize what you 
> will claim you did or did not mean after I confront you.

I don't think I could be much clearer on your burnt out hippy theory. 
It happens, people burn out. There's evidence. Hell, I've met them. So 
have most people on this list. Better to know how to reverse it or do 
it right.


> I don’t use coke or pot or any “soft drugs”. How much alcohol do you 
> drink on a weekly basis?

I'm not a regular drinker, sorry.

No soft drugs, huh? You never do any of that stuff on your website? 
Come on! Heck you've even lectured at the Telluride Mushroom conference 
on the topic! Do you still have to provide urine samples, is that why?

You're just pushing for folk hero AND saint. Patron Saint of 
Libertarians. I might even vote for you if you drop the attitude and 
chip/block on your shoulder.



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RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-04-04 Thread mark robert










 

 

 


On Apr 4, 2005, at 12:28 PM, mark robert wrote:



But
like you, users will often try to defend it as safer than other drugs but then
step back upon a challenge when they realize they can’t.








I am not trying to defend alcohol as better or safer. Please learn to read more
objectively, OK? It's not all about your agenda.

If you prefer soft drugs, that's entirely up to you.



 



 

 

Vaj,

 

How can one read you objectively when you claim
to mean something so different from that which you write? For example, how
should I read your “agenda” statement? I would like to read it
objectively of course, but I do not have special sidhi powers to cognize what
you will claim you did or did not mean after I confront you.

 

I don’t use coke or pot or any “soft
drugs”. How much alcohol do you drink on a weekly basis?

 

-Mark

 






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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-04-04 Thread Vaj

On Apr 4, 2005, at 12:28 PM, mark robert wrote:

But like you, users will often try to defend it as safer than other drugs but then step back upon a challenge when they realize they can’t.

I am not trying to defend alcohol as better or safer. Please learn to read more objectively, OK? It's not all about your agenda.

If you prefer soft drugs, that's entirely up to you.


RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-04-04 Thread mark robert










 


On Apr 3, 2005, at 11:12 PM, mark robert wrote:

Your
reply looks like a disagreement with at least one of my two statements and
seems to imply that PET scans support your disagreement. In other words, you
seem to suggest that PET scans show brain damage of “a casual coke user
or a regular marijuana user”, more than an alcohol user*. Since PET scans
do not show this, your reply is misleading.






No it does not, nor was it meant to imply that. Different drugs do different
things.

Are
you an alcohol user?




Are you?



 



 

 

Vaj,

 

If I misunderstood your meaning, then your
comment was off-context (made little sense as a reply to mine). Everyone knows that
different drugs do different things; that was not being questioned, so your
reply was irrelevant. 

 

If you are going to counter your own
words, irrelevancy is the best you are going to get. This is email, dude, where
everything you say is recorded in transcript form for all to see and refer (and
cite if necessary). I know it’s tough for beings like you that are not
accustomed to having to contend with such inconveniences, but here’s some
advice: GET USED TO IT. It’s called personal responsibility, where each
one of us is responsible for our own words.

 

Maybe I’m being too harsh. Is
English not your first language?

 

No, I do not use alcohol. But like you, users
will often try to defend it as safer than other drugs but then step back upon a
challenge when they realize they can’t.

 

-Mark

 






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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-04-04 Thread Vaj

On Apr 3, 2005, at 11:12 PM, mark robert wrote:

Your reply looks like a disagreement with at least one of my two statements and seems to imply that PET scans support your disagreement. In other words, you seem to suggest that PET scans show brain damage of “a casual coke user or a regular marijuana user”, more than an alcohol user*. Since PET scans do not show this, your reply is misleading.

No it does not, nor was it meant to imply that. Different drugs do different things.

Are you an alcohol user?

Are you?


RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-04-03 Thread mark robert










 


On
Apr 3, 2005, at 12:08 PM, mark robert wrote:

> You are
correct; a PET scan will only show activity/inactivity. Thank 
> you for
thereby admitting that your original implication was 
>
misleading.

What exactly
are you claiming is misleading? I stated some simple known 
facts.
You're clueless.

> Your
tardy response would indicate that you were the one that took a 
> long
time to google PET scans.  
>

Actually I
have done no such search, sorry to disappoint you.


-

 

 

Vaj,

 

What is misleading, you ask? Let me
explain by reviewing the sequence for you.

 

On Mar 28, 2005, at 4:06 PM, I wrote:

”Illegal
drugs cause far less permanent brain damage than alcohol. The stereotype of the
brain-damaged ex-hippie is a myth.”

 

Later that same day, you replied:

”Ever seen a PET scan of the brain of a casual coke
user or a regular marijuana smoker? It ain't pretty.”

 

Your reply looks like a disagreement with
at least one of my two statements and seems to imply that PET scans support
your disagreement. In other words, you seem to suggest that PET scans show
brain damage of “a casual coke user or a regular marijuana user”,
more than an alcohol user*. Since PET scans do not show this, your reply is
misleading.

 

(*It would be difficult to translate your post
in any other way, considering it was in direct context of my two previous
statements.)

 

Are you an alcohol user?

 

-Mark

 

 







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[FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-04-03 Thread L B Shriver


Here's a good one:

http://ideas-canada.ca/medmj/cannabis2.htm

--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> On Apr 3, 2005, at 4:37 PM, akasha_108 wrote:
> 
> > And btw, of your other cites, one had to do with young teens, one with
> > schizophrenics, and the third not accessable. I assumed the discussion
> > was on relatively healthy adult use, no kids or those with existing
> > severe mental challenges.
> 
> Honestly, I just grabbed a couple of quick searches since people could 
> not find any. I just briefly glanced over them. If you do the same web 
> search, I'm sure there's plenty to read.





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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-04-03 Thread rudra_joe


  Four groups underwent sonography monitoring during a month of
abstinence:
• 11 light users who had smoked about 11 joints a week
• 23 moderate users who had smoked nearly 44 joints a week
• 20 heavy users who had smoked about 130 joints a week
• 18 controls
  Researchers established a baseline by measuring blood flow for all
subjects within three days of admission and then again at 28 to 30 days
after monitored abstinence. All noncontrol subjects were observed on an
inpatient basis.


--11 jpw = 2/day
 44 jpw = 6/day
   130 jpw = 18/day

---Whatever!

Guess I'm minimal. I couldn't afford to be in that study. 



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[FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-04-03 Thread shanti2218411


--I think its worth mentioning that PET scans and MRIs etc while
representing major advances in neuro imaging are not able to capture
anything like the all the possible pathological changes in the brain
that may result from long term drug and/or alcohol abuse.A better way
to tell if the long term use of a drug has had negative effects on the
brain is with neuropsycholgical testing.Clearly all drugs could
potentially have negative effects on cognitive functioning.The degree
this will be the case will likely vary a great deal between
individuals.Suffice it to say that the long term abuse of alcohol or
drugs is to some extent a roll of the dice.However,having worked with
a couple thousand substance abusers my money is on alcohol if you
really want to do a job on how your brain functions,assuning of course
your willing to drink enough :).Kevin







In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 
> > On Apr 3, 2005, at 12:08 PM, mark robert wrote:
> > 
> > > You are correct; a PET scan will only show activity/inactivity.
Thank 
> > > you for thereby admitting that your original implication was 
> > > misleading.
> > 
> > What exactly are you claiming is misleading? I stated some simple
known 
> > facts. You're clueless.
> > 
> > > Your tardy response would indicate that you were the one that
took a 
> > > long time to google PET scans.  
> > >
> > 
> > Actually I have done no such search, sorry to disappoint you. 
> 
> 
> And I have googled, but cannot find what you originally stated as well
> established in scientific cirlces: paraphrasing -- not a pretty
> picture -- the PET scans of regular cannabus users -- scans showing
> substantal damage, compared against a well established baseline.





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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-04-03 Thread Vaj


On Apr 3, 2005, at 4:37 PM, akasha_108 wrote:

> And btw, of your other cites, one had to do with young teens, one with
> schizophrenics, and the third not accessable. I assumed the discussion
> was on relatively healthy adult use, no kids or those with existing
> severe mental challenges.

Honestly, I just grabbed a couple of quick searches since people could 
not find any. I just briefly glanced over them. If you do the same web 
search, I'm sure there's plenty to read.



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[FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-04-03 Thread akasha_108


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> On Apr 3, 2005, at 3:23 PM, akasha_108 wrote:
> 
> > And I have googled, but cannot find what you originally stated as well
> > established in scientific cirlces: paraphrasing -- not a pretty
> > picture -- the PET scans of regular cannabus users -- scans showing
> > substantal damage, compared against a well established baseline.
> 
> Here's a nice new study which is interesting because while positron  
> emission tomography she very detailed and subtle details of brain  
> perfusion, sonography is very good at showing gross blood flow--and  
> even on that they could tell. Interesting later ramification of what  
> we've learned from the early PET studies.
> 
> http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/showNews.jhtml; 
> jsessionid=0T0501F5B5ESUQSNDBCCKH0CJUMEKJVN?articleID=60402729
> 
> Heavy marijuana use impairs cerebral blood flow
>   Chronic pot smokers may experience problems with thinking or  
> remembering even after abstaining, and decreased cerebral blood flow  
> may be the cause, according to researchers at the National Institute
on  
> Drug Abuse.
> 
>   "Marijuana users who smoke 11 joints or more per week have
deficits in  
> cerebral blood flow. In heavier users, these deficits persist for at  
> least a month," said lead author Ronald I. Herning, Ph.D., a research  
> scientist at the institute.
> 
>   These changes in the brain observed early during the quitting
process  
> may explain previous reports of cognitive deficits observed in  
> marijuana users, he said.
> 
>   Herning and colleagues used transcranial Doppler sonography to
measure  
> flow velocity in the anterior and middle cerebral arteries in a study  
> published in the February issue of Neurology.
> 
>   Four groups underwent sonography monitoring during a month of  
> abstinence:
>   •11 light users who had smoked about 11 joints a week
>   •23 moderate users who had smoked nearly 44 joints a week
>   •20 heavy users who had smoked about 130 joints a week
>   •18 controls
>   Researchers established a baseline by measuring blood flow for all  
> subjects within three days of admission and then again at 28 to 30
days  
> after monitored abstinence. All noncontrol subjects were observed on
an  
> inpatient basis.
> 
>   During the first round of sonography, both mean and systolic blood  
> velocities for the left and middle cerebral arteries were higher in
the  
> marijuana-using subjects compared with controls. Right and left  
> anterior cerebral arteries in the marijuana groups exhibited higher  
> systolic blood velocities compared with controls. The pulsatility
index  
> (PI), which measures the amount of resistance to blood flow, was
higher  
> for both sets of cerebral arteries in the marijuana users as well.
> 
>   For both sets of middle and anterior cerebral arteries, blood  
> velocities were not significantly different among the three  
> marijuana-using groups. After a month of abstinence, however, light to  
> moderate marijuana users experienced a significant improvement in PI  
> values and systolic velocity, while the heavy users showed no  
> improvement.
> 
>   "The PI values of about 1.00 that we observed in the heavy users are  
> similar to those found in patients with chronic hypertension and might  
> put marijuana users at risk for small vessel disease," Herning said.
> 
>   Because the study observed abstinence for only a month, further  
> research is needed to determine whether the blood flow deficits in  
> heavy users are permanent, he said.


Thanks. 

The classification of user types is kind of funny though.

• 11 light users who had smoked about 11 joints a week (1.5 / day)
• 23 moderate users who had smoked nearly 44 joints a week (6/day)
• 20 heavy users who had smoked about 130 joints a week (18 / day)

i would think:

 1.5 joints every day is a constant heavy user.
 2 joints a week is a regular moderate user
 2 joints a month is a light or occasional user
 
and 

6 joints a day is a "perpetually stoned" user -- and 
consisting of only a small % of users.

18 joints a day everyday, day in and day out is a totally out of
control zombie, near couch-lock paralysis, and not sustainable by
almost anyone. 

So only the latter group, totally out of control zombies, near
couch-lock paralysis, representative of almost no real world users,
showed sustained, though not necessarily permanent reduction of blood
flow in the brain.

That, to me, gives a quite different picture from your original
comment -- "ever seen a PET scan of a REGULAR Pot user, it ain't
pretty", but I may have interpreted your statment as more severe than
you meant it.

Anyway, it just seems that moderate pot use creates no or minimal
long-run damage compared to a similar level of alcohol use. And drug
and alcohol laws should catch up with science. And not waste tax
dollars on enforcing bad science. Spend it on thin

Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-04-03 Thread Vaj


On Apr 3, 2005, at 3:23 PM, akasha_108 wrote:

> And I have googled, but cannot find what you originally stated as well
> established in scientific cirlces: paraphrasing -- not a pretty
> picture -- the PET scans of regular cannabus users -- scans showing
> substantal damage, compared against a well established baseline.

Here's a nice new study which is interesting because while positron  
emission tomography she very detailed and subtle details of brain  
perfusion, sonography is very good at showing gross blood flow--and  
even on that they could tell. Interesting later ramification of what  
we've learned from the early PET studies.

http://www.diagnosticimaging.com/showNews.jhtml; 
jsessionid=0T0501F5B5ESUQSNDBCCKH0CJUMEKJVN?articleID=60402729

Heavy marijuana use impairs cerebral blood flow
  Chronic pot smokers may experience problems with thinking or  
remembering even after abstaining, and decreased cerebral blood flow  
may be the cause, according to researchers at the National Institute on  
Drug Abuse.

  "Marijuana users who smoke 11 joints or more per week have deficits in  
cerebral blood flow. In heavier users, these deficits persist for at  
least a month," said lead author Ronald I. Herning, Ph.D., a research  
scientist at the institute.

  These changes in the brain observed early during the quitting process  
may explain previous reports of cognitive deficits observed in  
marijuana users, he said.

  Herning and colleagues used transcranial Doppler sonography to measure  
flow velocity in the anterior and middle cerebral arteries in a study  
published in the February issue of Neurology.

  Four groups underwent sonography monitoring during a month of  
abstinence:
•11 light users who had smoked about 11 joints a week
•23 moderate users who had smoked nearly 44 joints a week
•20 heavy users who had smoked about 130 joints a week
•18 controls
  Researchers established a baseline by measuring blood flow for all  
subjects within three days of admission and then again at 28 to 30 days  
after monitored abstinence. All noncontrol subjects were observed on an  
inpatient basis.

  During the first round of sonography, both mean and systolic blood  
velocities for the left and middle cerebral arteries were higher in the  
marijuana-using subjects compared with controls. Right and left  
anterior cerebral arteries in the marijuana groups exhibited higher  
systolic blood velocities compared with controls. The pulsatility index  
(PI), which measures the amount of resistance to blood flow, was higher  
for both sets of cerebral arteries in the marijuana users as well.

  For both sets of middle and anterior cerebral arteries, blood  
velocities were not significantly different among the three  
marijuana-using groups. After a month of abstinence, however, light to  
moderate marijuana users experienced a significant improvement in PI  
values and systolic velocity, while the heavy users showed no  
improvement.

  "The PI values of about 1.00 that we observed in the heavy users are  
similar to those found in patients with chronic hypertension and might  
put marijuana users at risk for small vessel disease," Herning said.

  Because the study observed abstinence for only a month, further  
research is needed to determine whether the blood flow deficits in  
heavy users are permanent, he said.



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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-04-03 Thread Vaj


On Apr 3, 2005, at 3:23 PM, akasha_108 wrote:

> And I have googled, but cannot find what you originally stated as well
> established in scientific cirlces: paraphrasing -- not a pretty
> picture -- the PET scans of regular cannabus users -- scans showing
> substantal damage, compared against a well established baseline.

Whoa. It cause changes in cerebral perfusion--hypoperfusion--to certain  
parts of the brain (the frontal cortex IIRC). In some cases these  
effects reverse, in long term people I would suspect there would less  
reversibility or some permanent damage.

Here a quick google search (cerebral perfusion marijuana smoker PET  
scan) :


Here's an oldy of marijuana, jsut to give idea how long this has been  
known:

http://www.asam.org/jol/jol_19_1.htm

Another:

http://www.theneurologist.org/pt/re/neurologist/abstract.00127893 
-200401000-5.htm; 
jsessionid=CQF1ZP8OpUPNQ2jLwS1a1B5hG2OimRhdOEzOBgvMmeqja2HilDTP! 
-1860688455!-949856031!9001!-1

Cocaine

http://www.nature.com/jcbfm/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/9600093a.html

Meth:

http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/full/24/26/6028




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[FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-04-03 Thread akasha_108


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> On Apr 3, 2005, at 12:08 PM, mark robert wrote:
> 
> > You are correct; a PET scan will only show activity/inactivity. Thank 
> > you for thereby admitting that your original implication was 
> > misleading.
> 
> What exactly are you claiming is misleading? I stated some simple known 
> facts. You're clueless.
> 
> > Your tardy response would indicate that you were the one that took a 
> > long time to google PET scans.  
> >
> 
> Actually I have done no such search, sorry to disappoint you. 


And I have googled, but cannot find what you originally stated as well
established in scientific cirlces: paraphrasing -- not a pretty
picture -- the PET scans of regular cannabus users -- scans showing
substantal damage, compared against a well established baseline. 











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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-04-03 Thread Vaj


On Apr 3, 2005, at 12:08 PM, mark robert wrote:

> You are correct; a PET scan will only show activity/inactivity. Thank 
> you for thereby admitting that your original implication was 
> misleading.

What exactly are you claiming is misleading? I stated some simple known 
facts. You're clueless.

> Your tardy response would indicate that you were the one that took a 
> long time to google PET scans.  
>

Actually I have done no such search, sorry to disappoint you.



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RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-04-03 Thread mark robert










 

 


On
Apr 2, 2005, at 11:58 PM, mark robert wrote:

> In
light of your failure to explain yourself, I shall assume that you 
> are
unable to support what you implied: that PET scans indicate that 
> coke
and pot users sustain more brain damage than alcohol users.
>
>

I never said
that coke and pot users sustain more brain damage than 
alcohol
users. Anything that effects cerebral perfusion will be 
reflected in
a PET scan using FDG, a tracer which shows how the brain 
uses these
fine sugars. For example, this is used in meditation 
research to
show changes to the brain.

Don't you
know how to use a search engine?



--

 

 

 

Vaj,

 

You are correct; a PET scan will only show
activity/inactivity. Thank you for thereby admitting that your original implication
was misleading. 

 

Regarding exactly what you and I have said
here, it is there for all to see. 

 

I don’t know why you asked about my
searching ability. I was only asking you to clarify your post. Your tardy
response would indicate that you were the one that took a long time to google PET
scans.  

 

Do you drink alcohol?

 

-Mark

 

 

 







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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-04-03 Thread Vaj


On Apr 2, 2005, at 11:58 PM, mark robert wrote:

> In light of your failure to explain yourself, I shall assume that you 
> are unable to support what you implied: that PET scans indicate that 
> coke and pot users sustain more brain damage than alcohol users.
>
>

I never said that coke and pot users sustain more brain damage than 
alcohol users. Anything that effects cerebral perfusion will be 
reflected in a PET scan using FDG, a tracer which shows how the brain 
uses these fine sugars. For example, this is used in meditation 
research to show changes to the brain.

Don't you know how to use a search engine?



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RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-04-02 Thread mark robert










Vaj,

 

In light of your failure to explain yourself,
I shall assume that you are unable to support what you implied: that PET scans indicate
that coke and pot users sustain more brain damage than alcohol users.

 

-Mark

 

 











 

Vaj,

 

I was hoping you had a response for my
question below.

 

-Mark

 

--

 


On
Mar 28, 2005, at 4:06 PM, mark robert wrote:

> Illegal
drugs cause far less permanent brain damage than alcohol. The 
> stereotype
of the brain-damaged ex-hippie is a myth.

Ever seen a
PET scan of the brain of a casual coke user or a regular 
marijuana
smoker?

It ain't
pretty.



 

 

Vaj,

 

No, I haven’t. Tell us more about
these scans. Do they show brain damage?

 

-Mark

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







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RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-03-29 Thread mark robert










Vaj,

 

I was hoping you had a response for my question
below.

 

-Mark

 

--

 


On
Mar 28, 2005, at 4:06 PM, mark robert wrote:

> Illegal
drugs cause far less permanent brain damage than alcohol. The 
>
stereotype of the brain-damaged ex-hippie is a myth.

Ever seen a
PET scan of the brain of a casual coke user or a regular 
marijuana
smoker?

It ain't
pretty.



 

 

Vaj,

 

No, I haven’t. Tell us more about
these scans. Do they show brain damage?

 

-Mark

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 







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[FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-03-28 Thread akasha_108


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> On Mar 28, 2005, at 9:06 PM, akasha_108 wrote:
> 
> > And that is comparing it to some sort of matched contol that has not
> > used marijuana?
> 
> The literature on this is now quite large. I saw the initial studies 
> done around Washington years ago courtesy the NIH's Positron Emission 
> Tomography center which was one of the first. Since they also had their 
> own cyclotron, they could also produce their own tracers based on the 
> fine sugars the brain uses for metabolism.
> 
> PET brain atlases have been online for years now. Yes, of course the 
> baseline perfusion is well known. Usually for a tracer, that's one of 
> the first things established, the norms. Even before PET this was well 
> known.

Thanks. I will look at it. 

And thanks for your other recent cites, histroy or arayan migration etc.

So 50 million estatic bhang drinking shaivaite sadhus are not really 
 in ectasy but just experiencing the results of massive brain damage? 
:)   






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RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-03-28 Thread mark robert










 

 


On
Mar 28, 2005, at 4:06 PM, mark robert wrote:

> Illegal
drugs cause far less permanent brain damage than alcohol. The 
>
stereotype of the brain-damaged ex-hippie is a myth.

Ever seen a
PET scan of the brain of a casual coke user or a regular 
marijuana
smoker?

It ain't
pretty.



 

 

Vaj,

 

No, I haven’t. Tell us more about these
scans. Do they show brain damage?

 

-Mark 







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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-03-28 Thread Vaj


On Mar 28, 2005, at 9:06 PM, akasha_108 wrote:

> And that is comparing it to some sort of matched contol that has not
> used marijuana?

The literature on this is now quite large. I saw the initial studies 
done around Washington years ago courtesy the NIH's Positron Emission 
Tomography center which was one of the first. Since they also had their 
own cyclotron, they could also produce their own tracers based on the 
fine sugars the brain uses for metabolism.

PET brain atlases have been online for years now. Yes, of course the 
baseline perfusion is well known. Usually for a tracer, that's one of 
the first things established, the norms. Even before PET this was well 
known.



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[FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-03-28 Thread akasha_108


>   - Original Message - 
>   From: Vaj 
>   To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 4:26 PM
>   Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan
of America
> 
> 
> 
>   On Mar 28, 2005, at 4:06 PM, mark robert wrote:
> 
>   > Illegal drugs cause far less permanent brain damage than
alcohol. The 
>   > stereotype of the brain-damaged ex-hippie is a myth.
> 
>   Ever seen a PET scan of the brain of a casual coke user or a regular 
>   marijuana smoker?
> 
>   It ain't pretty.

And that is comparing it to some sort of matched contol that has not
used marijuana? 

A guy comes into a hospital, is quite sick, you talk a pet scan, it
looks bad, and oh incidentally he says he smokes weed. Thats no
evidence of causation.  Not even of correlation if its one to two people. 







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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-03-28 Thread rudra_joe





You mean I'm uglier inside than out. Oh, that's 
cool.

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PM
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  Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America
  On Mar 28, 2005, at 4:06 PM, mark robert 
  wrote:> Illegal drugs cause far less permanent brain damage than 
  alcohol. The > stereotype of the brain-damaged ex-hippie is a 
  myth.Ever seen a PET scan of the brain of a casual coke user or a 
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-03-28 Thread rudra_joe





Mharishi says, "Only by washing the yellow cotton 
in the machine can we get the ghost out of it."

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PM
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  Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America
  On Mar 28, 2005, at 3:26 PM, Peter Sutphen 
  wrote:> Exactly what is the "washing machine effect"> and 
  how can this be accounted for in the super> radiance 
  theory.It's in the 11th Mandala of Rig Ved, where've you 
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-03-28 Thread gullible fool

 
> -which half?

The true believer half. 

--- rudra_joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No wonder 
> half the posts are loony.
> 
> 
> 
> -which half?




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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-03-28 Thread rudra_joe





But unlike so many others, you did it right 
;)

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  Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 11:30 
  AM
  Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New 
  Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America
  on 3/28/05 10:59 AM, off_world_beings at [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
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  plot. Maybe this> whole board is a haven for ex druggiesexcept for 
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  the fact that I did drugs for about a year 38 years ago.Many in my 
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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-03-28 Thread Vaj


On Mar 28, 2005, at 4:06 PM, mark robert wrote:

> Illegal drugs cause far less permanent brain damage than alcohol. The 
> stereotype of the brain-damaged ex-hippie is a myth.

Ever seen a PET scan of the brain of a casual coke user or a regular 
marijuana smoker?

It ain't pretty.



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[FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-03-28 Thread akasha_108


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "rudra_joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No wonder 
> half the posts are loony.
> 
> 
> 
> -which half?

The bottom half. 







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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-03-28 Thread rudra_joe





No wonder half the posts are loony.
 
 
-which 
half?


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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-03-28 Thread Rick Archer
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America





on 3/28/05 3:06 PM, mark robert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
Illegal drugs cause far less permanent brain damage than alcohol. The stereotype of the brain-damaged ex-hippie is a myth. It would be virtually impossible to match the damage caused by a single-night’s moderate dose of alcohol. 
 
I have a few of those too. Some not so moderate. But I lost interest in booze very quickly. I wanted to wake up, not dull out.



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RE: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-03-28 Thread mark robert










 

 

 


 on 3/28/05 10:59 AM, off_world_beings at
 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 > 
 > Geeze. Now its coming out. No wonder you
 lost the plot. Maybe this
 > whole board is a haven for ex
 druggiesexcept for me. No wonder
 > half the posts are loony.
 > 
 I've never hidden the fact that I did drugs
 for about a year 38 years ago.
 Many in my generation did. 1967 - Summer of
 Love. Sex, drugs, Rock 'n Roll
 
 
 
 




 





 

Illegal drugs cause far less permanent brain damage than alcohol.
The stereotype of the brain-damaged ex-hippie is a myth. It would be virtually
impossible to match the damage caused by a single-night’s moderate dose of
alcohol. 

 

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[FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-03-28 Thread akasha_108


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> On Mar 28, 2005, at 3:26 PM, Peter Sutphen wrote:
> 
> > Exactly what is the "washing machine effect"
> > and how can this be accounted for in the super
> > radiance theory.
> 
> It's in the 11th Mandala of Rig Ved, where've you been?
> 
> Raja Vaj©

Its also in the maytagawasha sutras. Its very explicit. Come on Peter,
read your vedic lit before going pitta on us.







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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-03-28 Thread Vaj


On Mar 28, 2005, at 3:26 PM, Peter Sutphen wrote:

> Exactly what is the "washing machine effect"
> and how can this be accounted for in the super
> radiance theory.

It's in the 11th Mandala of Rig Ved, where've you been?

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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-03-28 Thread Peter Sutphen

Comment below:

--- peterklutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> 
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "George
> DeForest"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > superradiance has never prevented crime in iowa,
> > (altho iowa already had less crime than most other
> places). early
> on, MMY attributed this apparent exception to the
> rule due to his
> theory of
> > the "washing machine effect" - which is that since
> > Fairfield is taking on the karma of the whole USA,
> > it must have the National 1% number, which is
> > 1600 flying together. 
> 
> And if that doesn't help, it's because Fairfield is
> shouldering the
> responsibility of the world - and needs that quota.
> 
> It's called the 'night-bug effect' - putting people
> to group practice in 
> Kaliyuga is like lightening a light in the wee hours
> of the night. 
> 
> They way out is to light the Sun of Sat yuga - then
> the bugs will go away.

This is also called post hoc reasoning and has no
place in scientific discourse unless it can modify
your original theory by refining it. This stuff is
just used to rationalize away rather obvious empirical
inconsistancies that people are uncomfortable with.
Don't speak the language of science and then shift
into metaphors and pretend it's still science, it
ain't. Exactly what is the "washing machine effect"
and how can this be accounted for in the super
radiance theory. Right now it has no operational
definitions and can not be tested. It's junk.
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[FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-03-28 Thread peterklutz


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "George DeForest"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> superradiance has never prevented crime in iowa,
> (altho iowa already had less crime than most other places). early
on, MMY attributed this apparent exception to the rule due to his
theory of
> the "washing machine effect" - which is that since
> Fairfield is taking on the karma of the whole USA,
> it must have the National 1% number, which is
> 1600 flying together. 

And if that doesn't help, it's because Fairfield is shouldering the
responsibility of the world - and needs that quota.

It's called the 'night-bug effect' - putting people to group practice in 
Kaliyuga is like lightening a light in the wee hours of the night. 

They way out is to light the Sun of Sat yuga - then the bugs will go away.








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Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-03-28 Thread Rick Archer

on 3/28/05 10:59 AM, off_world_beings at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> Geeze. Now its coming out. No wonder you lost the plot. Maybe this
> whole board is a haven for ex druggiesexcept for me. No wonder
> half the posts are loony.
> 
I've never hidden the fact that I did drugs for about a year 38 years ago.
Many in my generation did. 1967 - Summer of Love. Sex, drugs, Rock 'n Roll





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[FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-03-28 Thread off_world_beings


Geeze. Now its coming out. No wonder you lost the plot. Maybe this 
whole board is a haven for ex druggiesexcept for me. No wonder 
half the posts are loony.


> Worst and most bizarre experience of my life was dropping acid then 
snorting
> meth, in 1968. Nasty stuff. Even back then it was ruining people¹s 
lives.
> Epidemic around here now.





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[FairfieldLife] Re: New Rasayana for the Brahmasthan of America

2005-03-28 Thread off_world_beings


--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Wasn't "coherence" and superradiance from FF supposed to prevent 
this 
> kind of thing? Maybe the coherence stops at the town line? In any 
event 
> I'm sure we'll see this in the next "study". 
> 
> Kids suffer from parents' meth addiction
> 
>>.


Could be. This seems like the pits of kaliyug, and it is not just the 
midwest





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