Not even alcohol (one of the "dirtiest" drugs as far as physiological effects go) kills brain cells. I wish this myth would die. The issue is in the way they affect your dopaminic and serotonergic regulation and how this can fuck up your brain chemistry, not that they're literally killing off your brain cells.
> My concern with modern (incredibly strong) Cannabis/THC is that some regular users seem to struggle with withdrawal if they don't smoke their bowls regularly, run short on weed etc.
That said, this is a very legitimate concern I have as well. It doesn't help that a lot of stoners seem like they're in denial over the fact that they gasp have a dependence on this substance like an alcoholic or smoker does.
Alcohol can kill brain cells, but from overactivity of withdrawals.
> Scientists postulate that this
syndrome [Alcohol Withdrawal] represents the hyperactivity
of neural adaptive mechanisms no
longer balanced by the inhibitory
effects of alcohol
> Increased NMDA receptor activity
significantly increases the amount
of calcium that enters nerve cells.
Although calcium is essential for
nerve cell function, an excess of this
substance within neurons has been
reported to produce cell toxicity or
death
> My concern with modern (incredibly strong) Cannabis/THC is that some regular users seem to struggle with withdrawal if they don't smoke their bowls regularly, run short on weed etc.
That said, this is a very legitimate concern I have as well. It doesn't help that a lot of stoners seem like they're in denial over the fact that they gasp have a dependence on this substance like an alcoholic or smoker does.