Marijuana blocks PTSD symptoms in rats: study

[DreamSmoker]

This when the DEA has recently stated once again it position that Cannabis has absolutely no Medical Value..
They have stood on this for almost 40 years without doing any homework what so ever... No even allowing good old research here in the U.S. all this time.. Yep, NONE..
All their Stats are based on Criminal stats they pull out of their Asses.. Even Leading Doctors and Physiologist have backed the DEA all these years basing their findings on Bogus Criminal and Mentally ill Patients Stats...
All the real research is and has been done in other Countries for years as their findings were mirror opposites of the claims made by the DEA....
Its still this way to date...

JERUSALEM — Marijuana administered in a timely fashion could block the development of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms in rats, a new study conducted at Haifa University has found.

The study, which was conducted by researchers at the university's psychology department and published in the Neuropsychopharmacology journal, found that rats which were treated with marijuana within 24 hours of a traumatic experience, successfully avoided any symptoms of PTSD.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/09/20/marijuana-blocks-ptsd-symptoms-in-rats-study/

[firehorse]

1. I'm all for anything helping PTSD as I have it, but pot doesn't work for me.

Gave you a rec tho, because we are not widgets, what may work for one may not work for another. The only thing that has helped my PTSD is exercising to exhaustion and EMDR.

The EMDR rewired my brain to process trauma - its the only thing that gave long term results. I see trauma as a broken record, stuck on the same groove. EMDR kicks the needle to a new neural path for processing. I've tried pot, and prescribed meds. Pot didn't work at all. Either did booze. Some prescription meds only help for the short term. Therapy helped identify the triggers so I can manage the PTSD better. But the only thing that worked at all in terms of eliminating symptoms was EMDR.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

3. the study says the mice were dosed within 24 hours of trauma..

perhaps this prevents the 'recording' of that 'record'? or doesn't allow it to get etched in so deeply..

[JNelson6563]

17. You are so right, we're all different.

I hope your own situation in this regard improves.

Julie

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. I will now be adding a doobie to my Disaster kit

of course, I'll have to swap it out every few weeks, so it stays fresh :smoke:
thanks for the info!

[mike_c]

7. a better solution is to just be certain you smoke pot at least once...

...every 24 hours. PTSD-B-Gone!

[Viva_La_Revolution]

8. LOL!

Genius!

*note to self-nominate mike_c for nobel prize in medicine.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

4. What are they doing to give rats PTSD?

[Uncle Joe]

14. I've heard of tests were they allowed rats to swim in a tank until they're exhausted and just about

to drown, after rescuing them for a short period, they put them back in and repeat the process over and over.

They dissected healthy rats and those subjected to this kind of stress torture, the internal organs of the stressed rats had aged considerably faster.

This is something I heard about years ago, not necessarily related to this particular study, but that's one way they can stress them.

[hifiguy]

5. When I was in my teens and twenties

I had horrible social anxiety - disclosure: I was diagnosed Asperger's as an adult, which explained that issue - and smoking pot allowed me to function in a somewhat normal manner during those years. The wacky tobaccy loosened me up enough to get rid of my self-consciousness, make some friends and live a relatively normal life. I have no doubt that the weed is good for many things like this in addition to its value to cancer patients.

[loyalsister]

6. PTSD in rats?

How in the world would that be measured and extended to humans with any real validity?
Biological, or stimulus\response psych studies with animals are measurable. But subjective information is not available.

[dtexdem]

10. Right. Next stop: studies in humans. Want to volunteer?

;-)

[mike_c]

12. rats are an excellent model for PTSD....

It's not my field, mind you, but one can induce stress in laboratory rats in lots of ways, ranging from the truly horrific (severe electric shocks, mutilation, pain induction, heat/cold stress, exhaustion, etc) to analogs of human daily life stressors (crowding, startling noises or flashing lights, food insecurity, and so on). Their performance on objective physiological and behavioral tests, and their health, survivorship, fecundity, and growth are all good measures of the impacts of stress.

[loyalsister]

15. I don't see a reasonable comparison

"Stress and anxiety" do not begin to describe the clusters of symptoms associated with PTSD.

[mike_c]

16. no, but the point is that rats also exhibit consistent, stress induced symptoms...

...many of which manifest similarly to human symptoms. Stress disorders in lab models are ANALOGs of human PTSD-- as you noted, we have no way to measure the subjective experience of rats. But it isn't necessary to understand how rats EXPERIENCE stress subjectively-- it's only necessary that they exhibit consistent, replicatable, and measurable responses over a range of stress intensities. Remember, they're mammals too and have much more physiology in common with humans than they have differences.

[Katidid]

9. What about the Vietnam Vets?

My brother was in Nam in the late 60's (not a good time, none of it was. Hated yhat "war"). He learned how to smoke pot freely over there. He has PTSD, and smoked until 4 years ago. Got off everything,started excersing his butt off and eating healthy. There is no such thing as an X-Marine. :hippie:

[Warren DeMontague]

11. Shit, you mean now we're going to have to find prison space for millions of non-violent RATS, too?

Good god!

[Uncle Joe]

13. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, DreamSmoker.

[mdmc]

18. ..

[rucky]

19. This is one instance where they should've tested on humans first. n/t