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Regular marijuana use might affect vision, study says

dddaver

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Now they're grasping at straws. Just updated Reefer Madness. Worse actually. They go to the conclusion it'll hurt your eyes is based on that? This is complete speculation. This pseudo-science being inflammatory just to get it printed is annoying. Changes in retina effect vision long term? Based on what? Must be all those blind hippies tapping all those canes. :biggrin:

Regular marijuana use might affect vision, study says

By Susan Scutti, CNN
Updated 5:02 PM ET, Thu December 8, 2016
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  • Regular marijuana use delays processing of visual information in the retina, researchers claim
  • More study is needed, researchers say!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - "1st take it off sched I so that's possible"



<cite class="el-editorial-source"> (CNN)</cite>A marijuana habit may alter your vision, according to a new study.

Regular cannabis use delays the processing of visual information at its very beginning, in the retina, the results of a study published Thursday in JAMA Ophthalmology suggest. This disruption may impact the eyesight of regular pot smokers and edibles eaters, even if the influence is very weak, the authors noted.

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"Such an anomaly could be imperceptible for cannabis users," said Dr. Vincent Laprevote, lead author of the study and a physician at Pole Hospitalo-Universitaire de Psychiatrie du Grand Nancy in Laxou, France. "However, it is important, since it could reflect the changes in the communication between neural cells implied by regular cannabis use."
Cannabis is known to act on synaptic transmissions within the brain. Since the retina is an easy-to-access extension of the central nervous system, a comparison study of retinal processes in both regular marijuana users and controls might provide more information about the drug's effects in the brain, hypothesized Laprevote and his co-authors.
The researchers examined whether cannabis disturbs the function of cells known as retinal ganglion cells.
"We are particularly interested in these ganglion cells because they behave as brain cells," said Laprevote.
These cells are partially responsible for transforming light (visual stimulation) into a series of electrical pulses, called action potentials, in the brain.
"The timing of signals traveling from the retina to the visual brain is critical for normal visual processing," said Dr. Laura Frishman, a professor and associate dean at the University of Houston College of Optometry, who was not involved in the study.

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To understand the impact of marijuana use on retinal ganglion cell function, the researchers measured the electrical and physiological response of these cells in 52 people: 28 regular cannabis users and 24 who did not use the drug.
Laprevote and his co-authors discovered a delayed response time for cannabis users compared with controls. On average, the marijuana users registered 98.6 milliseconds, compared with 88.4 for the people in the control group.
This result suggests dysfunction in communication between ganglion cells, said Laprevote.

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"At present, the authors only tested the retinal ganglion cell signaling," Frishman noted. She added that this is a flaw, since the recorded measurements reflect the function of other retinal cells and photoreceptors, not just ganglion cells. The researchers, then, did not determine precisely how cannabis affects the retina.
The research was supported, in part, by a grant from the French Interministerial Mission for Combating Drugs and Addictive Behavior.
Dr. Christopher Lyons of the department of ophthalmology and visual sciences at University of British Columbia and Anthony G. Robson of the department of electrophysiology at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London believe the article addresses an important and neglected issue: the possible toxic effects of cannabis.
Any negative effects on the visual system "would also have implications for driving, work and other activities," Lyons and Robson wrote in an editorial accompanying the study. Though they believe the topic worthy of study, Lyons and Robson point out flaws in the research, including the small number of participants and the inability to determine how pure and how much cannabis each participant consumed.
"Shortcomings in the study design, methods, and data analysis, acknowledged in part by the authors, weaken their conclusions," wrote Lyons and Robson.
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"Of course, this is a preliminary study, and we have to be prudent in the interpretation of the results," Laprevote said. "We have now to verify if this delay is also present in later stages of visual processing in the brain."
Frishman also believes further study is warranted. "An effect of cannabis on visual processing would be important," she said, "because of its impact on many human activities that require precise timing in the visual pathways."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/08/health/marijuana-vision-effects/index.html
 

kaochiu

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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378874104001503

Abstract

Previous reports have documented an improvement in night vision among Jamaican fishermen after ingestion of a crude tincture of herbal cannabis, while two members of this group noted that Moroccan fishermen and mountain dwellers observe an analogous improvement after smoking kif, sifted Cannabis sativa mixed with tobacco (Nicotiana rustica). Field-testing of night vision has become possible with a portable device, the LKC Technologies Scotopic Sensitivity Tester-1 (SST-1). This study examines the results of double-blinded graduated THC administration 0–20 mg (as Marinol®) versus placebo in one subject on measures of dark adaptometry and scotopic sensitivity. Analogous field studies were performed in Morocco with the SST-1 in three subjects before and after smoking kif. In both test situations, improvements in night vision measures were noted after THC or cannabis. It is believed that this effect is dose-dependent and cannabinoid-mediated at the retinal level. Further testing may assess possible clinical application of these results in retinitis pigmentosa or other conditions.
 

waveguide

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i've forgotten the link, the *smithsonian* published something c. 2010 asserting improvment in hearing.

course who didn't know that. the main thing is, why are we giving face to this bullshit? time of day? let them die in their own shit. the establishment is built on lies and after everyone has stopped listening, they will go on repeating them because they *need* to believe they are effective liars. i can't imagine a sadder personal fate. fuck em. eat a bag of dog cockrings, extra salty.
 

Betterhaff

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More propaganda. Look who funded the research, a French version of NIDA.

“The research was supported, in part, by a grant from the French Interministerial Mission for Combating Drugs and Addictive Behavior.”
 

aridbud

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Let me get my glasses so I can read the article. Now where did I put them? Hmmmm. Guess eyesight and short term memory are affected by the canna-cookie I just ate.
 

geneva_sativa

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I would have to agree that cannabis does affect vision. . .

it really helps you see bullshit more clearly, especially when that bullshit is paraded around in the media for like 90 years. . . trying to scare people away from its benefits and keep it illegal.
 

aridbud

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I would have to agree that cannabis does affect vision. . .

it really helps you see bullshit more clearly, especially when that bullshit is paraded around in the media for like 90 years. . . trying to scare people away from its benefits and keep it illegal.

You bet! Great take on the overview!
 

I wood

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I would have to agree that cannabis does affect vision. . .

it really helps you see bullshit more clearly, especially when that bullshit is paraded around in the media for like 90 years. . . trying to scare people away from its benefits and keep it illegal.

Exactly, it opened my eyes in 1984.
 

armedoldhippy

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fuck me! a difference of an entire 1.2 milliseconds?!? that's amazing, that's incredible! that's...that's...that aint shit. not enough to cause a car wreck, or anything else of consequence. CERTAINLY not enough for me to get confused about what i am eating & accidentally chow down on fresh brussels sprouts when i went for a beer & microwave popcorn...:tiphat:
 

Gypsy Nirvana

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Oh, but we are, Gypsy!! Goofy nerds that grow cannabis. Who knew?! ;o)

Hmm, yeah, come to think of it, we may be closer to being Mr Magoo's, than any other cartoon character I can think of.

So perhaps there is some slight truth in this obviously fabricated rumour?
 

seeded

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I would have to agree that cannabis does affect vision. . .

it really helps you see bullshit more clearly, especially when that bullshit is paraded around in the media for like 90 years. . . trying to scare people away from its benefits and keep it illegal.

I think a lot of the paranoia people feel when they first start smoking cannabis is due to seeing the world around them lying it's guts out. Friends, family, everything you see on tv, nutritional labels, etc. The whole world seems so alien and wrong with everyone blindly believing everything they see and hear that people assume they're tripping balls instead of seeing the world clearly. It doesn't help that this effect wears off with the cannabis all which can reinforce that belief.


Back to the topic at hand, I like how they say it's imperceptible to users almost like it's a scary thing we're unaware of instead of an issue so small we can't even notice it. God they're grasping at straws now :laughing:
 

MJPassion

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Hmm, yeah, come to think of it, we may be closer to being Mr Magoo's, than any other cartoon character I can think of.

So perhaps there is some slight truth in this obviously fabricated rumour?

The Freak Bros must have escaped your mind.
Hehe...

Anyway...
I see more BULLSHIT than anything in this world...
About 12-14 years ago I went to the optometrists for a vision checkup. They told me I had 20/15 vision & I should get corrective lenses. I did & wore em for about a month. The damn things gave me a headache so I went back & did another test to reveal my vision was 20/20... The entire time & for years previous, I was consuming cannabis.
Now a days, I can tell that my vision is becoming less than what it was... I think I might be aging...

Whoda thunk it?
 

Gypsy Nirvana

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The Freak Bros must have escaped your mind.
Hehe...

Anyway...
I see more BULLSHIT than anything in this world...
About 12-14 years ago I went to the optometrists for a vision checkup. They told me I had 20/15 vision & I should get corrective lenses. I did & wore em for about a month. The damn things gave me a headache so I went back & did another test to reveal my vision was 20/20... The entire time & for years previous, I was consuming cannabis.
Now a days, I can tell that my vision is becoming less than what it was... I think I might be aging...

Whoda thunk it?

Ah yes, now I remember the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers by the rip-off press (as they called their publisher)....but I don't have enough hair to relate to being one of them...never did.

My eyesight has been going dodgy since my mid 40's, which apparently is normal, and I've needed to wear specs for reading ever since.
 
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More propaganda. Look who funded the research, a French version of NIDA.

“The research was supported, in part, by a grant from the French Interministerial Mission for Combating Drugs and Addictive Behavior.”

say no more!
 

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