Legalise wee, after all we are all hypocrites - AUCC lecturer

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Oyiwa 11 years ago

Do you smoke yourself?

Do you smoke yourself?
ROMANO 11 years ago

GO TO THE VATICAN AND SEE HOW MANY OF THEM DEY BLAZE UNDERCOVER.THE BEST HERB THAT GOD HAS EVER CREATED FOR MANKIND ON THIS PLANET.BREW 8 GRAMS OF PURPLE HAZE WITH 12OZ OF WATER FOR 12 MINS.SERVE OVER A TEASPOON OF BROWN SUGA ...
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GO TO THE VATICAN AND SEE HOW MANY OF THEM DEY BLAZE UNDERCOVER.THE BEST HERB THAT GOD HAS EVER CREATED FOR MANKIND ON THIS PLANET.BREW 8 GRAMS OF PURPLE HAZE WITH 12OZ OF WATER FOR 12 MINS.SERVE OVER A TEASPOON OF BROWN SUGAR,SQUEEZE FRESH LEMON,STIR FOR 5 MINS.OH!! U GO LOVE IT.FREE KWAW KESSE.JUST LEALIZE IT.
ELINAM 11 years ago

Wee is bad for under 20 year olds as their brain is still developing, that's what the research in the US says, and that's the reasons why most young ppl in Ghana ended up in the mental hospitals.
So the psychiatric hospital ...
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Wee is bad for under 20 year olds as their brain is still developing, that's what the research in the US says, and that's the reasons why most young ppl in Ghana ended up in the mental hospitals.
So the psychiatric hospital should start separating facts from fictions.
ROMANO 11 years ago

U ARE 100% CORRECT

U ARE 100% CORRECT
NEMESIS RADAR, UK!! 11 years ago

What do you know Mr empty barrel wee head idiotic bastard son of ugly kapwepwe Agbogloshie prostitute. STOP ARGUYING BLINDLY NINCOMPOOP ROMANO.

I AM YOUR NEMESIS 4EVER!

What do you know Mr empty barrel wee head idiotic bastard son of ugly kapwepwe Agbogloshie prostitute. STOP ARGUYING BLINDLY NINCOMPOOP ROMANO.

I AM YOUR NEMESIS 4EVER!
Tekonline.org 11 years ago

The future of Ghana depends on the brains of the youth. Instead of toxic pleasure, get them hooked on innovative activities such as COMPUTER PROGRAMMING and let them become Mark Zuckerbergs (FACEBOOK), Larry Pages (GOOGLE), S ...
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The future of Ghana depends on the brains of the youth. Instead of toxic pleasure, get them hooked on innovative activities such as COMPUTER PROGRAMMING and let them become Mark Zuckerbergs (FACEBOOK), Larry Pages (GOOGLE), Steve Jobs (APPLE), Jack Mas (ALIBABA), Brian Actons (WHATSAPP), etc.

Youth is for HEROISM, not pleasure seeking that results in brain dysfunction:

Regular marijuana use bad for teens' brains, study finds
Date:
August 9, 2014
Source:
American Psychological Association (APA)
Summary:
Frequent marijuana use can have a significant negative effect on the brains of teenagers and young adults, including cognitive decline, poor attention and memory, and decreased IQ, according to psychologists. "It needs to be emphasized that regular cannabis use, which we consider once a week, is not safe and may result in addiction and neurocognitive damage, especially in youth," said one expert.

Frequent marijuana use can have a significant negative effect on the brains of teenagers and young adults, including cognitive decline, poor attention and memory, and decreased IQ, according to psychologists discussing public health implications of marijuana legalization at the American Psychological Association's 122nd Annual Convention.

"It needs to be emphasized that regular cannabis use, which we consider once a week, is not safe and may result in addiction and neurocognitive damage, especially in youth," said Krista Lisdahl, PhD, director of the brain imaging and neuropsychology lab at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Marijuana use is increasing, according to Lisdahl, who pointed to a 2012 study showing that 6.5 percent of high school seniors reported smoking marijuana daily, up from 2.4 percent in 1993. Additionally, 31 percent of young adults (ages 18 to 25) reported using marijuana in the last month. People who have become addicted to marijuana can lose an average of six IQ points by adulthood, according to Lisdahl, referring to a 2012 longitudinal study of 1,037 participants who were followed from birth to age 38.
Brain imaging studies of regular marijuana users have shown significant changes in their brain structure, particularly among adolescents, Lisdahl said. Abnormalities in the brain's gray matter, which is associated with intelligence, have been found in 16- to 19-year-olds who increased their marijuana use in the past year, she said. These findings remained even after researchers controlled for major medical conditions, prenatal drug exposure, developmental delays and learning disabilities, she added.
"When considering legalization, policymakers need to address ways to prevent easy access to marijuana and provide additional treatment funding for adolescent and young adult users," she said. She also recommended that legislators consider regulating levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the major psychoactive chemical in marijuana, in order to reduce potential neurocognitive effects.
Some legalized forms of marijuana have higher levels of THC than other strains, said Alan Budney, PhD, of Dartmouth College. THC is responsible for most of marijuana's psychological effects. Some research has shown that frequent use of high potency THC can increase risk of acute and future problems with depression, anxiety and psychosis. "Recent studies suggest that this relationship between marijuana and mental illness may be moderated by how often marijuana is used and potency of the substance," Budney said. "Unfortunately, much of what we know from earlier research is based on smoking marijuana with much lower doses of THC than are commonly used today." Current treatments for marijuana addiction among adolescents, such as brief school interventions and outpatient counseling, can be helpful but more research is needed to develop more effective strategies and interventions, he added.
Additionally, people's acceptance of legalized medical marijuana use appears to have an effect on adolescents' perception of the drug's risks, according to Bettina Friese, PhD, of the Institute for Research and Evaluation in California. She presented results from a 2013 study of 17,482 teenagers in Montana, which found marijuana use among teenagers was higher in counties where larger numbers of people voted to legalize medical marijuana in 2004. In addition, teens in counties with more votes for the legalization of medical marijuana perceived marijuana use to be less risky. The research findings suggest that a more accepting attitude toward medical marijuana may have a greater effect on marijuana use among teens than the actual number of medical marijuana licenses available, Friese said.
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American Psychological Association (APA). "Regular marijuana use bad for teens' brains, study finds." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 9 August 2014. .
NEMESIS RADAR, UK!! 11 years ago

ROMANO IS BRAIN DEAD! TOO MUCH WEE HAS TURNED THAT MOTHERFUCKER SON OF AGBOGLOSHIE PROSTITUTE BASTARD ROMANO INTO A MENTAL CASE. HE IS ABSOLUTELY CRAZY. THAT IS WHY HE ALWAYS SPEW ALL SORT OF NONSENSE AGAINST HIS NIGERIANS ...
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ROMANO IS BRAIN DEAD! TOO MUCH WEE HAS TURNED THAT MOTHERFUCKER SON OF AGBOGLOSHIE PROSTITUTE BASTARD ROMANO INTO A MENTAL CASE. HE IS ABSOLUTELY CRAZY. THAT IS WHY HE ALWAYS SPEW ALL SORT OF NONSENSE AGAINST HIS NIGERIANS BENEFACTORS TO GHANA AILING ECONOMY. ANY WISE GHANAIAN WOULDN'T COME ON GHANAWEB TO INSULT THE GREAT NIGERIA AND BLESSED NIGERIANS.

ROMANO IS BRAIN DEAD BECAUSE OF TOO MUCH MARIJUANA, WHAT A PITY. DAMIRIFA DUE BRAIN DEAD ROMANO!HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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koffi parker 11 years ago

you don't have condemn the message even if you don't like the writer

you don't have condemn the message even if you don't like the writer
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 11 years ago

Ghana must not leglise cannabis because other countries and some states in the US have done so. Those countries do have better organised societies, respect for the rule of law, more disciplined and better health and social ca ...
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Ghana must not leglise cannabis because other countries and some states in the US have done so. Those countries do have better organised societies, respect for the rule of law, more disciplined and better health and social care facilities, etc. Ghana has none of the above in addition to serious indiscipline and lawlessness among its people. The health care is broken and hardly any social care to advice and support those who may be affected detrimentally by the legalisation of cannabis. Cannabis poses a serious danger and threat to society and Ghana should not take the same path and legalise cannabis.
CORNEY 11 years ago

My friend you absolutely wrong by saying cannabis pose serious danger and threat to societies and I will like you to give us an example of any society that you know cannabis posed a threat to as a result of legalization.

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My friend you absolutely wrong by saying cannabis pose serious danger and threat to societies and I will like you to give us an example of any society that you know cannabis posed a threat to as a result of legalization.

Initially I didn't want to get involved in this debate but I have realized some of you are misleading the people,hence my response.

I live in one of the states that has legalized marihuana and I personally voted for the measure after reading the arguments in the blue book.

In the first place pot is used for medical treatment and at the moment 21 states have some sort of legalization to help people in medical needs so your argument that we don't have health facilities does not hold water.

Even if you have police or soldiers in every corner of the country to check the use of marihuana the people who use it will always use it but if you legalize it you have taken money away from the illegal dealers and in addition to the money that will come to the society in form of a tax you will also create jobs for people.
Just yesterday,in addition to Black Friday they had what is called Green Friday bringing the price down for more people to buy with an ounce of pot which usually is $300.00 was selling at $50.00.

At the moment the state has close to 200 million dollars in excess which they are discussing if they should give it back to tax payers while some are saying they keep it for other programs in the state.

Finally,and for your information most of the states that have fully legalized marihuana are less crime areas than the states that have not yet done it.
koffi parker 11 years ago

You are dead rite, I tried it at that age years back, same here with young black Africans

You are dead rite, I tried it at that age years back, same here with young black Africans
Concerned 11 years ago

Did you say most young people in Ghana end up in mental institutions. Are using your head. There are about 7 million young people in the country. Find out more about this herb before commenting. Obama, Clinton, David Cameron, ...
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Did you say most young people in Ghana end up in mental institutions. Are using your head. There are about 7 million young people in the country. Find out more about this herb before commenting. Obama, Clinton, David Cameron, business leaders across the globe. The prominent ghanaians who smoke cannot admit it as people like you will brand them mad even though you currently worship them. You currently feel they are brilliant but as soon as you find out they smoke you will think they are mad.
Royal 11 years ago

You don't know what you are talking about. If you have worked in a Psychiatric hospital before, you would have known that what the Doctor is saying is true. I'm a psychiatrist based in the UK

You don't know what you are talking about. If you have worked in a Psychiatric hospital before, you would have known that what the Doctor is saying is true. I'm a psychiatrist based in the UK
Tekonline.org 11 years ago

Casual marijuana use linked to brain abnormalities in students: Dramatic effects of small time use; more 'joints' equal more damage
Date:
April 15, 2014
Source:
Northwestern University
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Casual marijuana use linked to brain abnormalities in students: Dramatic effects of small time use; more 'joints' equal more damage
Date:
April 15, 2014
Source:
Northwestern University
Young adults who used marijuana only recreationally showed significant abnormalities in two key brain regions that are important in emotion and motivation, scientists report. The study was a collaboration between Northwestern Medicine® and Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School.
This is the first study to show casual use of marijuana is related to major brain changes. It showed the degree of brain abnormalities in these regions is directly related to the number of joints a person smoked per week. The more joints a person smoked, the more abnormal the shape, volume and density of the brain regions.
"This study raises a strong challenge to the idea that casual marijuana use isn't associated with bad consequences," said corresponding and co-senior study author Hans Breiter, M.D. He is a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a psychiatrist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.
"Some of these people only used marijuana to get high once or twice a week," Breiter said. "People think a little recreational use shouldn't cause a problem, if someone is doing OK with work or school. Our data directly says this is not the case."
The study will be published April 16 in the Journal of Neuroscience.
Scientists examined the nucleus accumbens and the amygdala -- key regions for emotion and motivation, and associated with addiction -- in the brains of casual marijuana users and non-users. Researchers analyzed three measures: volume, shape and density of grey matter (i.e., where most cells are located in brain tissue) to obtain a comprehensive view of how each region was affected.
Both these regions in recreational pot users were abnormally altered for at least two of these structural measures. The degree of those alterations was directly related to how much marijuana the subjects used.
Of particular note, the nucleus acccumbens was abnormally large, and its alteration in size, shape and density was directly related to how many joints an individual smoked.
"One unique strength of this study is that we looked at the nucleus accumbens in three different ways to get a detailed and consistent picture of the problem," said lead author Jodi Gilman, a researcher in the Massachusetts General Center for Addiction Medicine and an instructor in psychology at Harvard Medical School. "It allows a more nuanced picture of the results."
Examining the three different measures also was important because no single measure is the gold standard. Some abnormalities may be more detectable using one type of neuroimaging analysis method than another. Breiter said the three measures provide a multidimensional view when integrated together for evaluating the effects of marijuana on the brain.
"These are core, fundamental structures of the brain," said co-senior study author Anne Blood, director of the Mood and Motor Control Laboratory at Massachusetts General and assistant professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. "They form the basis for how you assess positive and negative features about things in the environment and make decisions about them."
Through different methods of neuroimaging, scientists examined the brains of young adults, ages 18 to 25, from Boston-area colleges; 20 who smoked marijuana and 20 who didn't. Each group had nine males and 11 females. The users underwent a psychiatric interview to confirm they were not dependent on marijuana. They did not meet criteria for abuse of any other illegal drugs during their lifetime.
The changes in brain structures indicate the marijuana users' brains are adapting to low-level exposure to marijuana, the scientists said.
The study results fit with animal studies that show when rats are given tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) their brains rewire and form many new connections. THC is the mind-altering ingredient found in marijuana.
"It may be that we're seeing a type of drug learning in the brain," Gilman said. "We think when people are in the process of becoming addicted, their brains form these new connections."
In animals, these new connections indicate the brain is adapting to the unnatural level of reward and stimulation from marijuana. These connections make other natural rewards less satisfying.
"Drugs of abuse can cause more dopamine release than natural rewards like food, sex and social interaction," Gilman said. "In those you also get a burst of dopamine but not as much as in many drugs of abuse. That is why drugs take on so much salience, and everything else loses its importance."
The brain changes suggest that structural changes to the brain are an important early result of casual drug use, Breiter said. "Further work, including longitudinal studies, is needed to determine if these findings can be linked to animal studies showing marijuana can be a gateway drug for stronger substances," he noted.
Because the study was retrospective, researchers did not know the THC content of the marijuana, which can range from 5 to 9 percent or even higher in the currently available drug. The THC content is much higher today than the marijuana during the 1960s and 1970s, which was often about 1 to 3 percent, Gilman said.
Marijuana is the most commonly used illicit drug in the U.S. with an estimated 15.2 million users, the study reports, based on the National Survey on Drug Use and Health in 2008. The drug's use is increasing among adolescents and young adults, partially due to society's changing beliefs about cannabis use and its legal status.
A recent Northwestern study showed chronic use of marijuana was linked to brain abnormalities. "With the findings of these two papers," Breiter said, "I've developed a severe worry about whether we should be allowing anybody under age 30 to use pot unless they have a terminal illness and need it for pain."
Story Source:
The above story is based on materials provided by Northwestern University. Note: Materials may be edited for content and length.
Journal Reference:
Jodi M. Gilman, John K. Kuster, Sang Lee, Myung Joo Lee, Byoung Woo Kim, Nikos Makris, Andre Van Der Kouwe, Anne J. Blood and Hans C. Breiter. Cannabis Use is Quantitatively Associated with Nucleus Accumbens and Amygdala Abnormalities in Young Adult Recreational Users. Journal of Neuroscience, April 16, 2014 (in press)
Anatu 11 years ago

Does the fact that you want Marijuana legalised in Ghana qualify you to soil other people's image? When were you at the Vatican and went undercover with those you said go undercover to smoke? May the lies you are so eager to ...
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Does the fact that you want Marijuana legalised in Ghana qualify you to soil other people's image? When were you at the Vatican and went undercover with those you said go undercover to smoke? May the lies you are so eager to tell be your judge.If in conscience you believe that deviant behaviour is something you can pride in, keep it to yourself and stop maligning others. It is up to you to make whatever choice you like. Don't drag others into your likes and dislikes
SGT ANANI FIADZOE 11 years ago

As a wee chain-smoker Nana will surely legalise marijuana in the unlikely event he wins the 2016 elections. And he will give diplomatic passports to all drug dealers - from baron to courier to peddler.

As a wee chain-smoker Nana will surely legalise marijuana in the unlikely event he wins the 2016 elections. And he will give diplomatic passports to all drug dealers - from baron to courier to peddler.
BlindMan 11 years ago

Just because, some people get away smoking 'wee', it be legalized; this AUCC professor must use this same argument to plead in for the legalization of CORRUPTION.
The students at his lectures must be feeling FUNNY sometimes ...
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Just because, some people get away smoking 'wee', it be legalized; this AUCC professor must use this same argument to plead in for the legalization of CORRUPTION.
The students at his lectures must be feeling FUNNY sometimes!
koffi parker 11 years ago

highly respected individuals (abuse) including yourself fool, how can you advertise something you have no interest? just come out and admit you do rather than use the beast call kwaw kesse to buttress your point

highly respected individuals (abuse) including yourself fool, how can you advertise something you have no interest? just come out and admit you do rather than use the beast call kwaw kesse to buttress your point
Concerned 11 years ago

I don't use pampers but I recommend it to women. You don't have to use something before you see its benefits

I don't use pampers but I recommend it to women. You don't have to use something before you see its benefits
Anatu 11 years ago

Just remember that pampers are for prevent rather than triggering off health issues. A doctor may prescribe malaria tabs for a patient but he may not need those tabs because he has no malaria. He will not prescribe that a hea ...
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Just remember that pampers are for prevent rather than triggering off health issues. A doctor may prescribe malaria tabs for a patient but he may not need those tabs because he has no malaria. He will not prescribe that a healthy person goes to sit in a place infested with malaria-carrying mosquitoes because he will not go to sit there. Wee has serious health implications.It will not be possible to legalise it in Ghana.
For those who think that because some countries legalise WEE, Ghana should also do so, they should be asking themselves whether the legalisation of the weed will improve the life of Ghanaians rather than impoverishing our already weak economy?
Tekonline.org 11 years ago

Marijuana use may increase testicular-cancer risk

Hutchinson Center study is the first to associate marijuana use as a risk factor for testicular cancer
March 9, 2009
| By Kristen Woodward
Dr. Janet Daling
Dr. Janet ...
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Marijuana use may increase testicular-cancer risk

Hutchinson Center study is the first to associate marijuana use as a risk factor for testicular cancer
March 9, 2009
| By Kristen Woodward
Dr. Janet Daling
Dr. Janet Daling first got the idea to explore a possible association between marijuana use and testicular cancer about eight years ago.
Center News File Photo
Frequent and/or long-term marijuana use may significantly increase a man’s risk of developing the most aggressive type of testicular cancer, according to a study led by the Public Health Sciences Division’s Drs. Janet Daling and Stephen Schwartz. Their findings appeared online Feb. 9 in the journal Cancer.

The researchers found that being a marijuana smoker at the time of diagnosis was associated with a 70 percent increased risk of testicular cancer. The risk was particularly elevated (about twice that of those who never smoked marijuana) for those who used marijuana at least weekly and/or who had long-term exposure to the substance beginning in adolescence.

The results also suggested that the association with marijuana use might be limited to nonseminoma, a fast-growing testicular malignancy that tends to strike early, between ages 20 and 35, and accounts for about 40 percent of all testicular-cancer cases.

Since the 1950s, the incidence of the two main cellular subtypes of testicular cancer, nonseminoma and seminoma—the more common, slower growing kind that strikes men in their 30s and 40s—has increased by 3 percent to 6 percent per year in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. During the same time period, marijuana use in North America, Europe and Australia has risen accordingly, which is one of several factors that led the researchers to hypothesize a potential association.

“Our study is not the first to suggest that some aspect of a man’s lifestyle or environment is a risk factor for testicular cancer, but it is the first that has looked at marijuana use,” said Schwartz, study co-author and epidemiologist.

Established risk factors for testicular cancer include a family history of the disease, undescended testes and abnormal testicular development. The disease is thought to begin in the womb, when some fetal germ cells (those that eventually make sperm in adulthood) fail to develop properly and become vulnerable to malignancy. Later, during adolescence and adulthood, it is thought that exposure to male sex hormones coaxes these cells to become cancerous.

“Just as the changing hormonal environment of adolescence and adulthood can trigger undifferentiated fetal germ cells to become cancerous, it has been suggested that puberty is a ‘window of opportunity’ during which lifestyle or environmental factors also can increase the risk of testicular cancer,” said Daling, senior author and epidemiologist. “This is consistent with the study’s findings that the elevated risk of nonseminoma-type testicular cancer in particular was associated with marijuana use prior to age 18.”

Chronic marijuana exposure has multiple adverse effects on the endocrine and reproductive systems, primarily decreased sperm quality. Other possible effects include decreased testosterone and male impotency. Because male infertility and poor semen quality also have been linked to an increased risk of testicular cancer, this further reinforced the researchers’ hypothesis that marijuana use may be a risk factor for the disease.

Daling first got the idea to explore a possible association between marijuana use and testicular cancer about eight years ago, when she attended a talk by a physician at the University of Washington who presented findings that only two organs, the brain and the testes, had receptors for tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the main psychoactive component of marijuana. Since then, a number of other sites have been found to contain THC receptors, including the heart, uterus, spleen and immune-system cells.

The male reproductive system also naturally produces a cannabinoid-like chemical that is thought to have a protective effect against cancer. The authors speculate that marijuana use may disrupt this anti-tumor effect, which could be another explanation for the possible link between marijuana and increased risk of testicular cancer.

The researchers emphasize that their results are not definitive, but rather open a door to more research questions.

The National Cancer Institute, the National Institute on Drug Abuse and funds from the Hutchinson Center supported this research, which also involved researchers from the University of Washington, Vanderbilt University and Cincinnati Children’s Research Foundation.
4 Year Old 11 years ago

This is "Bansan lecturer"

This is "Bansan lecturer"
Bright 11 years ago

This so learned friend must be getting out of his brain himself. Wee do make people mad and should not be legalized to be miss used to make more people mad. The medical experts and the Doctors do not miss use it. They use it ...
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This so learned friend must be getting out of his brain himself. Wee do make people mad and should not be legalized to be miss used to make more people mad. The medical experts and the Doctors do not miss use it. They use it to make drugs which is different from public use.
summy addo 11 years ago

ILLEGAL SCALE ADJUSTMENT KILLING THE INTEREST OF THE YOUTH IN COCOA FARMING. LBCs TO BLAME. THEY ARE USING PURCHASING CLERKS AS A TOOL TO CHEAT FARMERS

ILLEGAL SCALE ADJUSTMENT KILLING THE INTEREST OF THE YOUTH IN COCOA FARMING. LBCs TO BLAME. THEY ARE USING PURCHASING CLERKS AS A TOOL TO CHEAT FARMERS
Saidu Bawa 11 years ago

No wonder you are one of the smokers, fool.

No wonder you are one of the smokers, fool.
ROMANO 11 years ago

ALL SMOKERS TALK SENSE THAT IS WHY HE IS TRYING TO TALK SOME SENSE INTO UR DULL BRAINS.IDIOT START SMOKING AND U GO GET MORE SENSE,U STUPID FOOL SHUT THE FUCK UP.

ALL SMOKERS TALK SENSE THAT IS WHY HE IS TRYING TO TALK SOME SENSE INTO UR DULL BRAINS.IDIOT START SMOKING AND U GO GET MORE SENSE,U STUPID FOOL SHUT THE FUCK UP.
Ernest 11 years ago

Your findings are not bogus but doctors ones are.Mr know all

Your findings are not bogus but doctors ones are.Mr know all
K. MANU 11 years ago

Anytime l hear people comparing Ghana with other countries, l tend to wonder if these people have their brains functioning well. As a psychotherapist with a specialization in teenager drug addiction, and practicing in Arlingt ...
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Anytime l hear people comparing Ghana with other countries, l tend to wonder if these people have their brains functioning well. As a psychotherapist with a specialization in teenager drug addiction, and practicing in Arlington, VA, l can professional state that legalizing marijuana would cost more hardship on Ghanaians than what we are experiencing now. In countries where "Mary-Jane" (Marijuana) is legalized, the government have better social services for the people. Do we have the same services for our people in Ghana? Why do we always cite the advance countries to support our myopic arguments? Why don't we use countries like Somalia, and Gambia? It may be true that marijuana has some medicinal content just like most of the plants we use in our daily lives, however, it must be stated clear that the medicinal content of "WEED" is always extracted by the pharmaceutical companies to manufacture lab-tested safe medication for our consumption. Legalizing "WEED" would mean that any junkie can overdose themselves to death. Those calling for the legalization of Weed should first consider the health cost of the smoking of Cigarette. I can tell you that most of my clients here in VA sincerely regret ever tasting weed and wish there is a magic wand to reverse the damage it is causing them despite the government medical assistance they receive.
ROMANO 11 years ago

MASSA WEED IS BETTER THAN CIGARETTE.HAVE U EVER HEARD OF ANYBODY GETTING A CANCER FROM SMOKING WEED?

MASSA WEED IS BETTER THAN CIGARETTE.HAVE U EVER HEARD OF ANYBODY GETTING A CANCER FROM SMOKING WEED?
NEMESIS RADAR, UK!! 11 years ago

Bob Marley died of cancer. Do your research wee head bastard son of Agbogloshie prostitute idiot ROMANO. Need l say more?

I AM YOUR NEMESIS 4EVER

Bob Marley died of cancer. Do your research wee head bastard son of Agbogloshie prostitute idiot ROMANO. Need l say more?

I AM YOUR NEMESIS 4EVER
Paa Kwame 11 years ago

NEMESIS RADAR - get your fact straight, he may have died from cancer but but the cancer wasn't bc of 'wee'..

NEMESIS RADAR - get your fact straight, he may have died from cancer but but the cancer wasn't bc of 'wee'..
Concerned 11 years ago

Was the cancer caused by weed. It started from his foot.

Was the cancer caused by weed. It started from his foot.
NEMESIS RADAR, UK!! 11 years ago

Bob Merley and Fela Ransome Kuti are my best hers in black entertainment world. Yes, you are right Mr. Concerned, that the cancer started from his foot.

The point I am trying to convey here is that:

(a) If the so-call ...
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Bob Merley and Fela Ransome Kuti are my best hers in black entertainment world. Yes, you are right Mr. Concerned, that the cancer started from his foot.

The point I am trying to convey here is that:

(a) If the so-called 'miracle marijuana herb' is that powerful, (as some people would wants us to believe here), how come it did not cure the cancer in Bob Merley's body?

(b) Fela died of AIDS related illnesses; Why didn't the so-called 'miracle herb of marijuana' cure him either.

Both Bob Merley and Fela Kuti are heavy marijuana users. That was my points.

Why are thousands, if not millions worldwide, of marijuana users are suffering from mental problems? Just asking.
ROMANO 11 years ago

ENTERTAINMNT WORLD FOR U???? MY ASS... A NIGERIAN CONFUSED PSYCHO LIKE U DOES NOT BELONG TO ANY ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY ON THIS PLANET,IDIOTA KEEP TAKING YOUR EBOLA CUM HIV MEDICATIONS. U DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BRAINS LEFT IN UR H ...
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ENTERTAINMNT WORLD FOR U???? MY ASS... A NIGERIAN CONFUSED PSYCHO LIKE U DOES NOT BELONG TO ANY ENTERTAINMENT COMMUNITY ON THIS PLANET,IDIOTA KEEP TAKING YOUR EBOLA CUM HIV MEDICATIONS. U DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BRAINS LEFT IN UR HEAD TO MAKE A POINT ABOUT WEED,DUMB ASS.STOP SMOKING THAT CRACK SHIT AND SMOKE SOME GOOD WEED.
muays 11 years ago

Is true even though non of them is prohibted but any time i head the smock of ciggrate my stomach do arch me,for that matter all must not b legalize

Is true even though non of them is prohibted but any time i head the smock of ciggrate my stomach do arch me,for that matter all must not b legalize
naaj 11 years ago

dey dont even get cancer dey go mad

dey dont even get cancer dey go mad
Tony, Eritrea 11 years ago

That is very brilliant. In the countries sited I think if you are not working you are entitled to some amount of money I stand for correction, do we have the same here, people be wise

That is very brilliant. In the countries sited I think if you are not working you are entitled to some amount of money I stand for correction, do we have the same here, people be wise
nana 11 years ago

God bless you Mr. Manu for your brilliant submission. I think it is high time for Mr Prempeh to cross check on his facts before making such stupid comments.

God bless you Mr. Manu for your brilliant submission. I think it is high time for Mr Prempeh to cross check on his facts before making such stupid comments.
bi 11 years ago

Ive never heard of anyone overdosing on weed. More people die of alcohol and tobacco consumption. Also more people die from over feeding.
Mr. PSYCOTHERAPIST get your facts right

Ive never heard of anyone overdosing on weed. More people die of alcohol and tobacco consumption. Also more people die from over feeding.
Mr. PSYCOTHERAPIST get your facts right
nana 11 years ago

Well said Mr. Manu, this so called lecturer is a no brainer. He should cross check his facts and data and come back again.

Well said Mr. Manu, this so called lecturer is a no brainer. He should cross check his facts and data and come back again.
Anatu 11 years ago

May God bless you to continue to educate and help us be on the safer side. Prevention is better than cure.

May God bless you to continue to educate and help us be on the safer side. Prevention is better than cure.
NICHOLAS 11 years ago

Papa Lecturer, we should legalize weed at what cost? Do you think legalizing it would bring development to our country? It would be better for us to follow things which would bring us development rather than destruction.

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Papa Lecturer, we should legalize weed at what cost? Do you think legalizing it would bring development to our country? It would be better for us to follow things which would bring us development rather than destruction.

Papa Lecturer, our priority now is not to create more mad people in our society, for after all, we have had enough of them.
Nii Kwame 11 years ago

Development in the country would do well if we prosecuted/convicted ppl for corruption as we are to someone smoking 'wee' after all corruption affects us all way more than smoking 'wee'

Development in the country would do well if we prosecuted/convicted ppl for corruption as we are to someone smoking 'wee' after all corruption affects us all way more than smoking 'wee'
Soothsayer 11 years ago

After legalising wee, can someone help me get Citizenship in another country? I don't want to stay here anymore if were is available like groundnuts. Why not ban smoking of all kinds completely? Who will lose if such a ban co ...
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After legalising wee, can someone help me get Citizenship in another country? I don't want to stay here anymore if were is available like groundnuts. Why not ban smoking of all kinds completely? Who will lose if such a ban comes into force?
NANA future Dr. 11 years ago

Bravo Mr. Lecturer!!! But all the same,am soo sorry you don't remark directly about Legalizing this drugs. Rather what you have done after explaining your good taught is to entreat the Government to have a forum on this issue ...
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Bravo Mr. Lecturer!!! But all the same,am soo sorry you don't remark directly about Legalizing this drugs. Rather what you have done after explaining your good taught is to entreat the Government to have a forum on this issue at all Governmental levels and not you use your limited powers as an ordinary Lecturer who's voice is heard anywhere to call for legalizing the this substance. Thank you..
KANKA NYAME LECTURER 11 years ago

yOU A SMOKER OF THE CANNABIS HENCEYOU WANT THE NEW GENERATION TO FALL VICTIMS OF THE CANKER. yOU LESS THINKING LECTURER sTUPID GO AND READ YOUR BOOKS TO TEACH. BTW STOP BRAIN WASHING THE YOUTH.

yOU A SMOKER OF THE CANNABIS HENCEYOU WANT THE NEW GENERATION TO FALL VICTIMS OF THE CANKER. yOU LESS THINKING LECTURER sTUPID GO AND READ YOUR BOOKS TO TEACH. BTW STOP BRAIN WASHING THE YOUTH.
jh 11 years ago

the doctor should exlain how he arrive at that conclution. some may be mad before they go smooking. the plant is inocent so far as its used for medicine it also means all of us are guilty as we take in medicines.

the doctor should exlain how he arrive at that conclution. some may be mad before they go smooking. the plant is inocent so far as its used for medicine it also means all of us are guilty as we take in medicines.
Michael K. Tettevi 11 years ago

Lecturer, do you mean to tell us that you support wee smoking despite the psychiatrists' view of it ? You better visit the mental hospitals in the country and help treat those inmates who are wee-alleged.

Lecturer, do you mean to tell us that you support wee smoking despite the psychiatrists' view of it ? You better visit the mental hospitals in the country and help treat those inmates who are wee-alleged.
wiseman 11 years ago

Legalize it PETER TOSH

Legalize it PETER TOSH
Boami 11 years ago

Very BAAAAAAAAAAD lecturer,

Very BAAAAAAAAAAD lecturer,
Kakape 11 years ago

Ligalise it,JJ Rawlins will be very happy,besides it is far better than Apio. Most respected people in our society use it secretly l know what l am talking about.

Ligalise it,JJ Rawlins will be very happy,besides it is far better than Apio. Most respected people in our society use it secretly l know what l am talking about.
Tony, Eritrea 11 years ago

Are we joking as country

Are we joking as country
Abrantie 11 years ago

Why can't you name the prominent personality. We are aware that Nana Addo is the person you were referring to as a master smoker.That's why descent Ghanaian rejected him and will continue to reject him come 2016.

Why can't you name the prominent personality. We are aware that Nana Addo is the person you were referring to as a master smoker.That's why descent Ghanaian rejected him and will continue to reject him come 2016.
Royal 11 years ago

You need to visit a Psychiatrist

You need to visit a Psychiatrist
Joe Abaas 11 years ago

Charles Prempeh must first introduce the smoking of marijuana to him and his family behind the door to attain the usefulness of it.Secondly, Ghanaians don`t believed in worshiping Haile Selassie of Ethiopia therefore the Rast ...
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Charles Prempeh must first introduce the smoking of marijuana to him and his family behind the door to attain the usefulness of it.Secondly, Ghanaians don`t believed in worshiping Haile Selassie of Ethiopia therefore the Rastafarian has no room to lobby in the government about the use of wee in Ghanaian society,pls.
Nii Kwame 11 years ago

Educate yourself..'wee' doesn't and can't make a perfectly healthy normal person MAD..you sound stupid saying so!!

Educate yourself..'wee' doesn't and can't make a perfectly healthy normal person MAD..you sound stupid saying so!!
Royal 11 years ago

You rather don't know what you are talking about? Go to Psychiatric hospitals and you will understand better.

You rather don't know what you are talking about? Go to Psychiatric hospitals and you will understand better.
Concerned 11 years ago

Do people smoke in mental institutions, what evidence would you find there. Some have smoked before but majority don't. If you discover all of them drink water would you blame water for their condition

Do people smoke in mental institutions, what evidence would you find there. Some have smoked before but majority don't. If you discover all of them drink water would you blame water for their condition
Asiwome 11 years ago

"He claims several well-respected individuals in Ghana are already abusing marijuana secretly in their hide-outs or homes"
Is he saying anything that what the rich do should become law? I am sorry to say our Christianity doe ...
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"He claims several well-respected individuals in Ghana are already abusing marijuana secretly in their hide-outs or homes"
Is he saying anything that what the rich do should become law? I am sorry to say our Christianity does not teach that. We tolerate their madness, don't ask us to be like them. This man is an aboa, one of the people destroying young minds.
"The issue of ‘madness’ is something got to do with genetics and blood related issues. Not as doctors are claiming that the whole substance is bad and leads to madness.”
If a person is already predisposed, why take the chance?
Nick 11 years ago

I don't think u are a professor worth your salt because argument and thinking is too shallow.To say that because many big men in Ghana use it secretly, therefore it should be legalised is like saying that because corruption i ...
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I don't think u are a professor worth your salt because argument and thinking is too shallow.To say that because many big men in Ghana use it secretly, therefore it should be legalised is like saying that because corruption is secretly done in high places therefore it should be accepted by all of us as normal.i pity the university u teach.Be informed that it is not silly opinions like yours that will change our good laws.Are u aware many young men have become mad because of the smoking of wee!!! thank God it is not insane people like u who make laws for Ghana.
naaj 11 years ago

wht u re sayin is dat u also smoke 'weed' it is nt to be smoked buh cn be use wid other tins

wht u re sayin is dat u also smoke 'weed' it is nt to be smoked buh cn be use wid other tins
naaj 11 years ago

dis lecture has to be sacked

dis lecture has to be sacked
kutsii. 11 years ago

It is the alcoholic beverage companies who advocate for the ban on the use of marijuana. If u are ignorant let me educate u. One roll of wee is like drinking 4 bottles of Guinness or beer. The difference is that wee is medic ...
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It is the alcoholic beverage companies who advocate for the ban on the use of marijuana. If u are ignorant let me educate u. One roll of wee is like drinking 4 bottles of Guinness or beer. The difference is that wee is medicinal whilst alcohol destroys the liver. Alcohol kills more than D wee. Ask the doctors and don't be stupid
TK 11 years ago

I think the writer must be a smoker himself. If it was good, why will it be banned. He must come again!

I think the writer must be a smoker himself. If it was good, why will it be banned. He must come again!
Tekonline.org 11 years ago

Marijuana use may increase heart complications in young, middle-aged adults
Date:
April 23, 2014
Source:
American Heart Association
Summary:
Marijuana use may result in heart-related complications in young and middle-ag ...
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Marijuana use may increase heart complications in young, middle-aged adults
Date:
April 23, 2014
Source:
American Heart Association
Summary:
Marijuana use may result in heart-related complications in young and middle-aged adults. Nearly 2 percent of the health complications from marijuana use reported were cardiovascular related. A quarter of these complications resulted in death, according to a study. Surveillance of marijuana-related reports of cardiovascular disorders should continue and more research needs to look at how marijuana use might trigger cardiovascular events, researchers say.

Marijuana use may result in cardiovascular-related complications -- even death -- among young and middle-aged adults, according to a French study reported in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

"In prior research, we identified several remarkable cases of cardiovascular complications as the reasons for hospital admission of young marijuana users," said Émilie Jouanjus, Pharm.D., Ph.D., lead author of the study and a medical faculty member at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse in Toulouse, France. "This unexpected finding deserved to be further analyzed, especially given that the medicinal use of marijuana has become more prevalent and some governments are legalizing its use."
Researchers analyzed serious cardiovascular-related complications following marijuana use that was reported to the French Addictovigilance Network in 2006-10. They identified 35 cases of cardiovascular and vascular conditions related to the heart, brain and limbs.
Among their findings:
Most of the patients were male, average age 34.3 years.
Nearly 2 percent (35 of the 1,979) marijuana-related complications were cardiovascular complications.
Of the 35 cases, 22 were heart-related, including 20 heart attacks; 10 were peripheral with diseases related to arteries in the limbs; and three were related to the brain's arteries.
The percentage of reported cardiovascular complications more than tripled from 2006 to 2010.
Nine patients, or 25.6 percent, died.
Researchers note that marijuana use and any resulting health complications are likely underreported. There are 1.2 million regular users in France, and thus potentially a large amount of complications that are not detected by the French Addictovigilance System.
"The general public thinks marijuana is harmless, but information revealing the potential health dangers of marijuana use needs to be disseminated to the public, policymakers and healthcare providers," Jouanjus said.
People with pre-existing cardiovascular weaknesses appear to be more prone to the harmful effects of marijuana.
"There is now compelling evidence on the growing risk of marijuana-associated adverse cardiovascular effects, especially in young people," Jouanjus said. "It is therefore important that doctors, including cardiologists, be aware of this, and consider marijuana use as one of the potential causes in patients with cardiovascular disorders."
Surveillance of marijuana-related reports of cardiovascular disorders should continue and more research needs to look at how marijuana use might trigger cardiovascular events, she said.
Story Source:
The above story is based on materials provided by American Heart Association.Note: Materials may be edited for content and length.
Journal Reference:
E. Jouanjus, M. Lapeyre-Mestre, J. Micallef. Cannabis Use: Signal of Increasing Risk of Serious Cardiovascular Disorders. Journal of the American Heart Association, 2014; 3 (2): e000638 DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.113.000638
Nana Owusu-Afrane 11 years ago

People talk rubbish, if you are copying the white man do it properly and copy the good things. Just because Britain is debating the legalization of wee. Where are the resources if people develop drug induced mental health pro ...
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People talk rubbish, if you are copying the white man do it properly and copy the good things. Just because Britain is debating the legalization of wee. Where are the resources if people develop drug induced mental health problems in a country that there are no resources for mainstream mental hospitals. I hope they smoke and come to slit your throat stupid fool
Ipad 11 years ago

The nation should ask ex president Rawlings if firstly it makes one mad and secondly if we must legalised its use.

The nation should ask ex president Rawlings if firstly it makes one mad and secondly if we must legalised its use.
BONGO 11 years ago

Dr Akwasi Osei has got it wrong; It is cocaine that causes madness. Please doctor, look at it again. The lecturer is 100% correct.

Dr Akwasi Osei has got it wrong; It is cocaine that causes madness. Please doctor, look at it again. The lecturer is 100% correct.
Tekonline.org 11 years ago

Marijuana Use Linked With Increased Risk Of Testicular Cancer: Study
Posted: 09/10/2012 12:26 pm EDT Updated: 09/10/2012 12:26 pm EDT
Recreational marijuana use has been linked to an increased risk of testicular cancer, par ...
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Marijuana Use Linked With Increased Risk Of Testicular Cancer: Study
Posted: 09/10/2012 12:26 pm EDT Updated: 09/10/2012 12:26 pm EDT
Recreational marijuana use has been linked to an increased risk of testicular cancer, particularly the more dangerous non-seminoma and mixed germ cell tumor types, according to a new study.
Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California found that young men who used marijuana in the past were at a doubled risk of having one of these two types of testicular cancer. These types of testicular cancer are known to have worse prognoses than some other kinds.
"We do not know what marijuana triggers in the testis that may lead to carcinogenesis, although we speculate that it may be acting through the endocannabinoid system -- the cellular network that responds to the active ingredient in marijuana -- since this system has been shown to be important in the formation of sperm," study researcher Victoria Cortessis, MSPH, Ph.D., an assistant professor of preventive medicine at USC, said in a statement.
The CANCER study was conducted in 163 young men who were diagnosed with the testicular germ cell tumor type of testicular cancer between December 1986 and April 1991. The researchers compared their drug use with 292 similar men, who were healthy.
Tekonline . org 11 years ago

Interview conducted by April Cashin-Garbutt, BA Hons (Cantab)

Please could you give a brief introduction to testicular cancer?
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This is a set of malignancies that arise in germ cel ...
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Interview conducted by April Cashin-Garbutt, BA Hons (Cantab)

Please could you give a brief introduction to testicular cancer?
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This is a set of malignancies that arise in germ cells of the testicles, the specialized cells that produce sperm. Taken together, testicular cancers are the most common form of malignancy that occurs in young men (approximately 15 to 35 years of age).
Fortunately, most men who are diagnosed with this cancer respond very well to therapy and are eventually cured. However, they are so young that they must live for decades with any so-called late effects such as increased risks of an additional testicular cancer, other cancers, heart disease, infertility, and sexual problems.
Researchers are therefore very interested in finding environmental causes that may provide routes to preventing testicular cancer. This was the objective of Dr. Leslie Bernstein, who designed and ran our study, when she decided to investigate recreational drugs as possible causes of testicular cancer.

What factors were previously known to increase the risk of testicular cancer?
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It has long been know that a personal history of congenitally undescended testicles (cryptorchidism) is associated with approximating four-fold increased risk, while family history of testicular cancer can be associated with even higher risk if the affected relative is a brother.
More recently, several genetic variants have been identified that are also related to risk, and the biological mechanism whereby these work is now being investigated.
Some environmental risk factors, such as exposure to organochloride pesticides, have also been suggested by recent research, and this is an area of active study.

Your research showed that recreational marijuana use increased the risk of developing testicular cancer. Please could you explain how you define “recreational marijuana use”?
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We are referring to use of marijuana for reasons other than medical care.

Did your research show that recreational marijuana use increased the risk of all types of testicular cancer, or only some?
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Detailed analysis of the data indicated that almost all of the elevated risk pertained to non-seminoma, a form of testicular cancer that tends to occur at earlier ages and to require more aggressive treatment.

How did you demonstrate this relationship?
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The study used the well-described case-control approach to investigating risk factors among human participants. Men diagnosed with testicular cancer in Los Angeles County were invited to participate, and for those who accepted, unaffected men of similar age and racial/ethnic heritage were asked to participate as unaffected controls. These control men provide reference information allowing us to learn whether the men who developed testicular cancer had been exposed more often (or less often) to each of the various factors that the study investigated. Information about history of exposure was provided by each man during an in-person interview.
We analyzed reported histories of using various recreational drugs in relation to testis cancer risk, accounting for known risk factors such as age, history of cryptorchidism and family history. There was no obvious difference in the frequency with which men with testicular cancer and the unaffected controls reported using most drugs. However, those with testis cancer more frequently reported having used marijuana.

Did your research show that the relationship was a causative one, i.e. can marijuana use be said to cause testicular cancer, or could this be a coincidental association?
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I would hesitate to call the association causal at this point. What we can say with confidence is that all three studies that have addressed this question have found the same very specific result: a reported history of using marijuana is associated with elevated risk of non-seminoma testicular cancer.
These findings are unlikely to be due to chance, given the statistical properties of the estimates from each study, and the consistency of the results between studies. However, the possibility remains that men who use marijuana are strongly inclined to have some risk factor that has not yet been discovered, and that was not measured in any of these studies. However, if this were the case, the effect of this hypothetical risk factor would have to be even stronger than the effect of marijuana, and no such factor has been postulated.

By what mechanism do you think recreational marijuana use could cause testicular cancer?
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Two scenarios seem plausible based on what is known about physiologic effects of marijuana and testicular biology.
First, marijuana smoke may interfere with hormonal signaling that is required for proper development and function of the testicle. In animals studied in controlled experiments, both marijuana smoke and the marijuana constituent ?9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (called “THC”) have been shown to suppress androgen levels in male mice. Similarly in humans, men who smoke marijuana have been found to have lower levels of androgens circulating in their blood. So perhaps elevated risk of seminoma occurs as a result of marijuana’s suppression of androgens below levels required by the testicles for optimal health.

A second possibility is that THC from marijuana specifically interferes with other biological processes, which are carried out by the so-called endocannabinoid system. This is a network of signaling molecules produced by the body that bind the same cellular receptors as THC. These receptors are present in testicular tissue, and it has been suggested that THC from marijuana may bind these receptors, keeping them from carrying out their usual function and thereby damaging testicles in a way that predisposes to non-seminoma. It was this possibility that motivated Dr. Janet Daling, a member of the research team that first reported the marijuana-nonseminoma association, to investigate marijuana use as a possible contributor to testicular cancer risk.

Did your research show a relationship between any other drugs and an increased risk of testicular cancer?
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No. However, we did see an association between reported use of cocaine and reduced risk of all testicular cancer (not just non-seminoma). Cocaine appears to destroy testicular germ cells in both humans and laboratory animals, so we suspect that any protective effect of cocaine results from loss of germ cells, which would be expected to damage or destroy a man’s fertilty.

What impact do you think your research will have?
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Since this is the third study to reveal the same specific association between marijuana use and nonsemionoma risk, I hope that the scientific community will now investigate possible mechanisms so that we can draw more definitive causal inferences. In the meanwhile, I feel that young men deserve to be aware of these findings so that they can make informed decisions about using marijuana.

How do you think the future of research into testicular cancer will develop?
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I anticipate that some scientist will focus their attention on biological mechanisms whereby both marijuana and recently identified genetic variants operate to influence risk.

Do you have any plans for further research into this area?
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I am interested in studying marijuana use in more detail, to learn whether there are particular ages at which a man’s use of marijuana is particularly harmful, and to understand the biological processes through which risk is influenced. This information should allow us to begin formulating more specific interventions.

Where can readers find more information?
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All three reports on this topic have been published in the journal Cancer. The work discussed above can be accessed online at
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cncr.27554/abstract

About Victoria Cortessis

Victoria Cortessis, PhD, is a faculty member in the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and departments of Preventive Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California.
She directs a program of research using methods of epidemiology, genetics and molecular biology to understand causes of congenital and malignant conditions of the urological system.
Recent results from her research group include identification of genetic determinants of cryptorchidism, testicular cancer and bladder cancer risk, as well as learning that women who complete at least one pregnancy or use estrogen plus progestin in the perimenopausal period experience reduced bladder cancer risk.
Prof. Rev. Judgement 11 years ago

Ghanaian is too local in every thing. Thinking,behavior, you name it.Weed is ligalised substance in the Netherlands for years but not all its citizens use it. Alcoholic assorted drinks flows everywhere in Ghana yet not all Gh ...
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Ghanaian is too local in every thing. Thinking,behavior, you name it.Weed is ligalised substance in the Netherlands for years but not all its citizens use it. Alcoholic assorted drinks flows everywhere in Ghana yet not all Ghanaian drink drunk.Arrest, detention and incarceration is for capital offense not weed smokers. Let's think. Rawlings smoke the staff and so is 65% of Ghanaian - have tried and use weed for more than ten years.Including my goodself. Yet I am an important figure in international diplomacy.
Hafiz Zakaria 11 years ago

Mr premper is OK.Docters to come out clean and say something about these herb if is not goood.about 70 percent of docters are smokers.

Mr premper is OK.Docters to come out clean and say something about these herb if is not goood.about 70 percent of docters are smokers.
KG 11 years ago

So many high profile figures all over the world commit despicable crimes under cover. Does this mean that these crimes should be legalized inspite of their terrible impacts on society. This writer may have academic qualificat ...
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So many high profile figures all over the world commit despicable crimes under cover. Does this mean that these crimes should be legalized inspite of their terrible impacts on society. This writer may have academic qualifications but has VERY LITTLE WISDOM. A typical INTELLECTUAL LIABILITY.
Jato .P 11 years ago

This lecturer is a user himself otherwise, he would not advocate for the use of such a dangerous substance. Just observe people who use this substance,their appearance, behavior and actions and nobody will convince me that th ...
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This lecturer is a user himself otherwise, he would not advocate for the use of such a dangerous substance. Just observe people who use this substance,their appearance, behavior and actions and nobody will convince me that the substance is safe for human use
Kwesi 11 years ago

Yes, some security officers including police officers smoke marijuana in Ghana. We are actually being hypocrites. Though I believe smoking indian hemp has adverse health consequences, smoking in privacy can be legalized since ...
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Yes, some security officers including police officers smoke marijuana in Ghana. We are actually being hypocrites. Though I believe smoking indian hemp has adverse health consequences, smoking in privacy can be legalized since doing it in public would infringe on the rights of others who don't smoke.
Ugly Akufo Addo 11 years ago

Akufo Addo is stupid because of this wee n u want our children to be like that foolish flagbearer ? Noo we won't accept it

Akufo Addo is stupid because of this wee n u want our children to be like that foolish flagbearer ? Noo we won't accept it
WEE ADDO'S COUSIN 11 years ago

TO SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL BECAUSE HE SMOKES A LOT OF JOINT.

TO SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL BECAUSE HE SMOKES A LOT OF JOINT.
Zibbo 11 years ago

We Ghanaians or Africans in general are like goats, Excuse me to say. What we aren't permitted to do is what we rather focuses on. So I think if "Wee" is legalized, it will rather reduce it consumers.

We Ghanaians or Africans in general are like goats, Excuse me to say. What we aren't permitted to do is what we rather focuses on. So I think if "Wee" is legalized, it will rather reduce it consumers.
Nima Boy 11 years ago

The mentality of some consumers of "WEE" is my problem . They smoke to act stupid, be feared, to look wild in their community. Some even go to the extent of smoking “WEE” to be able to kill. The picture doesn't look good ...
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The mentality of some consumers of "WEE" is my problem . They smoke to act stupid, be feared, to look wild in their community. Some even go to the extent of smoking “WEE” to be able to kill. The picture doesn't look good for us to legalize "WEE" in Ghana.Not now and ofcourse not in 100 years to come. Here they are abusing the substance when it is illegal..how much more when it is legalize? Coming from the hood, I know first-hand how this substance has turn fine smart brains into dull, weak brains. I have friends here in the west who smoke weed but, you would hardly notice . They smoke for good reasons. The findings by the psychiatrist is more than 100% accurate Bear in mind that, the findings doe’s not even include the number of unreported cases.
Kwa Appiah 11 years ago

why are NPP supporters advocating for wee smoking ,it is because if NANA ADDO,pls no insult

why are NPP supporters advocating for wee smoking ,it is because if NANA ADDO,pls no insult
Vak Luze 11 years ago

TO ME, ANY BODY CALLING FOR LEGALISATION OF WEE IS A SMOKER. IT SHOULD BE IGNORED..

TO ME, ANY BODY CALLING FOR LEGALISATION OF WEE IS A SMOKER. IT SHOULD BE IGNORED..
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Saamy Annan, FreeTown 11 years ago

I believe you were smocking wee before you made the statement. There are big people stealing state money so we should legalise stealing of state money. Only God knows what you have been teaching your students,

I believe you were smocking wee before you made the statement. There are big people stealing state money so we should legalise stealing of state money. Only God knows what you have been teaching your students,
justice 11 years ago

I start to take cannabis when I was 15 now am 32 still more fire ????

I start to take cannabis when I was 15 now am 32 still more fire ????
OKP 11 years ago

Hypocrisy to the highest level. Hmmm, yeah is true high ranking members of this country are involved in this act secretely and hiding their hypocritical faces behind to prosecute others when they fall culpable to this act. Sh ...
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Hypocrisy to the highest level. Hmmm, yeah is true high ranking members of this country are involved in this act secretely and hiding their hypocritical faces behind to prosecute others when they fall culpable to this act. Shame on you!
Papa P 11 years ago

Every Idiot can be a lecturer.

Every Idiot can be a lecturer.
tanaman 11 years ago

Ayekoo mr.lecturer,we need people like you to forward this campaign and trustme 75% of our population is into it.

Ayekoo mr.lecturer,we need people like you to forward this campaign and trustme 75% of our population is into it.
ob 11 years ago

Talking against wee is also against the creator, because it was from the creator. International herb

Talking against wee is also against the creator, because it was from the creator. International herb
GHANA BOY 11 years ago

Smoke it but don`t abuse it

Smoke it but don`t abuse it
NOBODY 11 years ago

If your justification for legalization of Snoop Dog cigarettes is because well-heeled Ghanaians are using it, then you'll surely have a tough time convincing many in public.Just imagine the problems with addiction that will c ...
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If your justification for legalization of Snoop Dog cigarettes is because well-heeled Ghanaians are using it, then you'll surely have a tough time convincing many in public.Just imagine the problems with addiction that will come with legalization, and Ghana can hardly afford to have rehabilitation facilities to care for the addicted. Be cautious about blidly following European countries and the USA.
Frank 11 years ago

Just listen to somebody who teaches our innocent children

Just listen to somebody who teaches our innocent children
freshnaro 11 years ago

Crazy lecturer! We have people as these teaching students @ de university? God have mercy.

Crazy lecturer! We have people as these teaching students @ de university? God have mercy.
Kwasi att 11 years ago

You evil people leave ganja alone, it's God who made it and if you dont it just shut up your dity mouth, monkeys in the bush you a ...
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You evil people leave ganja alone, it's God who made it and if you dont it just shut up your dity mouth, monkeys in the bush you are not wise than God. Everything God has is good. Stupid fools.
Emmanuel 11 years ago

cocaine, now wee, oooooooh npp what is wrong with you? equalising cocaine through nayele directing it to the first family. A lecturer who is suppose to teach, good morals is all out legalising wee. Npp is seriously cleansing ...
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cocaine, now wee, oooooooh npp what is wrong with you? equalising cocaine through nayele directing it to the first family. A lecturer who is suppose to teach, good morals is all out legalising wee. Npp is seriously cleansing Nana Addo for 2016, NEVER, NOT FOR PRESIDENTIAL position.
Kwaku Ananse 11 years ago

Yes even JJ Rawlings smoke Ganja
why not me?

Yes even JJ Rawlings smoke Ganja
why not me?

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