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birthdaysuit11 ago

I find this highly doubtful. High thc strains as well as indica strains can put the user in an easily malleable alpha brain wave stage. If anything the worldwide legalization of cannabis is merely for control and docility. If abused it can down regulate dopamine D2 receptors in PFC. This isn't a good thing.

Cannabis of course should ha e always been legal. The idea of decriminalization and legalization via tax is just another form of control.

birthdaysuit11 ago

Two aspects of creativity are related to dopamine activity in the brain. Divergent thinking, the skill behind brainstorming new ideas, may get worse with very low or very high dopamine activity, and is best in the middle range. Convergent thinking, the skill behind unifying ideas into a coherent whole, worsens as dopamine activity increases. Since long-term marijuana users have depressed dopamine function, use of marijuana in this population could improve divergent thinking while worsening convergent thinking. This hypothesis was put to the test in the current study.