Posted by stjames on September 29, 2000, at 13:49:21
In reply to Re: the Evil Killer Weed, posted by pullmarine on September 28, 2000, at 16:25:03
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> As for your comment about a finite number of receptors, and not being able to get higher beyond a certain point... I have no idea where u get this information.James here.....
Well, it is commonlly known. Many meds/drugs action is through receptor sites. GABA, opioids, and many other drugs/meds have receptor sites, and there are only so many sites in the body for a given med/drug. Therefor, finite. The drug/med fills the receptor sites till all are occupied.
Several factors determine how long the site is occupied and once the site opens up it can be refilled. It is common to think of this as a lock
and key, receptor sites only fit very specific molicules.In terms of pot, an interesting question is "why do we have a THC receptor ". I do not question that a few may have a psychotic reaction after short or long term, these numbers are very small. People have been smoking weed for thousands of years, no flipper babies yet.
James
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