In you're opinion, which of these drugs causes the most brain damage?

I agree with your post, Share the Warmth. It's hard to be honest with ourselves, much less each other, when it comes to the decisions we make about what we ingest (including food, drink, etc.).

 

How could people choose weed?

 

I think some people must be retarded because inhalants are definatley the worst for your brain they get you high because they kill brain cells by cutting oxygen to your head! DONT INHALE SHIT!

 

Yeah, I agree. Choosing weed over inhalents is objectively wrong. Damage per use... it's no contest.

 

I don't know about anything scientific, but X has fucked my brain up!

I used to be a highly intelligent functioning woman.......I am still functioning, but I am nowhere near as intelligent as I used to be.....I'm just scattered and all over the place all the time.

Also Meth probably contributed to that in some way. Lots of my friends have drug induced pschyosis (sp?) as a result of excessive X and Meth consumption.

 

X can be almost anything... its so rare that its pure MDMA. Around half the time there is no MDMA even in it.

So doing X could really mess you up. Most pills are not even 1 drug, so your always mixing drugs and you never really know what with what.

 

I responded to this thread before and I can't remember what I said - I think something along the lines of any drug having the potential for serious damage if abused, with the possible exception of weed, and I feel like it still messes you up a little, at least for a while - but upon further reflection, I feel like ecstasy has to take the cake fairly comfortably. I can't think of any other drug (well, maybe LSD) where a weeklong binge could mess you up for life. Alcohol, coke, meth... they will fuck you up, but you've gotta abuse it for a while. I think someone can take X without abusing it and still end up with a lot of fried neurons.

 

^i definatly don't think a weeklong binge of LSD will 'mess you up for life.' it has the potential to change the way you do a lot of things, and usually it's for the better, not for worse. i picked meth but woulda picked inhalants, but thought it just included nitrous oxide. meth is just all around a scary drug. the ingredients are household products that will easily fuck you up on their own, and lots of people can make it in their basement or whatever, i'd just never want to even be around it.

 

Well, plenty of people have been messed up for life after taking LSD one time, so, I think you're wrong.

 

meth: quite shitty for you. Highly addictive, messes up all parts of the body. I find it to be a dirty, nasty, trailer trash drug and would never touch the stuff.

inhalants: everyone has said it, but besides the N2O being not particularly awful for you, the high from household inhalants is directly caused by nerve damage. Fucked up to say the least...

crack/cocaine: cracks more addictive, both are pretty bad for you. Sorry if my science is completely flawed but I'm pretty sure that brain damage isn't the main cause of concern from these drugs. The addiction (although some claim it is only a physiological one) is a large problem, but I truly don't know the specific things it damages. Needless to say, they're not great for you.

LSD: Some say it is completely harmless, some say its seriously damaging to the mind. What I'd say is, saying any street drug is completely harmless is foolish, any mind altering substance when abused can cause damage. Thats not to say that it can be used progressively and responsibly.

THC: A "mostly harmless" drug; it can slow you down, make you less motivated, dumbs you down somewhat when used in absurd quantities. Smoking anything is bad for your lungs, there's no denying it. Its fairly safe though, and the positives massively outweigh the negatives. As with anything, excessive use is dumb.

Alcohol: Its funny how the only legal substance on this list is one of the most dangerous. I guarantee that it kills more people than any drug there is. In moderation, its probably fine. The addictive qualities, and availability make it abused so much that its absolutely one of the most dangerous drugs there is.

X: From what I know, the stuff is fairly safe when taken reasonably. Once in awhile use if perfectly fine, but excessive use is very dangerous. Don't be an idiot.

DXM: Like X (although they are completely different substances), when used in once in a while, it can be safe. People dexin every weekend, or every day for a matter of fact will be affected very negatively. Cut it down to once a month, or less, and it should be okay for you. Moderation is the key word with all drugs.

Opioids: Very little negative effects on your body/brain, but the addiction is what is dangerous. If one gets their fix, their body can function perfectly fine, but withdrawal is very dangerous, and the lifestyle caused by an addiction is not a healthy one.

in terms of medical damage this is my list

inhalants
meth

after that its all down to dosage. Way to much x will be worse for you than coke, but moderate amounts of both, coke will probably be worse.

alcohol
crack
coke
x
dxm
acid
weed
opioids (this is because they do little damage to the brain when the addiction is fulfilled. therefor the absence of this drug is more harmful than the use, and that is not this issue at hand)

 

i never said that's not true, but the population that would fuck up their life after taking LSD just once is a very very small percent. i'm saying most people have a better outlook on life after taking it than a worse outlook.

 

This thread is great! I dont think when it comes to brain damage I wanna take an opinion-think I will stick to facts.

 

And by the way NOS by itself does not cause brain damage-its the lack of oxygen from breathing in and out of a ballon

 

I didn't see conservatism on the list.That shit's worse than anything listed.It'll rot your brain quicker than anything else.

 

That made my day

 

okay, who were the five people who voted weed?

 

lol hearts... u gonna go kick there ass or just call em stupid... actually i hear weed doesnt even kill braincells...

is it true that weed doesn't kill braincells it just numbs them for awhile and eventually they all come back and thats also why u have bad memory while your high

 

I didn't vote because I wanted to vote for inhalants but didn't think it was proper to
generalize, since nitrous can obviously be used safely. Any of these drugs can cause short term brain dysfunction. Inhalants and highly lipophhillic fluids can damage things including your brain almost instantly.

Alcohol is a terrible drug to use to get high and to strongly agonize GABAergic pathways. It is toxic to the nervous system and liver. There are several drugs that are not as easy to obtain (i.e. conditionally illicit) that are much less toxic.

Weed I can say with confidence, does not cause brain damage, since any adverse effects on the mind are probably reversible in almost all users.

Meth, Heroin are highly addictive and strongly induce dependence. Heroin related brain dysfunction is more likely reversible than that of high dose methamphetamine. It may also be the case that amphetamines cause more general damage than the opioids or DXM /PCP/ K. Dissociatives are not as strongly reinforcing as opiates or stimulants. Cocaine perhaps is more cardiotoxic than neurotoxic, or it may be that most users are not on constantly, and thus do not present long-term neuro damage.

Looking at the poll I am somewhat surprised that for once the population more or less is in agreement with my view.

 

inhalants with paint thinning solvents, and it's not even close. MPP+ does instant damage also...hell, any free radical intermediate will do some damage. alcohol is a GABA modulator, and a fairly polar solvent, which erodes the phospho-layers of cell membranes over time.
and anything that hypermodulates glutamate, will induce excitotoxicity and neuron death.
you might as well have a stroke.

 

Ecstasy because theres a bunch of different shit in there we don't know about, pure mdma on the other hand, thats a different story, but yea ecstasy in general in my opion