Marijuana = Night Vision

***VamPyroX*** · 07-10-2004, 04:46 AM

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When spliff gets in your eyes...

Giles Tremlett in Madrid
Wednesday July 7, 2004
The Guardian

We knew it gave people the munchies and made them giggle. Now researchers claim to have found a new property in cannabis - it helps us see in the dark.

Scientists made their discovery after becoming intrigued by Moroccan fishermen who not only failed to lose their sense of direction after smoking generous amounts of local kif, a mixture of cannabis and tobacco, but seemed to navigate better on dark nights.

"They attribute their ability to see to the consumption of kif that they spend entire hours smoking before getting into their barques," one of the research team, drawn from the US, Spain and Morocco, reported.

Jamaican fishermen have reportedly shown a similar reaction, suggesting that there may be something medically useful in cannabis apart from the pain-deadening properties already spotted by doctors treating cancer patients.

Equipped with a machine for measuring night vision, the researchers headed for the Rif valley, the centre of Morocco's flourishing cannabis trade. "High-grade sifted cannabis was mixed with tobacco in a 2:1 ratio and smoked as kif by subjects employing a traditional sebsi pipe," the team write in the latest Journal of Ethnopharmacology.

Three "kif-experienced" Moroccan volunteers were then invited to make "numerous inhalations".

The volunteers demonstrated "consistent improvements" in tests, leading the researchers to suggest that further studies should be conducted.

The researchers admit that the results have turned the ancient wisdom of Persian and Arab scientists, who suggested that cannabis made vision fuzzier, on its head.

But their results backed up claims by the Observer columnist Sue Arnold, who suffers from retinitis pigmentosa and is officially registered blind. She noticed several years ago that drawing on strong Jamaican skunk suddenly and temporarily enabled her to see things clearly.

But Ms Arnold has since warned of side-effects that could impede night-time navigation.

"Only trouble was," she said, "I couldn't stand up."

Whoa! There's actually another PRO for getting high!

CatoCooper13 · 07-10-2004, 06:31 AM

I think that's true -- cos when I used to smoke ganja years and years ago when I was in my early '20's -- I'd be able to navigate my way around a dark house at my Mum's without having to turn the lights on.
On normal days when sober and not stoned -- I'd have trouble finding my way around the house and required having lights turned on to enable me find my way around.

**Maria** · 07-10-2004, 05:07 PM

Not just Night Vision. There's other things, too.

Fly Free · 07-10-2004, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by PurpleRose71

I think that's true -- cos when I used to smoke ganja years and years ago when I was in my early '20's -- I'd be able to navigate my way around a dark house at my Mum's without having to turn the lights on.

i agree!! i was able to get around the house in the dark when i was stoned years ago too! haha

CatoCooper13 · 07-21-2004, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Fly Free

i agree!! i was able to get around the house in the dark when i was stoned years ago too! haha

Well, there's more proof that pot does help improve night vision in people.

Another point to marijuana -- it has quite a list of positive things it does for a person.

Haven't smoked it for eons now.

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Maria Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: FLORIDA Posts: 10,305	Not just Night Vision. There's other things, too.