If marijuana causes short term memory loss...?

Marijuana causes short term memory loss like alcohol, but the THC in marijuana tickles your brain cells and does not kill them like alcohol. So when you are high on marijuana, of course you will not have a great memory but when you aren't high anymore (like after 2 hours) your memory is fine. That's why indians or anyone doesn't have permanent memory loss. And in general even when high, if you do it many times (like the indians... probably did during the rituals) you somewhat get immune to it and can act kinda normal when you are high. Or the marijuana they used might have had lower % thc. ;)

I believe it only happens to certain people, depending on how their mind handles the high. I don't experience short term memory loss but I will be honest, it does take a little while sometimes to remember some things haha. That's all I've found it's done though and that only happened to me after quitting for a month or 2 so I could find a job. Other then that it's been every day for almost 7 years now and I don't really have a problem with it whenever I'm getting high, am high, or have been high that day and came down.

Experiments on animal and human tissue have demonstrated disruption of short-term memory,[10] which is consistent with the abundance of CB1 receptors on the hippocampus, the region of the brain most closely associated with memory. Cannabinoids inhibit the release of several neurotransmitters in the hippocampus, like acetylcholine, norepinephrine, and glutamate, resulting in a major decrease in neuronal activity in that region. This decrease in activity resembles a "temporary hippocampal lesion."[10] In the end, this process could lead to the blocking of cellular processes that are associated with memory formation.

Well, there's a difference between smoking weed, and being a stoner. If you smoke constantly, it's bound to screw your memory up. From what i know though if you stop smoking and detox, all the memory loss that you may have experienced, will go away.

wow alot of burnouts in yahoo answers who told u they dont have short term memory loss how do you know.It just does its a drug fact,stop the denial its a fact fool.Friggin drugs made u stupid and now youre in denial.

what they mean by shorterm memory loss is oh man whered i just put my bowl.. or why did i just walk into the kitchen? Its not like, whats my dogs name, why can't i remember my schedule for school, etc.

it probably does i mean those fools are ****** meditating you don't even know whats going on thats why they medidate cause they dont know what to do cause they dont remember **** so hey just sit there

idk i don't have short term memory loss. (:

very well put immortalord