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Marijuana has its advantages which can ease the pain of a patient with cancer or AIDS. But some signs have also shown cancer cells growth in animals. Many believe that Marijuana can have an adverse affect on the brain. Long term effects can happen after a person has been on marijuana for a very long time and decides to get off. There are many pros and cons to this drug.

PsychRights® Law Project for Psychiatric Rights Psychiatry: Force of Lawby James B. Gottstein, Esq. November, 2002 The purpose of this article is to set forth just the basic legal principles, underpinnings and practices employed in the widespread use of legal force to compel unwilling patients into locked psychiatric hospitals and, most importantly, force brain damaging drugs and other brain damaging treatments such as Electroshock upon them over their desperate, but hopeless objections.

The only responsible way to manage schizophrenia, most psychiatrists have long insisted, is to treat its symptoms when they first surface with antipsychotic drugs, which help dissolve hallucinations and quiet imaginary voices. Delaying treatment, some researchers say, may damage the brain.

With alot of negative press in the news regarding games and teenagers and/or children, this article is one of many that says video games are very good for kids since they stimulate the mind and get the brain functioning.

This site, gives a lot of information on the details and introduces what stem cells are and why they're important. They can develop into practically any cell and are incredibly useful in help aid and cure many diseases and health issues

Stem cells have the remarkable potential to develop into many different cell types in the body during early life and growth. In addition, in many tissues they serve as a sort of internal repair system, dividing essentially without limit to replenish other cells as long as the person or animal is still alive. When a stem cell divides, each new cell has the potential either to remain a stem cell or become another type of cell with a more specialized function, such as a muscle cell, a red blood cell, or a brain cell