Marijuana Anonymous of Albany, NY

07/04/2025

And stay pot free too!

04/02/2025

This is inteersting but not definitive. But as far as mental health issues go, there is a solid link between long time pot use and depression, bi-polar...

Research shows cannabis causes major changes to your DNA.

Long-term cannabis use has been shown to cause changes in the human body's epigenome, according to a study of over 1,000 adults.

The research looked at how cannabis affects DNA without changing the actual genetic code.

The epigenome controls which genes turn on or off. One way it does this is through DNA methylation—adding small chemical tags to DNA that affect how cells read genetic instructions.

Researchers from Northwestern University followed people aged 18 to 30 over 20 years. They collected blood samples at the 15 and 20-year marks and compared the DNA methylation of people who had used cannabis either recently or over a long period.

They found 22 DNA changes linked to recent cannabis use and 31 linked to long-term use in the first set of samples, and 132 changes linked to recent use and 16 to long-term use in the second set.

One DNA change was the same as one seen in to***co users, suggesting cannabis and to***co may affect the body in similar ways. Some of the changes have been linked to things like cell growth, hormone activity, infections, brain disorders like schizophrenia, and drug addiction.

But the researchers say the study doesn’t prove that cannabis causes these health problems. It only shows a connection between cannabis use and changes in the body that might affect health.

More research is needed to understand what these changes actually mean and whether they lead to health problems later in life. The researchers noted future studies should include more diverse groups to confirm the findings. They also believe this research could help inform public health decisions and improve understanding of cannabis’s long-term effects on the body.

learn more https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-023-02106-y

03/20/2025

I wonder if these times are correct because it's happening when most of the US is in bed.

01/12/2025

MAWS is the best source on addiction to cannibis

When we give up the drug of our choice, a void is created. The initial struggle to abstain from ma*****na use often leaves us vulnerable...Although we may not now be addicted to these substances, their use can lower our inhibitions and leave us open to repeating old patterns of thinking and behavior, which can lead back to ma*****na use or on to new addictions... Read the entire pamphlet at MA12.org/Cross-Addiction

*****naAnonymous

01/07/2025

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, "𝐈 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤..." Where as ma*****na addicts, we will share old beliefs of how we thought it used to help us and what we know now.

*****na *****naAnonymous

01/02/2025

11/24/2024

We have a New Day, Time and Name for Our 1 Zoom Video Meeting. It's "Swimming to Shore" at 6 PM Wednesdays EST with the same Zoom URL

10/05/2024

Sorry to a couple of people who were at today's meeting that I was going to send emails and chips to. I closed the meeting thinking that I could access the previous chat contents. But the only previous chats I could access after I closed the meeting were the ones to the whole group, but not DMs to me. So if you failed to get your chips or confirmation email, just email me at web@ma-albany.org.

05/26/2024

Have Fun But Remember Our Fallen this Memorial Day Weekend! And stay clean and sober too!

04/06/2024

New Albany Area In-Person MA Meeting
Thursday 5:30 PM at "Saratoga Village" in Suite 10. That is in Malta at Exit 12 of I-87 and NY 67 on the SE corner of the interchange, behind the new motel. You can almost see the place from the Northway behind the new hotel. "Saratoga Village" used to be the factory outlet center years ago.
"New York Capital District in-person meeting.

Meeting Contact: Tokelesstoga@gmail.com

It's inside the "Movement Insights" dance studio,
100 Saratoga Village Blvd, Suite 10, Malta, NY 12020

Northway Exit 12. Suite 10 is on the west side of the Malta Commons complex; directly Across from the Home2 hotel's patio. "

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