One common
trait of famous people in society is their ability to be creative.
Marijuana has been known for enhancing creativity. There is
scientific basis evidence to support the correlation to cannabis and
thinking outside the box. Many famous artists have admitted to the
use of marijuana.
Alice Flaherty
from the Department of Neurology at Harvard Medical School researched
how creativity worked in the brain. Different parts of the brain
work on creativity in different ways to give balance. The Frontal
Lobe judges ideas and decides the values of the idea and divergent
thinking. The Temporal Lobe gives idea generation with no concern
about quality.(Source)
Research has
shown that the frontal lobe activity increases with a rise in
cerebral blood flow (CBF).(Source)
Smoking cannabis increases Cerebral blood flow. Studies have shown
that the CBF peaks thirty minutes after smoking.(Source)
An increase in
dopamine allows for the mind to have more inhibited and novel
thoughts.(Source)
Cannabis has been shown to increase dopamine levels.(Source)
Dopamine allows the brain to disregard outside “white noise”
stimulus. This allows the brain to focus on a certain thought and
enhance all of the possibilities giving to creativity.(Source)
It's not a
surprise that popular figures in society benefit from the use of
cannabis. On the TV show 60 Minutes Lady Gaga told the reporter “I
smoke a lot of pot when I write music.” Marijuana residue was found
in pipe fragments of William Shakespeare's garden. Carl Sagan was a
big advocate to marijuana and the decriminalizing of it in society.
Bill Gates was known to smoke weed in college and a strong advocate
for legalizing marijuana in his state of Washington.(Source)
Source:
http://www.alternet.org/drugs/7-successful-famous-cannabis-smoking-geniuses
