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Five facts you didn't know about marijuana
#19004363 - 10/20/13 03:13 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Pretty cool article, share it with anyone who tells you weed is bad for you!
http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-medical-marijuana/2013/10/5-amazing-things-you-didnt-know-about-marijuana/
"1. THC and CBD, marijuana's primary cannabinoids, are both cancer killers.
No, I'm not talking about using marijuana to help manage cancer's effects. It's actually anti-cancer.
Recent research out of Spain suggests that THC, marijuana's psychoactive ingredient, kills brain cancer cells. Study co-author Guillermo Velasco claims that when THC was applied to cancerous brain tissue, the cancer cells were killed while healthy cells were left alone.
CBD apparently does the same; a pair of scientists from California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco demonstrated the cannabinoid's ability to stop metastasis in many kinds of aggressive cancer.
Imagine if this plant were discovered in a jungle two weeks ago. What would the news be saying? The CBD article goes as far as to say the breakthrough could "potentially alter the fatality of the disease forever." The lack of media coverage for this is astounding, but that doesn't diminish the research.
2. Marijuana triggers neurogenesis. Layman's terms: It leads to brain cell growth.
Wait....marijuana is supposed to kill brain cells, right?
Wrong.
The roots of the marijuana-kills-brain-cells myth are deep despite the lack of credible evidence. The original study supporting this notion is questionable at best and recent research suggests exactly the opposite.
In 2005, a study showed cannabinoids' ability to promote neurogenesis in the adult hippocampus, the brain region responsible for many important brain functions including mood and memory. The authors also cited anti-anxiety and anti-depressant effects that accompany the neurogenesis. This explains why people across California, Colorado, Washington and other marijuana-friendly states often turn to the herb for a mood-boost instead of pharmaceutical drugs. It also supports research that marijuana helps improve cognitive function in bipolar disorder patients. This brings us to our next fact....
3. Suicide rates are lower in areas where medical marijuana is available.
A Denver state-level study analyzed the statistical trend of suicide after introduction of medical marijuana.
From the study:
"Our results suggest that the passage of a medical marijuana law is associated with an almost 5% reduction in total suicide rate, an 11% reduction in the suicide rate of age 20-29 males, and a 9% reduction in the suicide rate of 30-39 males."
It's interesting this hasn't become mainstream data in a country so focused on suicide prevention. Not surprisingly, one of the main reasons cited by the study's authors for the decrease was connected to the at-risk population (20 and 30-something males) replacing alcohol with marijuana. This data makes the strictness of Illinois' new medical marijuana policy even more laughable.
"Don't let usage get out of control! Less people might commit suicide!"
Speaking of marijuana's effects on well-being, I highly recommend this very personal, heart-wrenching article.
But what about the physical effects?
4. There is zero evidence that marijuana causes significant lung damage.
While vaporization is always touted as the safest method of marijuana ingestion, the largest study of its kind suggested marijuana-only smoking is harmless as well:
"We hypothesized that there would be a positive association between marijuana use and lung cancer, and that the association would be more positive with heavier use. What we found instead was no association at all, and even some suggestion of a protective effect."
The above words come from UCLA Medical Doctor Donald Tashkin, author of the study and marijuana researcher of more than 30 years.
Considering the tar in marijuana smoke was found to contain as many harmful carcinogens as cigarette smoke, this study actually strengthens the notion that marijuana is anti-cancer. The plant itself seems to have an offsetting effect for the harmful properties of smoke.
5. There are two completely different types of marijuana, both with different effects on the user."
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Re: Five facts you didn't know about marijuana [Re: Moonshoe] 1
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Re: Five facts you didn't know about marijuana [Re: EdibleStereos]
#19004380 - 10/20/13 03:17 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Re: Five facts you didn't know about marijuana [Re: King Klick]
#19004543 - 10/20/13 03:57 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I knew all of those facts.
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Re: Five facts you didn't know about marijuana [Re: Moonshoe]
#19004557 - 10/20/13 04:01 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Moonshoe said: 5. There are two completely different types of marijuana, both with different effects on the user."
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Re: Five facts you didn't know about marijuana [Re: Synthe] 1
#19004591 - 10/20/13 04:08 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Synthe said:
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Moonshoe said: 5. There are two completely different types of marijuana, both with different effects on the user."

Sativa and Indica? Never heard of this...?
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Re: Five facts you didn't know about marijuana [Re: spoonbomb]
#19004601 - 10/20/13 04:10 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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spoonbomb said: I knew all of those facts. 
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Re: Five facts you didn't know about marijuana [Re: zee007]
#19004611 - 10/20/13 04:11 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Sending this to my mother who has had cancer and still believes it has zero medical value. Thank you.
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Re: Five facts you didn't know about marijuana [Re: zee007]
#19004615 - 10/20/13 04:12 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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The title is not my own
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Re: Five facts you didn't know about marijuana [Re: Moonshoe]
#19004636 - 10/20/13 04:16 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Moonshoe said: Everything I post is fiction.
lol
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Re: Five facts you didn't know about marijuana [Re: Magenta]
#19004647 - 10/20/13 04:19 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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What is going on in your sig?
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Re: Five facts you didn't know about marijuana [Re: Moonshoe] 1
#19004671 - 10/20/13 04:26 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Moonshoe said: What is going on in your sig?
It looks like 2013 Miley Cyrus kissing 2019 Miley Cyrus to me
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Re: Five facts you didn't know about marijuana [Re: Moonshoe]
#19004678 - 10/20/13 04:28 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Moonshoe said: What is going on in your sig?
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Re: Five facts you didn't know about marijuana [Re: dontknow]
#19004700 - 10/20/13 04:32 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Lol not another teen movie make out scene
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Re: Five facts you didn't know about marijuana [Re: Mescalean]
#19004727 - 10/20/13 04:40 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Moonshoe said: What is going on in your sig?
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Mescalean said: Lol not another teen movie make out scene
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Re: Five facts you didn't know about marijuana [Re: Magenta]
#19004735 - 10/20/13 04:42 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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gave me a boner...
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Re: Five facts you didn't know about marijuana [Re: dontknow]
#19004739 - 10/20/13 04:43 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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either way, OP has a sweet avatar
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Re: Five facts you didn't know about marijuana [Re: Moonshoe] 2
#19004784 - 10/20/13 04:52 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Moonshoe said: Pretty cool article, share it with anyone who tells you weed is bad for you!
http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-medical-marijuana/2013/10/5-amazing-things-you-didnt-know-about-marijuana/
"1. THC and CBD, marijuana's primary cannabinoids, are both cancer killers.
No, I'm not talking about using marijuana to help manage cancer's effects. It's actually anti-cancer.
Recent research out of Spain suggests that THC, marijuana's psychoactive ingredient, kills brain cancer cells. Study co-author Guillermo Velasco claims that when THC was applied to cancerous brain tissue, the cancer cells were killed while healthy cells were left alone.
applied to?
that was THC that was injected through the skull into the brain tumor, there were only 2 test subjects and no mention of any prior treatments with chemo or radiation
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Re: Five facts you didn't know about marijuana [Re: Prisoner#1]
#19004929 - 10/20/13 05:31 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Pris stop bringing us down
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Re: Five facts you didn't know about marijuana [Re: dontknow]
#19004942 - 10/20/13 05:35 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Marijuana leads to the rape and murder of helpless white women.
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