that useful substance

[pynchonoid]

Another thing I enjoyed hearing about relatively
recently was the research that demonstrates that THC
has anti-carcinogenic properties and that smoking
marijuana is not linked to lung cancer, the
researchers suggested that the marijuana itself
contains the necessary preventative to minimize harm
from smoking it.

--- David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> It gets even better (but it's a little
> anti-intuitive):
> 
>
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/health/20061010-1531-health-marijuana.html
> 
> Marijuana may stave off Alzheimer's – U.S. study
> 
> Good news for aging hippies: smoking pot may stave
> off Alzheimer's disease.
> 
> New research shows that the active ingredient in
> marijuana may prevent
> the formation of deposits in the brain associated
> with the
> degenerative disease.
> 
> Researchers at the Scripps Research Institute in
> California found that
> marijuana's active ingredient,
> delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC,
> can prevent an enzyme called acetylcholinesterase
> from accelerating
> the formation of "Alzheimer plaques" in the brain
> more effectively
> than commercially marketed drugs.
> 
> The researchers said their discovery could lead to
> more effective drug
> treatment for Alzheimer's, the leading cause of
> dementia among the
> elderly.
> 
> 
> On 10/13/06, robinlandseadel at comcast.net
> <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
> > Use # 1001:
> >  -------------- Original message
> ----------------------
> > From: pynchonoid <pynchonoid at yahoo.com>
> >
> > OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian troops fighting
> Taliban
> >  . . . "The challenge is that marijuana plants
> absorb energy, heat very readily. It's very
> difficult to penetrate with thermal devices ... and
> as a result you really have to be careful that the
> Taliban don't dodge in and out of those marijuana
> forests," he said in a speech in Ottawa . . .
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> David Morris
> 


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