Pot Ingredient Slows Heart Disease in Mice

Pot Ingredient Slows Heart Disease in Mice

Marijuana Ingredient Slows Heart Disease Progression in Mice, Suggesting Benefit for Humans

By MALCOLM RITTER
The Associated Press

Apr 6, 2005 — Low doses of the main active ingredient in marijuana slowed the progression of hardening of the arteries in mice, suggesting a hint for developing a new therapy in people.

Experts stressed that the finding does not mean people should smoke marijuana in hopes of getting the same benefit.

"To extrapolate this to, `A joint a day will keep the doctor away,' I think is premature," said Dr. Peter Libby, chief of cardiovascular medicine at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital.

The mouse work is presented in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature by Dr. Francois Mach of Geneva University Hospital in Geneva, Switzerland, and colleagues. He said in an e-mail that he believed future work will focus on finding drugs that mimic the benefit without producing marijuana's effects on the brain.

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Maybe the Big Dog should have inhaled?

:D

with each passing year that the medical-pharmacological-petrochemical-prison-industrial complex has a great deal of money to lose from the decriminalization/legalization of hemp.

Our entire economy is like a dinosaur (pun intended) at this point.

This drug is so past the hysteria stage and the reefer madness stage that no politician in his or her right mind would vote for it. It is fucking unbelievalbe. But you can still create a heart attack with Vioxx.

It wouldn't matter if pot cured every single disease that harms mankind, they'd still keep it illegal because it makes baby Jesus cry. Something like that. I can never keep up with the illogic, myself.

as you forget what you have already posted almost immediately. ;)

What were we taking about?

I remember a Government sponsored study from the late eighties.

The study found that smoking a joint a day for a year accelerated the aging process by nearly 7% in adult rats.

What the study left out was that the rats were exposed to the human dosage of marijuana.

That's right - the rats were given a dosage level of .5% of their bdy weight per day in order for the study to achieve the 'desired' results.

So how much is .5% of your body weight?

Isn't science fun?

I mean, I could afford the Pot..but..I'd have to spend $750.00 on
Potato Chips and Muchies. :)

Here's only a quater-pound!



I might have been that ambitious when I was a kid...

But that'd kill me now.

Could anybody smoke that much in a day? Might be fun to try.

or I'd already be a goner. 3 years ago DVT left leg, now PAD in legs mostly left. The pain in my foot is excruciating.

that have more severe health problems, I do believe. Don't cha know!
:smoke: :smoke: :smoke: :evilgrin: :rofl:

Finally something I like is beneficial!

By TOMMY CHONG
The Dissociated Press

Apr 1, 2005 — Dr. Francois Mach of Geneva University Hospital in Geneva, Switzerland is being investigated by the Hospital's internal auditors, as mysterious charges to pizza delivery services come to light. Apparently large numbers of mushroom and pepperoni pizza were delivered to the experimental cardiovascular lab, straight to where the mice involved with recent studies of artery hardening were housed.

Adding to the mystery is the fact that these deliveries occurred when the lab was apparently unattended, with only the mice present. Said the Hospital's Internal Auditor, "There must be some sort of unauthorized entry into the lab. After all, the mice didn't order the pizza themselves, did they?"

I haven't been to the doctor in years. Hmm............could it be??

Why do they have to Rain on my Parade??? :cry:

Get with it! Find the justification, already. :smoke:

Pot may be helpful in combatting Alzheimers.

The benefits of less heart disease, would be offset by the pounds of Fritos, Sour Cream & Onion Dip and Hostess Ho Hos dipped in melted Snicker bars.

Damn munchies!

PS---I haven't smoked pot for many, many years.

woohoo!:woohoo: