Shoutbox

recent news...

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Marijuana: THC Counters Cancer-Causing Chemicals Produced by Smoke
   
A
new report says that Marijuana is not a cancer risk since the THC acts
to counter the cancer-causing chemicals produced by it's smoke unlike
tobacco where the nicotine does the opposite. The report is by Dr
Robert Melamede of the Univ. of Colorado.
      "THC turns down
the carcinogenic potential," he said stating that in studies on mice
THC seems to block the enzyme that turns chemicals in smoke to their
cancer promoting form. Also cannabinoids help to reduce immune
regulated responses to smoke.
      Cells in the respiratory
tract have cells with receptors where nicotine docks but none have been
found for THC or other cannabinoids. Cannabinoid receptors do appear in
the brain where they may protect cells from death due to injuries like
a stroke.

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erm, all those weed bashers.

bleh, kay, weed has it's ups and downs, like anything else in the
world, weed is natural, weed is more healthy than lethal!  you
cannot really overdose on weed, unless you were to soke 200 joints, but
im sure you'd burn out and crash by then.

and

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A synthetic chemical which is similar to marijuana’s active ingredient
has been linked to cell growth in rat’s brains says a new study. The
chemical has also been linked to reducing depression and anxiety and
could be good for the brain it says.

Nicotine, alcohol and
cocaine have been shown to suppress the growth in the hippocampus but
HU210, a synthetic cannabinoid, may stimulate the cells to grow. Giving
rats high doses of the drug increased their neurogenesis by about 40%
says the study.

Rats who received HU210 also showed fewer signs
of depression and anxiety when placed in stressful situations. When
mice were given the natural cannabinoid, THC, in a different study no
change was noticed and so scientists must determine the reason.

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I'm not trying to promote it, just trying to make it so it doesn't sound nearly as bad as it is...

like i said, i dont wanna get too much into it, i just wanna give a heads up to all those people that say weed kills.