That intellectual giant, Jeff Spicoli, respectfully disagrees.
Posted on 03/01/2021 11:54:36 AM PST by RideForever
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – The chemical in marijuana that makes people high may be effective in treating a potentially lethal coronavirus (COVID-19) complication, researchers at the University of South Carolina recently announced.
The researchers quoted studies, co-published by Prakash Nagarkatti, which found that the chemical THC, the most mind-altering chemical in marijuana, prevented a harmful immune response that causes Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in mice and caused a significant increase in healthy lung bacteria.
Three studies, published in Frontiers in Pharmacology, the British Journal of Pharmacology and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences, were conducted by giving mice a toxin that triggered the harmful immune reaction that causes ARDS and then injecting mice with THC, according to the studies’ abstracts, as reported in The State, the daily student newspaper at the University of South Carolina.
With ARDS, “The underlying mechanism in your immune system goes haywire and starts destroying your lungs and all your other organs,” Nagarkatti told The State.
Dozens of experiments were conducted in the three separate studies and 100% of the mice given THC survived, Nagarkatti told The State.
While the many differences between mice and humans mean lab results in mice don’t always directly translate into real-life results for humans, Nagarkatti said he was blown away at the effectiveness of THC in treating ARDS. There is no FDA-approved drug right now to treat ARDS, Nagarkatti said.
Nagarkatti has recommended that health officials begin human trials with THC, he told The State.
However, he said that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea for people to smoke marijuana if they think they have coronavirus. Since THC suppresses the immune response, smoking marijuana recreationally can actually make a coronavirus infection worse.
“While there are restrictions against using advertising designed specifically to target youth, it does still appear to be having some influence”
Ditto for alcohol advertising, I expect. Is that encouraging the youth to drink?
(Not that I’m necessarily opposed to restrictions on marijuana advertising.)
Thanks for the ping
Not surprised cannabis could be helpful regarding the china virus.
I agree entirely. Well said.
Booze does all of that. Far better than pot does.
Definitely. Only fools consume either one. Outlaw them all.
You know it seems to me you just buy into the idea ‘it’s hip’ and don’t like to face facts.
Done with you.
IIRC, the Do-dah Man was oriented to acid.
I responded to your facts.
Buh-bye.
Now doctors are going to give Covid-19 patients joints?
That intellectual giant, Jeff Spicoli, respectfully disagrees.
“smoking marijuana recreationally can actually make a coronavirus infection worse.”
Pure anecdotal.
Nice rationalization for your addiction. I’ve counseled hundreds of alcoholics and addicts. You all cling to the same delusion.
So you’ve wielded a hammer so many times that everything looks like a nail ... understandable but nonetheless mistaken.
You're not conservative. You're here simply because you have no other venue. A kooky fringe group of addicts. Libertarians. Pathetic.
What amazes me is that the owner allows you people to stay. I guess he's got other things on his mind.
"I'm in favor of ending the war on drugs at the federal level." - Jim Robinson, 5/3/2003: https://freerepublic.com/focus/backroom/904323/posts?page=428#428
LMAO!! (hack) (hack) HEY! Don’t bogart that joint!
I have not tried the products personally. And I apologize for the loooooonnnnnnnngggggggg, repetitious ad format popular on the iNet a couple of decades ago, to get you to invest so much time on it you feel you have to completely read it. But it does cover a lot of ground from a 1st person, practical use perspective. And who can quibble about the expert status of Tommy Chong and cannabis?
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