Posted on 08/13/2005 12:00:36 PM PDT by traumer
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Derivatives of the active compound in cannabis -- cannabinoids -- may have the potential for treating inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, UK researchers report.
"The system that responds to cannabis in the brain is present and functioning in the lining of the gut," lead researcher Dr. Karen Wright, of the University of Bath, explained to Reuters Health. "There is an increased presence of one component of this system during inflammatory bowel diseases," she explained.
Wright and her colleagues established the location of cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2 in human colon tissue, and used human colon cell lines to investigate the binding of cannabinoid compounds and in wound-healing experiments. They report their findings in the journal Gastroenterology
The team found that CB2 was increased in colonic tissue characteristic of inflammatory bowel disease. Cannabinoids enhanced surface wound closure via CB1-related mechanisms.
"Cannabinoids, which we make ourselves, as well as synthetic cannabinoids, can promote wound healing in the gut, which is extremely interesting given that inflammatory bowel disease involves damaged gut linings," Wright said.
Although results are available yet, she added, relevant studies of the use of cannabinoids are taking place in the UK and a clinical trial is being conducted in Germany.
Where do you find Liberal Christian Fundamentalists? Seems an odd discription of a non-existent creature.
Joking right?
"We got your number ~ you guys are all the time coming up with "new cures" from dope"
"Odds are always very good that druggies lie."
Wow. Two arrogant presumptions in one post. We also have the two standard fallacies that the dope hysterics always drag out on these threads:
Fallacy #1 - "only druggies could possibly care about finding new medicines, regardless of where they come from."
I'm not a druggie, don't like drugs and don't do any drug stronger than Scotch. Never have, never will But if someone finds a medical use for the chemicals in pot, I wouldn't refuse it out of hand.
Then of course there's the second common fallacy:
Fallacy #2 - "only druggies could possibly care about ever-increasing Federal power."
I don't love drugs, but I do love the Constitution. And on this issue, the potheads are closer to the Constitution than the statists are.
And because somebody somewhere might be enjoying him/herself without nmh's approval, nmh somehow feels it necessary to deny that anything beneficial could ever possibly come from the same plant that somebody might be enjoying him/herself with.
The "logic" behind this thinking escapes me. Drugs are so bad that we mustn't even consider that they may be in some small way good. Bizarre.
MAY have the POTENTIAL??? Well, hell, if you're that sure about it....
Headline: Cannabis Might Just Kill The Little Bit Of Brains You Have Left
A dope addict affects all he comes in contact with. I have the same to say about Alcohol, the worst drug in America. Stay strong, keep a strong mind, stay away from the bad chemicals.
Just stay off the streets.
Pray tell, why?
DR. HIBBERT
Well, there is medication, although it is a little... controversial.
HOMER
Does it go in the butt?
DR. HIBBERT
I'm talking about medicinal marijuana. Prescription pot. Texas THC.
This might be a wonderful adjunct to the fabled coffee enema.
Warning! Warning!
Remove seeds and stems before ingesting.
Coffee beans must be ground FINE or painful irritation
may result.
Wow, thanks for that pic of the marijuana plants. I have always wondered what they look like. I am going to print it out for a reference when I take my walks seems as though it just might grow wild.
Fallin down on the floor, screamin with fits of laughter, almost to the point of bladder control loss!!!
Oh! Oh! Oh! (gasp) Do ya spose it'll tighten up alla my aging sphincters? Ha Ha Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...
Good idea to stay off the streets for a few days ~ 'til it wears off.
Bet your paranoia got the best of you for a few moments there eh?!
Potheads amazingly can, if they try, clear up and knock it off. The psychological addiction is very, very powerful though. It's almost impossible for a pothead to get off for more than a year.
That would benefit me because I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease two years ago.
Looks like some medical marijuana for me.
LOL........ If it ain't it will be according to the "researchers".....
My test for toxicity on the internet is simple ~ elicit feelings of paranoia. Never fails. A year?
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