Marijuana and COVID-19

American Thinker ^ | March 19, 2020 | Woody McGinnis, MD

[CheshireTheCat]

It is certain that cigarette-smoking and heavy drinking result in serious negative effects on immune function. These behaviors should be discouraged for the benefit of both individual and society, especially in the time of coronavirus.

We also need to address the touchy subject of how smoked and ingested marijuana could influence the course of the pandemic. Obviously, pot is prevalent as never before. Attitudes have relaxed, and many states have approved recreational and medicinal marijuana. A good number of medical personnel consider marijuana benign, at least in adults. Apart from writing prescriptions, they may use it themselves in retirement. Seniors use marijuana, and some nursing homes and assisted care facilities allow it.

[CheshireTheCat]

Intriguing theory. I don't know enough about marijuana or virology to comment further.

[dp0622]

heavy drinking result in serious negative effects on immune function..

I’LL DRINK TO THAT!!!

[mdittmar]

"It is certain that cigarette-smoking and heavy drinking"

I'm good,I smoke cigars;)

[VastRWCon]

OMG close down the sale of all alcohol. Idiots

[bramps]

You just have to balance your alcohol use.

For every beer you drink, you have to pour one over your head.

[SanchoP]

What a stupid article. “I couldn’t find any data to support my theory, and that’s troublesome”. Here's your sign.

PUSH HARDER!! Wham-Bam Wuhan Scam!

[be-baw]

No reason to take the author seriously. He’s making up stuff just so he can get an article online.

[dp0622]

lol

Works for me :)

[Bell Bouy II]

No rockets scientist here but I believe its common knowledge Booze and drugs suppress the immune sys.
Could be wrong,dont think so

[Bell Bouy II]

Shinny hair at your wake,a plus

[Valpal1]

“20% of US COVID-19 Deaths Were Young Adults”
https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/927196

Maybe it’s the maryjane.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

OMG close down the sale of all alcohol.

They are already doing that.

[TigersEye]

From a strict scientific perspective, there just aren't sufficient data on human subjects to conclude whether marijuana has a negative, positive, or neutral effect on viral infections.

Thanks to 50 years of FedMob restriction on research.

[DouglasKC]

Hey remember how young kids were dying of vaping just a couple of months ago?

[PhiloBedo]

I fumigated the inside of my vehicle with a Monte Cristo Churchill, this evening. I look at like an American Indian practice of ridding viruses and sickness with a waft of pure tobacco smoke. (could be wrong, though)

[glasseye]

We also need to address the touchy subject of how carrots & cabbage in stews affect the corona virus...I mean I found no ‘body of evidence or scholarly tombs waxing poetic in existence, well exist on Google™, that I could find.
And there is a dearth of research about mixing Cruciform Vegetables with peanut butter(smooth is best), and its affect on the Corona(china) virus, but we fear women & minorities will be hardest hit.
So many questions that may never be answered...or asked.

[MAGAthon]

legal and illegal opioids might not be helpful either:

19 Feb: eLife: Opioids depress breathing through two small brainstem sites
Iris Bachmutsky, Xin Paul Wei, Eszter Kish, Kevin Yackle Is a corresponding author
Department of Physiology, University of California-San Francisco, United States;
Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of California-San Francisco, United States;
Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program, University of California-San Francisco, United States
The rates of opioid overdose in the United States quadrupled between 1999 and 2017, reaching a staggering 130 deaths per day. This health epidemic demands innovative solutions that require uncovering the key brain areas and cell types mediating the cause of overdose— opioid-induced respiratory depression. Here, we identify two primary changes to murine breathing after administering opiods...

Opioids such as morphine or fentanyl are powerful substances used to relieve pain in medical settings. However, taken in too high a dose they can depress breathing – in other words, they can lead to slow, shallow breaths that cannot sustain life...
Nearly 400,000 people in the United States died from a drug overdose involving a prescription or illicit opioid between 1999 and 2017 (Scholl et al., 2018)...
https://elifesciences.org/articles/52694

[diatomite]

The article focus on THC effects, but what about the high tar levels deposited in the lungs from marijuana vs. cigarette smoke or vaping smoke.

[hardspunned]

https://youtu.be/-N0IjBgyFoE

Don’t bogart that joint my friend, pass it over to me?

[1FreeAmerican]

OK then just make some gummies and eat it. No smoke in the lungs.

Works just as well and lasts all day!