Trip out on this and dig the vibrations (just stare at the center for a little while, say 30sec, and then look away, look away, look away...)
Posted on 11/05/2004 1:38:10 PM PST by Ahriman
A decade ago, when Daniele Piomelli went to scientific conferences, he was often the only researcher studying cannabinoids, the class of chemicals that give marijuana users a high. His work often drew sniggers and jokes; but not any more. At the recent annual Society for Neuroscience conference in San Diego last week, scientists delivered almost 200 papers on the subject.
Why all the attention? Many scientists believe marijuana-like drugs might be able to treat a wide range of diseases, far beyond the nausea and chronic pain typically treated with medical marijuana.
Researchers presented tantalising evidence that cannabinoid drugs can help treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease - Parkinson’s disease and obesity. Other researchers are studying whether the compounds can help victims of stroke and multiple sclerosis.
Although the chemicals work on the same area of the nervous system, the new drugs are much more refined and targeted than marijuana, with few of its side effects.
"Cannabinoids have a lot of pharmaceutical potential," says Piomelli, a neuroscientist at the University of California. "A lot of people are very excited."
Okay "Stop with the holier than Thou Attitude...Everyone has a past and has done things they shouldn't have... I am just honest enough to admit it....
Stop being an Old Cracker...
Apparently you're interested since you've taken the time to post such a nice reply.
Shuddup and put that gun/cigarette/joint down... You can't be trusted with it..
...And by the way put your seatbelt on. ;-)
Of course your assault on liberty has no down side now, does it?
"200 papers on the subject"
Papers? What kind of papers?
Could it be rolling papers?
How did a thread of the benefits of cannaboid (Marinol) research get corrupted into a 'smoke your joint' thread?
P.S. It's for your own good, not to mention the CHILDREN!
Thank You...I admit it I use to like smoking pot watching Cheech and Chong or listening to Bob Seger making Lasagna having friends over and having a good time,, now that was before FRee Republlic..
Am I bad, proably to Old Cracker...
Course Ol' Cracker's got a past, 'cept he's learned so much from his mistakes he's fully qualified to lead our lives for us. Why are you such an ingrate? ;)
I seriously doubt that you rely on willow-bark tea when you have a headache. You may not even rely on the "willow-bark-like drug," aspirin anymore -- but instead on "aspirin-like" drugs like ibuprofen.
Just because you may get medical benefit from fouling your lungs with pot smoke, doesn't mean it can't be done better, and far more safely.
I can't speak for everyone but tight asses telling me what to do when I'm not hurting anyone just sets me off a little.
Rolling papers were only for people who couldn't find there pipe...
I know, I know. If it weren't for the freaks on the left and right controlling me, there wouldn't be any children left! I'm that much of a mess. Bless the controllers.
The real solution is to toke up on embryos. < /sarcasm >
Vegans should be alright with this. They'll eat the placenta
I found this ODD exchange in the thread I selected:
2004-10-15 23:12 Is it vegan to bite your fingernails?Yes because my fingernails belong to me..but the placenta belongs to my baby.
There goes the left's argument for abortion that a fetus is just so much tissue...
Honestly, I tried it a few times (less than five) in college. I'm only here for the enjoyment of watching the folks insist that they're protecting liberty by destroying it. Usually that'll get me called a "dope" or a "doper" or some such by the self-appointed "morality" dragoons.
Willow bark or aspirin...Percocet works pretty well
I hear ya, and I'm with you...
Trip out on this and dig the vibrations (just stare at the center for a little while, say 30sec, and then look away, look away, look away...)
Are you a former Whiskey Drinker?
Thank you. I have not laughed my ass off like this in a long while. What a random but hilarious post.
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