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To: mazz44
Besides that, just the fact that it is one further step towards cocaine use, arguably, makes it more dangerous than cocaine.

Do you have any idea how inane that sounds?

116 posted on 08/27/2013 2:57:17 PM PDT by tacticalogic ("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
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To: tacticalogic

The hidden danger of marijuana and what makes it, potentially, more destructive than cocaine is its half-life. Many pharmacoligical studies have concluded such. For instance,

Cocaine primarily affected the ability of AMs to kill bacteria and tumor cells, likely by suppressing their ability to generate effector molecules such as NO. In contrast, marijuana use had a broader range of effects on AMs including suppression of phagocytosis, inhibition of bacterial and tumor killing, and a reduction in their ability to produce inflammatory cytokines. In considering the different effects of these two drugs, we should not exclude the possibility that our methods underestimate the impact of cocaine. Cocaine is rapidly inactivated by plasma pseudocholinesterase, while ?9-THC has a long half-life in tissues. In vitro, cocaine needs to be repeatedly replenished in order to observe its full suppressive effects.

Cocaine may destroy quicker, but quicker is not always more dangerous or destructive. A slow suffering and disarray has a grater ability to bring long term suffering and cost to loved ones and society.

God Bless America!


128 posted on 08/28/2013 12:32:54 AM PDT by mazz44
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