Marajuana may thwart Alzheimer's disease.

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With the many uses of marajuana for medicinal purposes already catalogued and this one added to that list, it warrants some real study or at least an expansion of the field of research into the substance's potential. And I don't even have to be a dope smoking hippie to be able to realize the ban on this substance is foolhardy.


MARIJUANA INGREDIENT MAY STALL DECLINE FROM ALZHEIMER'S


WASHINGTON, DC February 17, 2005 — New research shows that a synthetic analogue of the active component of marijuana may reduce the inflammation and prevent the mental decline associated with Alzheimer's disease.

This research is not only a major step in our understanding [of] how the brain reacts to Alzheimer's disease, but may also help open a route to novel anti-Alzheimer's drugs,” says Raphael Mechoulam, professor emeritus of medicinal chemistry at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and discoverer of marijuana's active component.

To show the preventive effects of cannabinoids on Alzheimer's disease, researchers at the Cajal Institute and Complutense University in Madrid, led by Maria de Ceballos, conducted studies using human brain tissue, as well as experiments with rats. The study appears in the February 23, 2005, issue of The Journal of Neuroscience.
 
[quote name='bmulligan']it warrants some real study or at least an expansion of the field of research into the substance's potential.[/QUOTE]

The Journal of Neuroscience not good enough for ya?
 
Cannabinoids have been well-known for awhile to have neuroprotective qualities. However I highly doubt that's the reason most people smoke pot.
 
[quote name='mykevermin']The Journal of Neuroscience not good enough for ya?[/QUOTE]

I'm refering to the endless amount of red tape involved in studying any controlled substance. It's damn near impossible to get approved for a study no matter where the funding is coming from. And private funding is next to nill becuase of the nearly zero probability of any type of drug or treatment being approved by the FDA.
 
[quote name='bmulligan']I'm refering to the endless amount of red tape involved in studying any controlled substance. It's damn near impossible to get approved for a study no matter where the funding is coming from. And private funding is next to nill becuase of the nearly zero probability of any type of drug or treatment being approved by the FDA.[/QUOTE]

The phrase is Institutional Review Board, and you can thank Philip Zimbardo and the Stanford Prison Experiment, and to a lesser degree the Tuskegee Syphillis Experiment, for making sure there's oodles of red tape if you simply want to administer a survey these days, without regard to the legality or what you're studying.
 
[quote name='bmulligan']I'm refering to the endless amount of red tape involved in studying any controlled substance. It's damn near impossible to get approved for a study no matter where the funding is coming from. And private funding is next to nill becuase of the nearly zero probability of any type of drug or treatment being approved by the FDA.[/QUOTE]

That's not necessarily true. Marijuana derivatives have been used for chemotherapy-induced nausea and for chronic illness related anorexia. Also European drug approval processes are usually less stringent than the U.S. so eventually there will be clinical data from those countries which, if there is proven benefit, should eventually carry over to the U.S..
 
[quote name='dopa345']That's not necessarily true. Marijuana derivatives have been used for chemotherapy-induced nausea and for chronic illness related anorexia. Also European drug approval processes are usually less stringent than the U.S. so eventually there will be clinical data from those countries which, if there is proven benefit, should eventually carry over to the U.S..[/QUOTE]

Thanks, I didn't think about that. However, we're talking about The US, where it took almost 20 years for the morning after pill to be approved for use. There's the stigma and religious right aspect of influence over medical use and procedure that they don't seem to have in Europe either.
 
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