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.
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.