Cannabis Compound Slows Artery Disease in Mice

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By Patricia Reaney

LONDON (Reuters) - An active ingredient in cannabis can ease inflammation and slow the progression of coronary artery disease in mice, and possibly humans, researchers said on Wednesday.

Daily low doses of the ingredient, THC, prevented atherosclerosis, a primary cause of heart disease and stroke in western countries, without producing the associated high.

"We have proven that very low doses of cannabis therapy will have an anti-inflammatory effect that will slow the progression of atherosclerosis in mice," said Dr Francois Mach, of Geneva University Hospital in Switzerland.

He and his team do not know whether TCH, or delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, will have the same effect in humans. But they believe the discovery will help find compounds that produce the same effect in humans without side effects such as raised blood pressure or euphoria.

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1. Alas, I have no connection anymore

A low daily dose is my favorite form of "libation."

Whysit that at 18 I had gobs of connections, but at 39 I'm outta luck?

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2. Those in govt who participate or know about our govt drug dumping on

the streets of the U.S. will not permit this. This remedy is way too inexpensive compared to super costly prescription drugs manufactured by their corporate partners. Plus, sales will slip for their alchohol and cigarette corporate partners. And after three decades of propaganda and preaching, born-agains will cry because they can't take the cure.