Ingredients in marijuana fight bacteria!?

[wildbilln864]

"Researchers in Italy and Britain have found that the main active ingredient in marijuana — tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC — and related compounds show promise as antibacterial agents, particularly against microbial strains that are already resistant to several classes of drugs.

It has been known for decades that Cannabis sativa has antibacterial properties. Experiments in the 1950s tested various marijuana preparations against skin and other infections, but researchers at the time had little understanding of marijuana's chemical makeup."

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[tazkcmo]

1. No wonder I rarely get ill! n/t

[baldguy]

2. Is there anything ganja can't do?

[Octafish]

5. It may help grow new brain cells.

Tha'd be really neat.

[wildbilln864]

11. Yes I remember reading about that....

here
Probably a good reason to keep it illegal as the PTB wants to dumb everyone down. Marijuana doesn't help their cause.

ETA: damned keys are sticking, lol.

[tridim]

9. It's the most medically useful substance on Earth

and yet it officially still has "No known medical value".

WHY? Because it has the side-effect of making you feel good? :eyes:

[wildbilln864]

12. Mainly because you.....

can grow it in your back yard and they can't profit from that! Look at all the money so many corporations would loose.


It would practically eliminate the market for anti-depressants and the like.
Oil companies- hemp seed oil can be used like deisel fuel and make ethanol from the fiber.
You can make plastic from it. Entire houses even.


:smoke:

[tridim]

13. Let's call it a "Bailout for the American consumer" and make it legal.

[Hawkeye-X]

3. LEGALIZE MARIJUANA

nuff said.

Alcohol is a drug, and it's legal, and it KILLS.

Tobacco is a drug, and it's legal, and it KILLS.

Marijuana doesn't kill, and it's illegal? WTF.

Hawkeye-X

[intheflow]

22. This is why it's good to live in Denver.

:hi:

[arcadian]

4. I wish I could bathe in it.

Rub it all over my naked body. :D

[FirstLight]

7. Not such a bad idea!

I have pretty bad psoriasis, and have used it to help the symptoms for years, and my sister is ten time worse thn me and is taking all kinds of terrible stuff...ya, thanks, I'll stick to being au naturel!

I bet if you went to a dispensary, and they could sell you some "shake" you could treat it in olive oil and make a wicked nice body rub...hemp products are nice, but the real deal would be SO much better!!

[tridim]

10. If it ever becomes legal people will quickly realize how nice Cannabis turpine aroma really is.

If you've ever smelled fresh high quality cannabis resin you'll know what I'm talking about.

[jobycom]

6. The little bacteria get lethargic and then go out to get pizza.

Once out they can't find their way home, so they crawl into some new host without knowing the difference.

[wildbilln864]

8. oh man....

:rofl: That's probably exactly what happens. :hi:

[dysfunctional press]

14. after 35 solid years of toking, at this point i'd be afraid to give it up if i were so inclined...

for fear of all the cancers and disease that would spontaneously erupt throughout my body.

[wildbilln864]

15. no kidding man...

hey, I'll smoke to that! :smoke:

[devilgrrl]

19. I'll say!

:smoke:

[kimmylavin]

16. If there ever were a "miracle plant",

This would be it.

This is probably why I rarely get sick anymore...

[wildbilln864]

17. Complete agreement on that. nt

:hi:

[Romulox]

18. We're looking at ANOTHER 8 years in the wilderness with Mr. "Drug Czar"/"Rave Act" on the ticket. nt

[pleah]

20. K&R#5

:smoke: :smoke: :smoke: :smoke: :smoke:

[intheflow]

21. This would probably explain why,

though I haven't had health insurance for 15 years, I'm one of the healthiest people I know. :smoke: