Marijuana compound removes toxic Alzheimer's protein from the brain

Science Alert ^ | July 1, 2016

[bigbob]

Rubbish. That’s like saying that because you’ve seen drunks, alcohol should not be used to disinfect a wound.

Most useful pharmaceuticals came from nature.

[trisham]

It seems contraindicated. However, if there is a chance that it can benefit those with Alzheimer’s, it deserves further study.

[2nd Amendment]

I read this somewhere else . . I just can’t remember where.

[trisham]

My husband and I recently started taking coconut oil. We also give it to our dogs.

[WilliamCooper1]

Living in Washington state, I can tell you that I run into habitual pot smokers on a daily basis. Understanding that marijuana might have some derivative health uses, I want to issue a challenge: Find me one successful professional individual, that is active in their community, that uses pot on a daily basis.

I have yet to find adult habitual marijuana user that I would look up to as a role model/mentor.

Just sayin’

[fr_freak]

Don’t many heavy pot smokers have memory issues as they age?

LOL. Doesn't everybody in their old age?

[conservative cat]

I know some who use *small* amounts on what I suspect are a pretty regular basis (one uses it as a sleep aid) and keep their lives together in all aspects. I have had bad reactions to it (I suspect an allergy), so I don't like it that much, but I have used it in a crunch for migraines, and it worked better than almost everything else.

I think the people who hold it together who aren't giant stoners still keep it somewhat in the closet, since they do have professional lives they want to maintain and aren't sure how it will go over.

[fr_freak]

Living in Washington state, I can tell you that I run into habitual pot smokers on a daily basis. Understanding that marijuana might have some derivative health uses, I want to issue a challenge: Find me one successful professional individual, that is active in their community, that uses pot on a daily basis.

Good God, this is trivial. First off, if you express your interaction with pot users as "I run into them" then than tells me you're talking about strangers on the street. Well, how do you know a stranger on the street is a pot user? Probably because he is some dumbass derelict who smokes pot between meth hits and screams that fact to the world while demanding pocket change so he can buy his next beer.

Almost by definition, responsible pot users are NOT visible to people on the street. I know a few - professionals who like pot the way others like fine scotch. If you ran into a person on the street who was an obvious drinker, what would that tell you? It would have to be someone whose drinking was at ridiculously irresponsible levels, otherwise how would you know? A responsible drinker drinks when appropriate and in private, same as a responsible pot smoker.

This sort of basic logic should be obvious, but I'm convinced that a certain amount of propaganda has been distributed to paint pot as worse than cocaine and heroin put together. Quite frankly , I consider pot more harmless than alcohol (and cheaper). Hmmm.

[KC_Lion]

Big Ping for your Interest.

[GSWarrior]

Sounds like you don’t know much about marijuana or Alzheimer’s.

[Jim Pelosi]

Coconut oil is great for a lot of things. Tooth whitening, frying potato pancakes and even makes a fantastic “intimate” lubricant. I have noticed more health benefits from taking two teaspoons of hemp seed oil everyday.

[trisham]

Hemp seed oil? Thanks! I’ll look into it.

[WilliamCooper1]

My experience is interacting with people for over 20 years that are habitual marijuana users. Again, I am not saying it should be outlawed, it should be up to the states.

I am glad that you know a few “professionals” that uses pot on a regular basis. But that is quiet a small sample size to make a broad sweeping generalization.

[Ketill Frostbeard]

Do what you can to ensure getting a quality product...there are horror stories of cancer patients swindled into buying Mexican bug juice.

They have domestic manufacturers breeding plants specific for different ailments now, and presumably, ailment-specific oils.

[dfwgator]

In the end, it’s just a plant. It can be used for good or it can be used for bad.

[WilliamCooper1]

Moderation is the key. But the problem with recreational marijuana is that it has become a cult to some degree. People see it as the be-all-end-all to every problem in life. I know people that can’t hook up a subject-verb-object to complete a proper sentence, but they can tell you every chemical compound regarding marijuana. It’s become an obsession.

Another thing for the marijuana is better than booze crowd: Do you think inhaling hot ash into your lungs and capillaries is healthy?

[freds6girlies]

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[Ken H]

How is it that you have interacted with so many habitual mj users over the last 20 years?

[wally_bert]

I’ll have to remember to look into this.

[Gadsden1st]

A very thoughtful post.

Therefore, you can never have smoked pot.

Also, if you were high right now, I seriously doubt you would be bothering with FR.

I agree with you and thanks for the post.