Cannabis May Slow Brain Aging

Revelations 22:2

and I hope MJ is legalized or at least decriminalized where I live. Of all life's pleasures that I've denied myself, I miss MJ the most - and that is only due to random drug testing that is part & parcel of working America.

allowable amount of THC in one's blood from none to allow for use when not working. It would be pretty easy to make those drug test kits show negative unless the blood concentration is higher than say 2.0 ng/ml. It will be interesting to see how the private job sector handles legalization.

It's not about the drug per se, it's all about whether you knuckle under to the regime or not.

This whole drug testing thing has become entirely too much a part of our culture to go away in any reasonable length of time.

stopped testing, even if they did. let's not forget the money that is involved in testing too...follow the money.

Great news for people like me with Alzheimer's in the family. Bookmarked for later reading

I discovered this woman via this video -

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/stoned-in-suburbia/

and feel like I'm about 30. I think there's something to this.

like you who wake and bake since the sixties. I think you have good genetics. Most that I know have memory loss and are grandiose.

anymore.

If so, I just might take up smoking it again. I have not smoked it for more than 40 years.

but the benefits related to chemo, nausea, epilepsy, MS, alzheimers, glaucoma, depression and anxiety might help add to elderly Americans' quality of life.

Some people have tried using cannabis oil to treat cancers, not just mitigate side-effects of treatment for cancer.

The interesting thing about cannabis and cancer treatment studies from a phase II clinical trial for brain cancer is that the cannabis surrounds the cancer cell and deprives it of the ability to reproduce, while healthy cells are left intact. But that's not from smoking - that's from concentrated oils.

Can't wait.

was possibly growing younger each year, if quantity ingested per year is a relative factor.

Study: Nicotine patch improves brain power
TRACY CONNOR
Monday, January 09, 2012
A nicotine patch boosted brain power in patients experiencing mild memory and attention problems — a finding that could hold promise for Alzheimer’s research.

The study that produced the discovery looked at men and women with mild cognitive impairment, a condition that does not interfere with daily living but often progresses to dementia.

Half the 74 subjects — all nonsmokers — wore a nicotine. patch for six months, while the others were given a placebo.

The group that got the nicotine did better on cognition tests, although they and their doctors may not have noticed much improvement.

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-01-09/news/30609552_1_nicotine-patch-mild-cognitive-impairment-study




Nicotine Could Play Role in Alzheimer's Disease Therapy, Neuroscientists Discover
ScienceDaily (Oct. 13, 2010)

— A team of neuroscientists has discovered important new information in the search for an effective treatment for Alzheimer's disease, the debilitating neurological disorder that afflicts more than 5.3 million Americans and is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States. Hey-Kyoung Lee, associate professor in the University of Maryland Department of Biology, and her research team have shown that they may be able to eliminate debilitating side effects caused by a promising Alzheimer's drug by stimulating the brain's nicotine receptors.

"By stimulating the Alpha7 receptor with nicotine, we were able to recover normal brain function," explains Lee. "We are very hopeful that this will be a way to overcome the deficits seen with the BACE-1 knockouts."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/10/101013095331.htm

something that has been looked at in recreational terms only... tho tobacco is also a sacrament in some traditions.

The second study, however, was using nicotine to counteract a side effect of the standard alzheimer drug, and the study in my OP indicates cannabis has better results than that drug.

but it may keep you from losing who you are. Amazing.