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RainDog

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17. Not that I know of...

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 10:03 PM

Nov 2012

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.

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Cannabis May Slow Brain Aging [View all] RainDog Nov 2012 OP

It is the Healing of the Nations. SubgeniusHasSlack Nov 2012 #1

Retirement can't come soon enough for me Cirque du So-What Nov 2012 #2

Legalization should raise the pipoman Nov 2012 #5

The private sector won't change their standards Fumesucker Nov 2012 #10

right, and they wouldn't tell you that they shanti Nov 2012 #18

Works for me.......... NT Ernesto Nov 2012 #3

K&R felix_numinous Nov 2012 #4

Maybe it just seems slower. n/t customerserviceguy Nov 2012 #6

LOL RainDog Nov 2012 #8

lol Enrique Nov 2012 #11

I need a Twinkie...n/t greytdemocrat Nov 2012 #7

Now THAT stuff WILL kill you! :) n/t RainDog Nov 2012 #9

I'm 66, been smoking it pretty regularly since 1967 Blue_In_AK Nov 2012 #12

I know a few salinen Nov 2012 #13

Well, I don't smoke all day, of course, Blue_In_AK Nov 2012 #14

The wife always says she is the only adult in the house,,,,, benld74 Nov 2012 #15

Can it slow the physical aging process? RebelOne Nov 2012 #16

Not that I know of... RainDog Nov 2012 #17

More reasons to move toward regulation & taxation duhneece Nov 2012 #19

In that case, I reckon there was about 15 yrs there where my brain Zorra Nov 2012 #20

Study: Nicotine patch improves brain power ErikJ Nov 2012 #21

interesting RainDog Nov 2012 #22

Well imagine that! It may cause short term memory loss.... Avalux Nov 2012 #23

I'm 51 and it makes me think about things I thought about when I was 21. Agree. n/t cherokeeprogressive Nov 2012 #24