marijuana is good for your health

i read that a study in california found that marijuana has a non-psychoactive chemical in it that can help fight cancer. pretty cool but it seems to me that everything scientists have studied either prevent cancer or cause it. but anyway, smoke up cuz its good for you!

 

Some ingredients also help prevent Alzheimers, but i think they're extracting it and trying to make it into a pill or something

 

ill just hafta smoke enought pot in tinnies to equal out the good effects for preventing alzheimers, and then ill be just okay, i dont wanna be healthy..... :]

 

The cannabinoid ur refering to is Cannabidiol, also known as CBD. its a major constituent of the plant, representing %40 in its extracts. CBD alone is not intoxicating, but it appears to moderate the euphoric effect of THC (which is an isomer of cannabidiol) and adds a sedative quality. but CBD can also increase alertness.

Medically, it appears to relieve convulsion, inflammation, anxiety, and nausea, and to inhibit cancer cell growth. Recent studies have shown cannabidiol to be as effective as atypical antipsychotics in treating schizophrenia...in Nov 2007 it was reported that CBD reduces growth of aggressive human breast cancer cells in vitro and reduces their invasiveness.

Mary is good for u. i heard it can also shrink/regulate tumor aggressiveness. so next time ur lightin up think about it!

 

thanks man, i didnt know all that stuff. and i like what inferno monkey said about smoking enough pot in tinnies to equal out the alzheimers.

 

yeah, these are the chemicals in the plant, they are helpful and have many good uses. and the plant itself does as well. but...

smoke of any kind is not good, so maybe instead of smoke it up, vape it up.

we smoke does have carcinogens in it, not as much as cigs but they are there, not in whole part cause of the plnat itself, antipesticides and chemicals used in growing can be a hazard to.

 

It's a cabbinoid(sp) or w.e. So off on spelling, but ya, they tested it on rats, it can help against alot of things, not whole plant itself but different parts of it have been found useful.

 

It would be much more beneficial to your health to ingest it orally, so making those chocolate brownies is a good thing.

It seems that we are still unsure about smoking cannabis in general, but until people start keeling over from it left and right I'm going to keep puffing on my hash pipe.

 

Just eat weed

 

marajuana good for your health?

rubbish

perhaps if you have some terrible disease then maybe but for someone in health taking this stuff isn't recommended. spend your money on a hobby or going out and seeing the world instead of living in your own little world.

 

as if the distinction between living in the world and "your own little world" has anything to do with whether you toke, lol. what if you didn't spend money on weed but grew it as a hobby? it just sounds like this post is based on a limited personal reference. some people do get motivated to go out and see the world after toking.

marijuana and your health is the same as anything and your health, too much is too much. if you take care of yourself otherwise and eat carrots when you get the munchies, a stoner is just as healthy as a nonstoner. a lot of our health has to do with the mind, your self-image. mj dilates the senses. if the opening of the senses helps you cultivate a better self-image it can help you become healthier.

so I would say it can improve your health in conjuction with other considerations, or it can damage your health if you smoke and don't do anything but sit and eat cheetos, for example.

and it is something to consider that you are inhaling smoke. perhaps not ideal but at least cannabinoids dilate the bronchial airways to eliminate the dirty materials (hence the coughing). exercise also helps keep the lungs clean. and if you grow your own you know what is and isn't on the buds.

 

well, sometimes i think its nice just to smoke some bud and chill inside with the fan on listening to some toons "in my own little world" haha.

but others i like to toke and go like just walk around, trees and streams looki awesome why high.

and the sky and all that. it makes me apprecaiate nature more.

 

Freedom_Man makes two good points. One is you do not have to smoke weed, vaporize it, tada, no smoke.. but I do not know if the CBD would get into your system as well, good thing to look up. Secondly being high is a good thing, no doubt at all about it.

Nothing wrong with not getting high either.

Something very wrong with not taking care of your self and those around you.

 

weed is not good or bad people do not smoke weed in nearly the amount that they smoke cigarettes and there is not the nicotine or nearly the amount of tar that are in cigarettes im not gonna say its not bad for you but its not nearly as bad as cigarettes nobody has died from weed alone

 

Why not do both?

It's what you do when you're high that's important, and contrary to popular belief, the calm introspection induced by the buzz can be beneficial to overall health, like meditation, it's regenerative, but you need to balance it with activity.

Western culture seems to underestimate the value of being idle.

However, everything in balance. You gotta be active as well. I find it a great way to stay focused when I'm in the zone of doing something intense, like trail running, karate, skiing, or whitewater kayaking.

It's also well proven, at least in my personal observation, in it's restorative effects on those who are ailing. I have three close friends, one who recovered from hepatitis, another from lyme disease, the third from a digestive disorder caused by a particularly nasty strain of bacteria that took over his digestive tract after the medical industry gave him too many antibiotics that damn near killed him, all of whom swear by the restorative properties of marijuana, in relieving discomfort, improving digestion, and accelerating the healing process.

I agree the only health issue is smoke inhalation, but that can be worked around, and if you do smoke, make sure you keep the lungs healthy by staying active and maintaining a healthy cardio regimen.

 

I haven't heard that about weed, but Cannabis sativa (hemp) is surprisingly healthy for you. It contains essential fatty acids and a near complete amino acid profile, not to mention highly digestable protein. I eat it everyday with some yogurt.