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<blockquote data-quote="LittleWolf" data-source="post: 390499" data-attributes="member: 66893"><p>I guess it was inevitable we'd get on to smoking in general lol</p><p></p><p> I guess comparing the effects on health between cannabis and tobacco highlights how nonsensical it is that one is legal and systematically laced with a crazy amount of lethal chemicals, whilst the other is straight off the plant (not saying people have not on rare occasions contaminated it) and has a lot of benefits. It's a given that inhaling the fumes of anything combusted has it's drawbacks but hey</p><p></p><p>Anyway back on topic I found these interesting</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/05/01/still-believe-nature-got-it-wrong-top-10-health-benefits-of-marijuana" target="_blank">http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/05/01/s ... -marijuana</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/361226/Diabetes-could-be-beaten-by-cannabis-pill" target="_blank">http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/361226 ... nabis-pill</a></p><p></p><p>What worries me is that existing cannabis-BASED pharmaceutical drugs have a lot of documented side-effects and even fatalities. The legal version, that is ok because it's gone through a lot chemical processing rather than the results of clinical trials. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.diabetesmine.com/2005/10/treating_diabet.html" target="_blank">http://www.diabetesmine.com/2005/10/tre ... iabet.html</a></p><p></p><p>A post or two in this other thread highlights how Marinol, Sativex and other cannabis-based medications use solvents, and the interactions between different cannabinoids in the whole plant may have a different effect on the body compared to isolating a few (or replicating them in a synthetic drug. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=21098" target="_blank">viewtopic.php?f=1&t=21098</a></p><p></p><p>I think industrial hemp needs reviving for a 'greener' (see what I did there?) textile industry. Also, psychoactive elements aside, introducing hemp to the diet could be a good idea. Smoothies, sprinkling hemp seed on things etc</p><p></p><p>I know it does wonders for my skin and hair. I've always had issues with both</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.evolvingwellness.com/essay/super-health-benefits-from-featured-superfood-hemp" target="_blank">http://www.evolvingwellness.com/essay/s ... rfood-hemp</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from the <a href="http://www.diabetes.co.uk/app/?utm_source=sig&utm_medium=txt&utm_campaign=appsig" target="_blank">Diabetes Forum App</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleWolf, post: 390499, member: 66893"] I guess it was inevitable we'd get on to smoking in general lol I guess comparing the effects on health between cannabis and tobacco highlights how nonsensical it is that one is legal and systematically laced with a crazy amount of lethal chemicals, whilst the other is straight off the plant (not saying people have not on rare occasions contaminated it) and has a lot of benefits. It's a given that inhaling the fumes of anything combusted has it's drawbacks but hey Anyway back on topic I found these interesting [url=http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/05/01/still-believe-nature-got-it-wrong-top-10-health-benefits-of-marijuana]http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/05/01/s ... -marijuana[/url] [url=http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/361226/Diabetes-could-be-beaten-by-cannabis-pill]http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/361226 ... nabis-pill[/url] What worries me is that existing cannabis-BASED pharmaceutical drugs have a lot of documented side-effects and even fatalities. The legal version, that is ok because it's gone through a lot chemical processing rather than the results of clinical trials. [url=http://www.diabetesmine.com/2005/10/treating_diabet.html]http://www.diabetesmine.com/2005/10/tre ... iabet.html[/url] A post or two in this other thread highlights how Marinol, Sativex and other cannabis-based medications use solvents, and the interactions between different cannabinoids in the whole plant may have a different effect on the body compared to isolating a few (or replicating them in a synthetic drug. [url=http://www.diabetes.co.uk/diabetes-forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=21098]viewtopic.php?f=1&t=21098[/url] I think industrial hemp needs reviving for a 'greener' (see what I did there?) textile industry. Also, psychoactive elements aside, introducing hemp to the diet could be a good idea. Smoothies, sprinkling hemp seed on things etc I know it does wonders for my skin and hair. I've always had issues with both [url=http://www.evolvingwellness.com/essay/super-health-benefits-from-featured-superfood-hemp]http://www.evolvingwellness.com/essay/s ... rfood-hemp[/url] Sent from the [url=http://www.diabetes.co.uk/app/?utm_source=sig&utm_medium=txt&utm_campaign=appsig]Diabetes Forum App[/url] [/QUOTE]
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