Medic!

[Perknose]

Marijuana May Fight Bacteria!

Marijuana may be something of a wonder drug ? though perhaps not in the way you might think.

Researchers in Italy and Britain have found that the main active ingredient in marijuana ? tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC ? and related compounds show promise as antibacterial agents, particularly against microbial strains that are already resistant to several classes of drugs.

It has been known for decades that Cannabis sativa has antibacterial properties. Experiments in the 1950s tested various marijuana preparations against skin and other infections, but researchers at the time had little understanding of marijuana?s chemical makeup.

The current research, by Giovanni Appendino of the University of the Eastern Piedmont and colleagues and published in The Journal of Natural Products, looked at the antibacterial activity of the five most common cannabinoids. All were found effective against several common multi-resistant bacterial strains, although, perhaps understandably, the researchers suggested that the nonpsychotropic cannabinoids might prove more promising for eventual use.

The researchers say they don?t know how the cannabinoids work, and whether they would be effective as systemic antibiotics would require much more research and trials. But the compounds may prove useful sooner as a topical agent against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, to prevent the microbes from colonizing on the skin.

 

[chusteczka]

Calcium can help a skin rash but I see that you are going in a different direction.

 

[LemonHead]

Time to light up!

 

[Canai]

Originally posted by: LemonHead
Time to light up!

I think you're supposed to put it on your skin before starting it on fire ?

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

I find it funny that people treat weed as some sort of special plant on which research must be conducted very slowly and carefully. Just about every plant in nature is good for something. HEADLINE: Aloe helps soothe sunburn!

 

[Canai]

Originally posted by: ConstipatedVigilante
I find it funny that people treat weed as some sort of special plant on which research must be conducted very slowly and carefully. Just about every plant in nature is good for something. HEADLINE: Aloe helps soothe sunburn!

But the devil weed has no valid medical use! The G Man said so, it must be true!