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Marijuana Policy Project supports smoking?
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"Marijuana does not cure illness--at best it relieves symptoms--and in healthy individuals it is more harmful than helpful." - Lynn9
Cannabidiol, Antioxidants, and Diuretics in Reversing Binge Ethanol-Induced Neurotoxicity
http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/314/2/780?maxtoshow=&HITS=&hits=&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=cannabidiol %2Bantioxidants%2Bdiuretics%2Bneurotoxicity&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT
US Patent 6630507 - Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6630507.html
Effects of smoked marijuana in experimentally induced asthma.
http://www.cannabis-med.org/studies/ww_en_db_study_show.php?s_id=57
Lowering of Blood Pressure Through Use of Hashish
http://www.thehempire.com/index.php / cannabis /news/lowering_of_blood_pressure_through_use_of_hashish
Antitumor Activity of Plant Cannabinoids
http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/318/3/1375
Cannabis extract makes brain tumors shrink, halts growth of blood vessels
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/12088.php
{Delta}9-Tetrahydrocannabinol-Induced Apoptosis in Jurkat Leukemia T Cells
http://mcr.aacrjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/4/8/549
Smoking Cannabis Does Not Cause Cancer Of Lung or Upper Airways
http://ccrmg.org/journal/05aut/nocancer.html
- Historicus
October 6, 2009 7:43AM
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