MRSA

In mid to late 2008 there were new studies being unveiled about the antibacterial properties in Cannabis Sativa.
Antibacterial Cannabinoids from Cannabis satiWa: A Structure-Activity Study
(PDF) http://www.chanvre-info.ch/info/ar/IMG/pdf/np8002673_Studie_antibakterielle_W...

The studies concluded that THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) in regular high doses is effective particularly against microbial strains that are already resistant to several classes of antibiotics. The studies I speak of were of the 5 major cannabinoids (cannabidiol, cannabichromene, cannabigerol, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol, and cannabinol) and each one showed very potent activity against a multitude of MRSA strains.

Some people may see this as a ploy to gain support about a deemed illicit drug, but thats not true at all. People who are going to retain this information to talk about need to understand that the treatments that were givin during these studies were intravenous or with pills containing synthetic/isolated compounds, and the doses were nowhere near what would be normally achievable by just smoking the herb. Sorry enthusists!!

MRSA- short for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -

A bacterium that can cause difficult-to-treat infections since it does not respond to many antibiotics. Many healthy people carry S. aureus on their skin, but problems arise when multi-drug-resistant strains infect people with weak immune systems through an open wound. In the worst cases, the bug spreads throughout the body, causing a life-threatening infection.

The compounds, called cannabinoids, appear to be unaffected by the mechanism that superbugs like MRSA use to evade existing antibiotics.

Links -

( Published by MIT ) http://www.technologyreview.com/biomedicine/21366/

( Owned and Operated by WebMD ) http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=92425

( ABC News ) http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=5787866&page=1

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[Stephierm7420]

Nice I hope it's true!

[Fastlan3]

@Stephierm7420

I put a link to a PDF of the actual study, and elaborated on the subject a little bit more in the description box below the video.

[Fastlan3]

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[GiveWeedAChance]

Thank you!!