Ebola And Cannabis – Update

Some recent articles on the subject:

International Business Times – ‘Marijuana Cures Ebola’ Claim Investigated: Cannabis Researchers Weigh In

The Times-Picayune, New Orleans – Marijuana might help in fight against Ebola, doctor says

A former Mississippi heart surgeon who was jailed for 14 months on drug charges that were eventually dropped said marijuana might provide protection from the deadly Ebola virus, according to gulflive.com. Dr. David Allen, who is now the medical director for Cannabis Sativa Inc., said in a paper written for a medical digest that marijuana should be studied as one answer to the international Ebola crisis.

The paper has been picked up by several marijuana and health news websites and has been shared via social media more than 100,000 times, the story said.

Well we also posted the story. Ebola And Cannabis?

The Medical Minute: 3 Things We Can Learn From Cannabis, Ebola, and Awkward TV Interviews.To which I replied (link added):

Ebola kills by cytokine storm. Look up “cannabis cytokine“.

Cannabis regulates every system in the body studied so far. So the universal miracle claims are not too far fetched. Provided the cannabinoids are matched to the disease. There are agonists and antagonists. There is THC and CBD and a host of others. All cannabis is not the same.

Never say “wood” when you mean mahogany. Or bamboo. Or pine. Same for cannabis.

And something I already covered. Dr. Allen’s original post from October 10th. The one that has gone viral: CBD Protective Against Ebola Virus.


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  1. Randy Avatar
    Randy

    Here’s a reworking of the lyrics from an old Coca-Cola commercial that expressed my view:

    I’d like to buy the world a home and furnish it with love.
    Grow apple trees, honey bees, and snow white turtle doves.
    I’d like to teach to world to sing in perfect harmony.
    I’d like to buy the world a lid and keep it company.
    That’s the song I sing. MJ is.
    What the world needs today. A lid of MJ.
    Marijuana.