Frequency Of Marijuana Use Associated With Lower Prevalence Of Obesity, Study Says

 
 
Colombes, France–(ENEWSPF)–September 1, 2011.  The prevalence of obesity in the general population is sharply lower among marijuana consumers than it is among nonusers, according to an analysispublished online this week in the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Investigators at the Louis Moureir Hospital in Colombes, France analyzed cross-sectional data from two representative epidemiological studies of US adults age 18 and older: the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC) and the National Comorbidity Survey-Replication. Combined, the surveys included over 50,000 eligible respondents. Authors controlled for respondents’ sociodemographic characteristics, including age, ethnicity, educational level, marital status, and tobacco use, but they did not factor into account subjects’ physical activity or diet.
“The prevalence of obesity was significantly lower in cannabis users than in nonusers (16.1 percent versus 22 percent in the NESARC and 17.2 percent versus 25.3 percent in the NCS-R),” researchers reported.
They added, “The proportion of obese participants decreased with the frequency of cannabis use” — noting that respondents who reported using the substance ‘three days per week or more’ were least likely to be obese compared to those who reported ‘no cannabis use in the past 12 months.’
Authors concluded, “[E]ven if cannabis consumption increases appetite, people using cannabis are less likely to be obese than people who do not use cannabis.”
 
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San Diego bank welcomes medical cannabis community business

By: Dion Markgraaff
 
 
At the July monthly meeting of San Diego ASA, Angela M. Davies of Home Bank of California came out to say that their family owned and run bank was open to the medical cannabis community. This is a significant sign of the development in the evolution of banking institutions. Over the years, many cannabis people and businesses have been discriminated against and refused service.
 
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http://nugmag.com/2011/08/san-diego-bank-welcomes-medical-cannabis-community-business/

Nature’s cure for cancer finally discovered by scientists: THC

by Stephen VanDyke
A new paper released by a joint study between the University of South Carolina School of Medicine, the Medical College of Virginia Campus and the Virginia Commonwealth University has confirmed that the THC in cannabis is without a doubt stimulating healthy cells within the body to seek out and fuck up cancerous ones.
The title of the research paper is indeed a mouthful: Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol-Induced Apoptosis in Jurkat Leukemia T Cells Is Regulated by Translocation of Bad to Mitochondria. Apparently they get paid to be good scientists at universities, but are terrible at communicating this stuff very well to broad audiences.
 
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Marijuana Legalization Gets Another Boost

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There’s increasing pressure to legalize marijuana.
 
The “War On Drugs” has been around a lot longer than most other wars the country has fought and a group of African-American government employees says it’s time to declare victory and withdraw.
 
Blacks in Government (BIG), which represents government employees at the federal, state, county and municipal levels, overwhelmingly passed a resolution at its national delegates meeting last week calling for an end to what it called “the failed and racially biased ‘war on drugs.’”
 
 
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