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Cannabis

SHRED

(28,136 posts) Sat Oct 28, 2017, 10:26 AM Oct 2017

Opioid addiction, chronic pain, and Alzheimer's

Medical Cannabis Use Is Associated With Decreased Opiate Medication Use in a Retrospective Cross-Sectional Survey of Patients With Chronic Pain.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27001005

CANNABINOIDS REMOVE PLAQUE-FORMING ALZHEIMER’S PROTEINS FROM BRAIN CELLS
Preliminary lab studies at the Salk Institute find THC reduces beta amyloid proteins in human neurons

https://www.salk.edu/news-release/cannabinoids-remove-plaque-forming-alzheimers-proteins-from-brain-cells/

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Opioid addiction, chronic pain, and Alzheimer's (Original Post) SHRED Oct 2017 OP

My mom had Faux pas Oct 2017 #1

Faux pas

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1. My mom had

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Sat Oct 28, 2017, 11:04 AM

Oct 2017

Alzheimer's and it was too bad that pot gave her a headache. Back in the olden days there weren't a lot of ways to use it except to smoke it. Lucky for me things are different now.

Thanks for sharing!

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