Light up and Live
For those of you that still partake of a little “weed” every now and again… the news is good…
Nature magazine reports that a little “weed” helps keep arteries clean and unclogged (well it does in mice anyway!)
A compound derived from the cannabis plant protects blood vessels from dangerous clogging, a study of mice has shown. The discovery could lead to new drugs to ward off heart disease and stroke.
The compound, called delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), combats the blood-vessel disease atherosclerosis in mice. This disease occurs when damage to blood vessels, by nicotine from cigarettes, for example, causes an immune response that leads to the formation of fatty deposits in arteries.
Cannabis compound benefits blood vessels
So when they tell you smoking is bad for you… tell em it aint all bad!
DD

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