Your turn!
We realize that we need an outlet for our members and supporters to share their views.
The forum we tried to host became over run with spam. Here is our attempt to give you all a platform from which to share your thoughts with the world.
Your views and opinions shared on this blog are not necessarily the views of our organization, and we reserve the right to remove anything that we deem inappropriate.
Now with all that behind us, please feel free to register and blog away!
-TX NORML STAFF
Got one of those new anti-bacterial resistant Staph infections that is running rampant across the country? Guess what, it seems THC has yet another use.
Study Suggests THC May Help Fight Bacteria
A new study by researchers in Britain and Italy suggests tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main substance found in marijuana, shows promise as an antibacterial agent against bacterias that are resistant to treatment with broad spectrum antibiotics such as penicillin and methicillin.
Experiments in the 1950s tested a host of marijuana compositions against skin and various infections. But, at that time, they had very little understanding of marijuana’s chemical makeup.
For the study, researchers examined the antibacterial activities of five common types of cannabinoids. All five proved effective against several common multi-resistant bacterial strains. However, researchers suggest nonpsychotropic cannabinoids may be more promising for eventual use.
Researchers are unsure how exactly cannabinoids work and if they would prove effective as systemic antibiotics, which would require more trials and research. But the compounds may be useful as a topical agent against meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (more commonly known as a “staph infection”), or MRSA infection, to prevent bacteria from colonizing the skin.
The study was led by Giovanni Appendino, of the University of the Eastern Piedmont, and published in The Journal of Natural Products
I understand your desire to open communication on this site, but it is very difficult to navigate. From what I can tell, an average user can only comment on posts by the admin. Maybe you can give us a lesson if I’m wrong (or correct it so users can post too).
Anyway, I want to share that if you have any doubt why to work for reform, then remember those of us who are suffering with diseases that can benefit from cannabis. It’s almost 3 in the morning and I haven’t slept because of the nausea from oral chemo or the deep bone pain from scar tissue that is building up inside them. My disease is called myelofibrosis and based on the law of averages, I have about a year left to live. I don’t plan to be average anymore.
I want to have access to all my options. I’m mad as hell that I live in a state where anything that is in a pill is okay, but if I want to grow my own medicine, I’m a criminal. I haven’t smoked in over 27 years, but I should be able if I choose to do so. I’m fighting with everything I’ve got left in me so that maybe my family members or friends will have the freedom some day if they need it. Please hang in there and keep up the good fight.
I really never knew what NORML was, it was something I had heard about here and there but nothing in detail. So finally I decided to look it up and now here I am at the beginning of my new journey to help in the fight. I hope to get more involved and more educated! I do have to agree that this site is a bit hard to navigate and all I can do is post a comment. Keep up the good fight and now you are +1 more!
I’m in agreement that the site is in need of some help with regards to user experience. It’s difficult at best to navigate and post. Please supply a help document or something to help us use this site.
We have a lot of work to do in order to turn this Cannabis Prohibition thing around here in Texas and throughout the nation.
Thanks!
Dave