ALZHEIMER’S

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It is said that Alzheimer’s disease may be caused by blockage of the brain’s cannabinoids and from clumps of protein in the brain, called beta- amyloid plaques which interferes with memory. Throughout our brain and body, everyone has what is called an endocannabinoid system with receptors. These receptors play a very important role in our body helping us establish and maintain human health, or what I like to call- homeostasis. Having these receptors in the brain is an important mechanism for the pathology of Alzheimer’s because the cannabinoids found in Cannabis prevent the neurodegenerative process caused by the disease. THC, one of the cannabinoid compounds widely known for its psychoactive attributes, plays more of an important role in patients than just getting them “high”. THC is a natural amyloid inhibitor and a potent antioxidant, helping with not only brain inflammation but from the progression of this fatal disease. Read the studies below to see how marijuana can be the cure:

MARIJUANA SLOWS ALZHEIMER’S DECLINE
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v05/n307/a10.html
Marijuana may block Alzheimer’s
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4286435.stm
Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology by Cannabinoids
http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/25/8/1904
Dronabinol in the treatment of agitation in patients with Alzheimer’s disease with anorexia
http://www.cannabis-med.org/studies/…ow.php?s_id=61
Dronabinol in the treatment of refractory agitation in Alzheimer’s disease
http://www.cannabis-med.org/studies/…ow.php?s_id=92
Effects of dronabinol on anorexia and disturbed behavior in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.
http://www.cannabis-med.org/studies/…ow.php?s_id=59
Cannabinoids reduce the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in animals
http://www.cannabis-med.org/english/…l.php?id=187#1
Molecular Link between the Active Component of Marijuana and Alzheimer’s Disease Pathology
http://www.unboundmedicine.com/medli…ease_Pathology
THC inhibits primary marker of Alzheimer’s disease
http://www.cannabis-med.org/english/…l.php?id=225#3
Cannabinoid receptor stimulation is anti-inflammatory and improves memory in old rats
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1…?dopt=Abstract
US Patent 6630507 – Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants
http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6630507.html
Cannabidiol in vivo blunts β-amyloid induced neuroinflammation by suppressing IL-1β and iNOS expression
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/art…tool=pmcentrez
Inflammation and aging: can endocannabinoids help?
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/art…tool=pmcentrez
Anti-inflammatory property of the cannabinoid agonist WIN-55212-2 in a rodent model of chronic brain inflammation
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/art…tool=pmcentrez