ABC: Cannabis plant extracts can effectively fight drug-resistant bacteria.

[G_j]

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Story?id=5787866&page=1

Cannabis plant extracts can effectively fight drug-resistant bacteria.
Scientists Say Substances Derived From Cannabis Could Outdo Conventional Antibiotics In Killing Some Bacteria
By NORA SCHULTZ
Sept. 12, 2008

Substances harvested from cannabis plants could soon outshine conventional antibiotics in the escalating battle against drug-resistant bacteria. The compounds, called cannabinoids, appear to be unaffected by the mechanism that superbugs like MRSA use to evade existing antibiotics. Scientists from Italy and the United Kingdom, who published their research in the Journal of Natural Products last month, say that cannabis-based creams could also be developed to treat persistent skin infections.)

Cannabis has long been known to have antibacterial properties and was studied in the 1950s as a treatment for tuberculosis and other diseases. But research into using cannabis as an antibiotic has been limited by poor knowledge of the plant's active ingredients and by the controversy surrounding its use as a recreational drug.

Now Giovanni Appendino of the Piemonte Orientale University, in Italy, and Simon Gibbons of the School of Pharmacy at the University of London, U.K., have revisited the antibiotic power of marijuana by systematically testing different cannabinoids' ability to kill MRSA.

MRSA, short for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is a bacterium that can cause difficult-to-treat infections since it does not respond to many antibiotics. Many healthy people carry S. aureus on their skin, but problems arise when multi-drug-resistant strains infect people with weak immune systems through an open wound. In the worst cases, the bug spreads throughout the body, causing a life-threatening infection.

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[Tesla]

1. God's medicine!

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Recommended - Ganja: Is there anything you CAN'T do??

God's gift to man - and it's banned.:(
On edit: I misspelled "recommended" 'cause I'm HIGH!:rofl::smoke:

[tridim]

3. Too bad scientists, your government says Cannabis has "no medical value".

Your findings must be flawed. It's all snake-oil according to big brother.

Meanwhile in the real world people are asking, is there anything this miracle plant doesn't cure?

[SammyWinstonJack]

4. The perfect plant!

[pleah]

5. "What God has given, no man can kill it out" quote from

the propaganda flick Mary Jane Grows Up in America.

:smoke:

Kick and 5th recommend

[davsand]

6. Pot. It IS the new Duct Tape!

Is there ANYTHING pot can't cure if correctly applied? Med use should become a much higher priority for us all!



Laura

[Greyskye]

11. "The Red GREEN Show"

Funny, I never looked at the King of Duct Tape, Red Green, in quite that way before...

:smoke: :rofl: :smoke:

[alfredo]

7. I wonder if Turmeric has the same properties. It has anti bacterial uses.

[G_j]

9. it (tumeric)

is also said to be good for joints etc.

doesn't get ya high though..

[alfredo]

13. Tumeric is a common misspelling of Turmeric. I still pronounce it Tumeric.

I'm from Kentucky, so I have to mispronounce words. It's our heritage.

I read that curry powder is addictive. Could it be the Turmeric?

[Tallison]

14. But can it get you high?

And more importantly, do they test for it? :shrug:

[alfredo]

15. Cayenne will give you a buzz, but curry powder just

tastes great and is very satisfying.

[Lugnut]

8. I forwarded that to my son

He's recuperating from a nasty MRSA infection that resulted in a five day hospital stay. He's young and in good health but an IV antibiotic was the only thing that helped the lesion to heal.

[dysfunctional press]

10. is there anything it CAN'T do...?

:shrug:

[iamthebandfanman]

12. theyll never let us use/grow it

itll make to many of their friends and established corporations take a hit to their wallet...

an easy to grow plant with tons of uses ? ha! never in a country thats ran by corporate interests and the wishes of the few and power.

[meow mix]

17. 12 states allow growing so far.. more are in the pipeline.

its coming along, i have met 100s of legal growers and seen some amazing work.

[mcctatas]

16. No wonder why Mr. mcctatas never gets sick!

and he heals at a super-human rate. I'm intrigued...

[mrs_p]

18. k and r

[Contrary1]

19. Yeah, but can it fight off the scourge of Amurka? n/t

[leftstreet]

20. K&R

[G_j]

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