I had a stroke and somewhere (that I can't find again) on the internet I read about a man that had a stroke. He is using one of Israel's strains that is helping him. They seem to think that strain helps because it helps get oxygen into the brain. I don't know but damn it I hope it's true.
Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants
United States Patent 6,630,507
Cannabinoids have been found to have antioxidant properties, unrelated to NMDA receptor antagonism. This new found property makes cannabinoids useful in the treatment and prophylaxis of wide variety of oxidation associated diseases, such as ischemic, age-related, inflammatory and autoimmune diseases.
The cannabinoids are found to have particular application as neuroprotectants, for example in limiting neurological damage following ischemic insults, such as stroke and trauma, or in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and HIV dementia. Nonpsychoactive cannabinoids, such as cannabidoil, are particularly advantageous to use because they avoid toxicity that is encountered with psychoactive cannabinoids at high doses useful in the method of the present invention...
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Extensive footnotes in patent:
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6630507.PN.&OS=PN/6630507&RS=PN/6630507
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The Feds have known this for years, and they have a *patent* on this use.
It would be great if some "reporter" somewhere could ask Herr Holder about this next time Holder repeats the lie about "no medical use" for the plant.
Meanwhile, the Goon squads have more doors to kick in, and property to confiscate.
I've seen this patent posted before and it goes ignored. Most people do not begin to understand the significance of it.
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