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RainDog

(28,784 posts)
18. or a co-evolved species
Fri May 31, 2013, 03:38 AM
May 2013

Michael Pollan did some great work looking at plant and human co-evolution.

there is likely a reason this was medicine for 5000 years, that migrated across the world, until the last 75 or so years of prohibition.

just like aspirin was a widely used medicine in its natural form of willow bark.

Cannabis also has the most complete EFA profile for humans - and we don't produce EFAs, we have to ingest them from fish or plants. EFAs are essential for health in all animals and must be acquired from our food environment.

This plant has been a friend to humans for a long, long time.

How strange that the U.S. declared war on a plant.

That's great news! In_The_Wind May 2013 #1
Can we pipe this into Congress? dmr May 2013 #2
It really is an amazing drug...no wonder Big Pharma fights it. alittlelark May 2013 #3
what does the govt really care about? RainDog May 2013 #5
'The creationists of bureaucracies'.... love that line! alittlelark May 2013 #12
THC may also weaken HIV-1 virus RainDog May 2013 #9
Cannabinoids are bioidentical w/ our brain receptors alittlelark May 2013 #15
Thank you! felix_numinous May 2013 #4
You're welcome! RainDog May 2013 #7
What about high doses? JaneyVee May 2013 #6
Previous studies were all looking at high doses RainDog May 2013 #8
Thanks! A testament to it's mystical awesomeness. JaneyVee May 2013 #17
or a co-evolved species RainDog May 2013 #18
Only extremly low? Stryder May 2013 #10
LOL..... alittlelark May 2013 #13
well... RainDog May 2013 #14
The Most Dramatic, Extensive Analysis of any Drug in the History of Humankind RainDog May 2013 #11
What you said. BlancheSplanchnik May 2013 #16
and what you said... RainDog May 2013 #19
Yay for me! zappaman May 2013 #20
healing RainDog Jun 2013 #21
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