Interested in how Marijuana may fight dementia and possibly Alzheimers?

Question

The below article was published in the Columbus Dispatch and cites an Ohio State University Study which looks at the effects of marijuana on the brains of rats with dementia.

http://cannabisnews.com/news/22/thread22303.shtml

Ohio -- Give an old, confused rat some pot and it starts remembering things. An Ohio State University study shows that synthetic marijuana boosted memory and reduced brain inflammation in rats with brains altered to mimic the effects of Alzheimer’s disease.
Researcher Gary Wenk, a study co-author and Ohio State professor, shared his work at the Society for Neuroscience meeting in Atlanta this week.

The findings support the theory that anti-inflammatories might help fight the devastating disease and add to evidence that compounds in pot might be helpful in treating Alzheimer’s, Wenk said.

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Here'a another article on pot and alzheimers

http://cannabisnews.com/news/22/thread22271.shtml

Here's a report that came from Fox news

http://cannabisnews.com/news/22/thread22241.shtml

Answer 1

I had read about this study. Maybe with enough baby-boomers coming of age, they will push the government into making marijuana legal. My mother is a baby-boomer, and she is terrified of Alzheimer's. She can't smoke it, but she's hopeful something good will come from this study.

Answer 2

Even if it doesn't help, the patients will be pleasantly stoned and won't notice the dementia and Alzheimers much anyway. Especially with hotubs, sex partners, electric guitars and granola. Maybe we need a New Sturbridge Village for old hippies, they could grow weed and do hippie things. Tourists could pay $20 to observe.

Old folks homes will be VERY different in 20 years if the inmates have any choice or say about it.

Answer 3

Even if it doesn't help they would care what they could not remember.