Will old people vote to legalize marijuana once they realize it may have the potential to prevent Alzheimers?

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Interested in how Marijuana may fight dementia and possibly Alzheimers?
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/thread22...

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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2 days ago
Here'a another article on pot and alzheimers

http://cannabisnews.com/news/22/thread22...

2 days ago
Here's a report that came from Fox news

http://cannabisnews.com/news/22/thread22...

Actress... you sound like a fool.. give me some examples so I can confirm that you are a fool.

Answer 1

I forgot the question...oh yea, I would vote to legalize it...

Answer 2

Everyone else is missing the point here. The huge difference between the possible new breakthroughs of cannabinoid use for treating Alzheimers and the various uses for pain/nausea relief is that the newer stuff involves actually potentially lessening the impact of a disease itself rather than easing symptoms temporarily. This is a hugely important distinction! Unfortunately, many people refuse to see how awful chronic pain and nausea can be, and they are reluctant to see relief of those symptoms as enough of a 'pro' to counteract the 'cons' of marijuana use. Seeing improvements in cognitive function and memory is totally different, and much more likely to be seen as a real rationale for legalization, if science really manages to find such effects in humans.

Answer 3

California will never become a conservative state. To many liberals living in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Besides legalization of weed is a liberal idea. Im not a liberal but a conservative but i do believe in legalizing it because its no worse than alcohol

Answer 4

I think that some may want it that way but the governmnet will never let that happen. Then youth will have a better chance of getting ahold of it. And plus there are more negatives to marijuana than there are positives!

Answer 5

We can only hope that when the baby boomers start getting it they will see the light . Soon we will be so far in debt that we won't have a choice but to tax it to pay for the deficit,

Answer 6

like I would but I can't remember what the question is--seriously if by old you mean 60 those are the guys that started using the stuff in the first place

Answer 7

Your question ranks high on the list of stupid questions. Not worth the tome to put together a legitimate answer.

Answer 8

to tell u the truth the only thing good about weed is to get high witch i like to do and glacoma cancer patents to help them eat. and ads patents the also help them eat. and anyone who tells u that weed takes pain away is full of bs cause it doesn't. i rather have morhine or something that i can depend on and well last longer than 2 hours.

Answer 9

No, because it's also been proven to help with glaucoma and chemotherapy and it wasn't legalized for that, not even for medical purposes only.

Answer 10

No, even if it were 100% true, the religious right would convince them they will go to hell for it.