FANTASTIC NEWS! Marijuana may stop the spread of HIV

FANTASTIC NEWS! Marijuana May Stop Spread Of HIV - New
Study
It is not a secret that marijuana has long been used to
effectively treat symptoms associated with HIV, such as
chronic pain and weight loss, but a new research suggests
the plant may be able to stop the spread of the disease itself.
These findings are being confirmed by the Louisiana
State University study recently published in the
journal AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses.
Within the period of seventeen months scientists
were administering a daily dose of THC, an active
ingredient in cannabis, to monkeys infected with
an animal form of the virus.
As a result, damage to immune tissue in the
primates' stomachs, one of the most common
areas in the body for HIV infection to spread,
decreased.
Dr. Patricia Molina, the study's lead author
wrote that the mentioned findings reveal
completely new mechanisms, which may potentially
contribute to cannabinoid-mediated disease
modulation.
It has been explained in the report that while HIV
spreads by infecting and killing off immune cells,
the monkeys that received the daily THC
treatments maintained higher levels of healthy
cells.
Similar research spearheaded by Molina in 2011
found that infected monkeys treated with THC
had a better chance of surviving. And a report
published in 2012 pointed to evidence that
marijuana-like compounds can fight HIV in late-
stage AIDS patients.
Last year, an oncologist from the United Kingdom
found that marijuana compounds can kill cancer
cells in leukemia patients, and scientists at
California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco
have conducted research that suggests those
compounds can also effectively combat other
forms of aggressive cancer.