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U.S. study: Marijuana might protect brain 7 / 6 / 98

WASHINGTON (Reuters) Some of the chemicals in marijuana may protect the brain from the damage caused by injuries and stroke, researchers reported Monday. The chemicals, known as cannabinoids, work independently of marijuana's better-known effects, which include a dreamy state, distortion of the senses and a euphoric feeling known as a "high," Aidan Hampson and colleagues at the National Institute of Mental Health found.

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Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Hampson's team said cannabinoids could block the effects of other chemicals that kill cells when oxygen is cut off -- which is what happens in a stroke caused by a blood clot. Hampson's findings were made using brain cells from fetal rats in a test-tube, so they are a long way from any tests on humans. But he said the results were intriguing. The two cannabinoids tested are cannabidiol and THC -- the active ingredient in marijuana that causes its psychoactive effects. They are already known to have other effects, too. They can relieve nausea and are used for this by AIDS patients and patients taking strong drugs for cancer. They can relieve pain and they also relieve pressure on the eye sometimes and have been tested against glaucoma, for instance.
There is also evidence they worked to protect nerve cells against damage. Hampson's team tested this idea.

In a stroke, blood flow is blocked by a clot. Cells release huge amounts of glutamate, a neurotransmitter or message-carrying chemical. This overstimulates nerve cells and kills them. Chemicals known as antioxidants can block this effect, but so can cannabinoids, Hampson's team wrote.
They said cannabidiol seemed an especially promising candidate.

Ibogaine

Ibogaine so important is that it makes heroin "not forever". African view is that iboga allows one to travel through time and space and not as many of us may consider to allow a review of memories.

dosage: half gram of HCl two hour before taking the 3 grams of extract
Sense of oneness with ibogaine was so complete as to have it appear as if I were part of the universe in perfect working order rather than being so distinct as to "see" myself in oneness with the universe. Oneness did not seem spiritual to me but, scientific. Word "integration" fits; calming presence.
With LSD-like drugs that effect is most pronounced during the acute period of the drug's action (8 - 12 hours) while with ibogaine (occurs) 48- 72 hours have passed. "Upswing" of ibogaine very similar to the same period of an LSD trip, but that is where the similarities end.
During LSD always feeling I recognized everyone in crowds of strangers. Ibogaine "trips" are very personal and feel disconnected from others during the actual trip. The feelings of love, understanding of self & circumstances and oneness (with my partner) come afterwards.
Second ibogaine experience was a reawakening of sexual desire right after the experience. Not only pleasurable, but very emotional & spiritual as well. The spiritual part is something I have rarely experienced.
Not everyone experiences visualization. Additionally, in those who do the effect may actually diminish after a number of ibogaine experiences and not increase. And, yes, your fears, aspirations and hopes may have a lot to do with the way the drug works. In my own case all visualization ceased after my fifth full dose.

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