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    From unu@WEEDNET/IMZADI to All on Tue Aug 8 13:01:51 2023
    Dear All,

    I recently searched for some cannabis and covid-19 related information.
    Could You please provide Your opinion on the articles below?

    https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ftsa&q=thc+covid&ia=news

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/ajherrington/2022/01/11/study-finds-cannabis-compo unds-prevent-infection-by-covid-19-virus/

    Study Finds Cannabis Compounds Prevent Infection By Covid-19 Virus
    A.J. Herrington Contributor I cover cannabis and hemp news, business, and culture.

    https://jcannabisresearch.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s42238-022-00152-x Cannabis consumption is associated with lower COVID-19 severity among hospitalized patients: a retrospective cohort analysis

    https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/cannabis-as-a-treatment-for-covid-19/10683 3/

    Cannabis as a treatment for COVID-19
    ...
    A recent study published in January of this year in the journal Aging has found that cannabis may offer some help for patients with COVID-19 (1).
    ...

    -- IN CONTRAST WITH --

    https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ftsa&q=covid+19+and+alcohol+&ia=web

    https://covid19.nih.gov/news-and-stories/risky-drinking-alcohol-use-epidemic-in side-covid-19-pandemic
    Risky Alcohol Use: An Epidemic Inside the COVID-19 Pandemic

    -- CONCLUSION --

    Could You please provide Your opinion on the above? I'm not sure I can make any conclusion yet. But the findings guides me to one mind-set path.

    Thank You and wish You all the best

    unu

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  • From Phigan@WEEDNET/TACOPRON to unu on Tue Aug 8 06:04:17 2023
    Re: C19 THE effects opinion
    By: unu to All on Tue Aug 08 2023 01:01 pm

    I recently searched for some cannabis and covid-19 related information. Could You please provide Your opinion on the articles below?

    Were you trying to compare THC and Alcohol because they are both used recreationally? They are very different things and I'm not sure why people often want to compare them. Like people will often talk about having to cut down on either, and they think it's easier for someone that consumes both.

    One is not a substitute for the other. They have entirely different effects on your body.

    Now to talk about articles... Technicaly? THC weakens the immune system. That's just how it works. For people with an auto-immune disorder, this could be a bonus. But, someone who is a regular THC user (probably smoker) may have slightly more "exercised" lungs than a non-smoker, and may possibly have a better fighting chance against the infection in the lungs. That's just a baseless idea (not even a hypothesis), though. I'm under the opinion that you shouldn't use THC while sick from anything, because it just takes longer for you to get better.

    Alcohol... also keeps you from getting better, but I think for other reasons. It might weaken the immune system, not quite how THC does, but it literally kills cells... that's what alcohol does. There's a joke in my language that's
    a bit less funny in English, but gets the point across: Guy goes to the doctor and says "Doctor, I've been sick for a couple weeks with no end in sight!" The doctor thinks for a moment and asks, "Hm. Have you been drinking?" and the guy responds, "Yes, but it doesn't help!"

    For some, no amount of alcohol is ok. That's fine, more for me :). I'm under the "most things are fine, in moderation" philosophy, but the levels of moderation vary with each "thing".

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  • From unu@WEEDNET/IMZADI to Phigan on Wed Aug 9 09:07:18 2023
    Hello Phigan,

    I recently searched for some cannabis and covid-19 related information. Could You please provide Your opinion on the articles below?
    Were you trying to compare THC and Alcohol because they are both used recreationally? They are very different things and I'm not sure why
    ...

    my very motivation is simple. We are in the 4th year of Covid 19 pandemic. To be honest there a not so few people leaving this world in my surrounding. The reasons are different but I would like to differ whether it's because of my age and I'm in the age that people are starting to have difficulties from aging or rather it's an event as result from C19 pandemic, the longer impacts are starting to take effects.
    In my eyes the C19 brought a lots of pain to this world. So far I'm trying to both escape the real-world reality and trying to find something that suits me and probably protects against the C19. For me it seems like, from the articles, there are some protective effects of Cannabis to prevent the cytokine (?) storm from the virus. I'm unsure if that's something that's helpful. But in my eyes recreational use of weed could have better effects in the area of protection against the C19 risk. In the contracts it seems to me if I would have to choose between weed and alcohol based on search results I would definitely try to choose weed. I'm unsure how much the articles are "propaganda" while the legalization of weed is due in (?) some states of U.S.A. and several countries across the E.U. I saw an article saying Germany is getting closed to legalization too. I'm trying to comprehend whether it's a trend of rather isolated event (legalization).

    Now to talk about articles... Technicaly? THC weakens the immune system. ...

    Thank You for all the opinions. Especially the mention of the effect on immune system is very important to me.

    Thank You for giving me an attention and thank You for Your responses.

    Best wishes

    unu

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  • From Phigan@WEEDNET/TACOPRON to unu on Wed Aug 9 12:57:09 2023
    Re: Re: C19 THE effects opinion
    By: unu to Phigan on Wed Aug 09 2023 09:07 am

    my very motivation is simple. We are in the 4th year of Covid 19 pandemic. T

    I think that's been over for at least a year, maybe more.

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  • From unu@WEEDNET/IMZADI to Phigan on Thu Aug 10 13:48:51 2023
    my very motivation is simple. We are in the 4th year of Covid 19 pandem
    I think that's been over for at least a year, maybe more.
    Correct, pardon my over though scaremonger.

    Best wishes

    unu

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