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Banned Nerve Gas Used on Yemeni Protesters
Doctors treating protesters in Yemen have reported that the government used some kind of nerve gas on protesters. The protests there have become more violent as the government used live ammunition on protesters in addition to gas, killing one and injuring 50.

Only The PotHeads Will Survive 11/01/01

Counter Reefer Maniac accusations that marijuana users support terrorism with the plain fact that these dizzy morons are preventing the use of the "best available protection against nerve gas attack" with their marijuana madness.

Among its many properties cannabis provides considerable protection from a number of lethal nerve gas symptoms by defending the brain from injury and suppressing the the seizures, nausea and vomiting associated with chemical warfare agents.

Marijuana Substitute Combats Nerve Gas by Julian Borger
June 05, 1998 - Scripps Howard News Service JERUSALEM
The best available protection against nerve gas attack comes from an Israeli-made synthetic equivalent of marijuana, U.S. military experiments have shown.

Marijuana protects your brain
by Dana Larsen (01 Jan, 1999)
Studies reveal that marijuana protects against brain damage from stroke, heart attacks, and nerve gas.



Cannabis Prevents Brain Damage - 03/08/00
Israeli/American drug company called Pharmos of a marijuana-derived nerve-preserving medication which is well on its way to market (see Feds Welcome Medical-Marijuana Research?) This new synthetic cannabinoid, dexanabinol, has been shown to reliably forestall permanent nerve damage in lab animals subjected to cerebral stroke and surgical shock, and is undergoing human trials now in Israeli hospitals.

Cannabis Blocks Irreversible Brain Damage 03/18/00
Haim Aviv, chairman of Pharmos as well as the Israel National Committee for Biotechnology, says the company is developing a chemical compound, Dexanabinol, which can protect healthy brain cells by blocking glutamate, the neurotransmitter. Head trauma and strokes cause the release of excessive glutamate, often resulting in irreversible damage to brain cells.

Ganjawar Prevents Brain Tumor Treatment - 04/02/09
The active ingredient in marijuana appears to reduce tumor growth, according to a Spanish study published on Wednesday. The researchers showed giving THC to mice with cancer decreased tumor growth and killed cells off in a process called autophagy.

Ganjawar in Everything

Can Cannabis the Antibiotic Treat Anthrax? 11/01/01

Cannabis Shrinks Tumors: Government Knew in 74

Benefits of Marijuana: Acute radiation syndrome

Endocannabinoids