Re: Smoking Pot Alters More Than Mood < Human Immune System Affe...

August 29, 2002

In a message dated 8/29/02 7:15:50 PM Central Daylight Time,

paula54@... writes:

> I¹ve often wondered if smoking it is what lowered my immunity and messed up

> my immune system. I was a heavy smoker while in my early 20¹s when I first

> started having problems.

paula i know of your concern also. when i spoke to the neurologist about this

he said if i were doing it today, it might be part of the problem. but if you

have eliminated it and still problems.well this was not the cause. kathy in

il

August 30, 2002

Kathy,

I don¹t know if I agree with this. I was a pot head in the early 70¹s for

several years.

When I was in college and took anatomy & physiology and learned some of it¹s

effects, I cut way back. Then I had a minor car accident and messed up my

knee. That started the chain of reactions

that has put me where I am today. Who can say if my immune system wasn¹t

altered and that is why my bruised knee developed into RA? I¹ve stopped

beating myself up over it. It¹s to counterproductive to put blame anywhere.

I¹d rather use my limited energy on life and coping.

I can¹t go back and change anything. My thoughts are if I smoked it today,

it will relieve a lot of pain and help my sleeping problem. But the fact

that it is known to contribute to schizophrenia, which is what my brother

had, I¹ll steer clear of it.

I hope you have a nice weekend.

a

> In a message dated 8/29/02 7:15:50 PM Central Daylight Time,

> paula54@... writes:

>

>> > I¹ve often wondered if smoking it is what lowered my immunity and messed up

>> > my immune system. I was a heavy smoker while in my early 20¹s when I first

>> > started having problems.

>

> paula i know of your concern also. when i spoke to the neurologist about this

> he said if i were doing it today, it might be part of the problem. but if you

> have eliminated it and still problems.well this was not the cause. kathy in

> il

>

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