RE: Cannabis

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Last year when I kept losing weight, my doctor said she would prescribe it

for me. I refused, thought the article interesting as the type they found

would decrease appetite instead of increasing it.

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From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Vicki

Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 9:17 AM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Re: Cannabis

I find that disgusting. I would never take that in any form. how can

it be good for type 2 diabetes, and if it is, I would venture to say

that other things are much better. I'm sorry but I am disgusted and I

just wanted to share my view.

Vicki Meizinger

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> Looking at Cannabis Based Type 2 Treatment

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> Diabetes Health Staff

> Jun 30, 2011

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> One of the classic effects of cannabis on people is raging hunger-the

> " marijuana munchies. " The drug has been used to good effect on people with

> diseases that diminish appetite, helping them to regain a healthy interest

> in food. So it is a bit ironic that British drug maker GW Pharmaceuticals

> has created a cross-bred cannabis plant whose appetite-suppressing

> qualities

> could be used to treat type 2

> <http://www.diabeteshealth.com/browse/community/type-2-issues/> diabetes

> <http://www.diabeteshealth.com/> .

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> The new strain contains an appetite-suppressing compound called THCV

> (tetrahydrocannabivarin), a cannabinoid* found in cannabis

> sativa-marijuana.

> The company sees a drug that uses THCV as potentially useful in

> helping type

> 2s <http://www.diabeteshealth.com/browse/community/type-2-issues/> and

> obese people control their appetites-a key to good blood sugar

> <http://www.diabeteshealth.com/browse/monitoring/blood-sugar/> control.

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> In 2010, GW introduced a cannabis-based drug to treat the symptoms of

> multiple sclerosis. Already, the company has found 60 cannabinoids in the

> cannabis sativa plant. A company spokesman says that only 12 to 15 of them

> have been explored in any depth.

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> *Cannabinoids are the active ingredients in cannabis sativa that

> create the

> plant's physical and mental effects when it is ingested or smoked.

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