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Medical Marijuana And Liver Disease: What Science Says Is Possible - Purple Power - 01-30-2018
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Medical Marijuana And Liver Disease: What Science Says Is Possible
Your endocannabinoid system is key.
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<a class="author url fn" href="https://thefreshtoast.com/author/breamosley/" title="Posts by Brea Mosley">Brea Mosley</a>
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<time class="entry__date" datetime="2018-01-30T12:00:40+00:00">Jan 30, 2018</time>
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Liver disease occurs when the liver experiences a high amount of tissue scarring. This is typically a direct result of constant inflammation and the death of vital cells. This disease inflicts more than 400,000 people each year and is ranked among the top 10 leading causes of death in the U.S.
However, for a disease with such an ugly outcome, a pretty solution may be in the near future.
In 2005 researchers at the Hebrew University Medical School concluded that our bodys own internal cannabinoid system (the endocannabinoid system) has receptors that bind with cannabis most active ingredient, THC. This very system regulates not only the nervous system, but the immune system as well....
https://thefreshtoast.com/cannabis/medical-marijuana-and-liver-disease-what-science-says-is-possible/