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Helen Phillips, Science Journalist at the New Scientist, stated in her July 29, 2006 article titled "Medical Cannabis Is a Blunt Tool," published in the New Scientist:

“Some compounds in cannabis, including THC and cannabidiol, interfere with a natural signalling system throughout our brains, nerves and immune system…

Even with purified cannabis extracts, changing the amount, time or place of a dose could produce completely opposite effects on the body…

One study… boosted levels of an endocannabinoid called andandamide in rats engineered to develop an Alzheimer’s-like disease. This appeared to protect the rats from memory loss and nerve degeneration. But if the rise was prolonged, cannabinoids became ineffective or even damaging.”

July 29, 2006