Author Topic: Good news for aging hippies (Read 264 times)

jack · « **on:** October 06, 2006, 07:06:15 AM »

WASHINGTON - Good news for aging hippies: smoking pot may stave off Alzheimer?s disease.

New research shows that the active ingredient in marijuana may prevent the progression of the disease by preserving levels of an important neurotransmitter that allows the brain to function.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15145917/

lbpesq · « **Reply #1 on:** October 06, 2006, 07:32:17 AM »

I had a response ... but I seem to have forgotten it.

Bill, tgo

chuck · « **Reply #2 on:** October 06, 2006, 08:44:39 AM »

order up a very large pizza and you will get over it.-----chuck

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #3 on:** October 06, 2006, 08:48:22 AM »

Twinkies... and cupcakes!

ooh... a large chocolate shake

and potato chips

and a burger

adriaan · « **Reply #4 on:** October 06, 2006, 09:30:51 AM »

Only white pizza will do.

hydrargyrum · « **Reply #5 on:** October 06, 2006, 09:39:21 AM »

Maybe I'm gonna have to look into a little preventive medicine . . .

811952 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 06, 2006, 10:03:14 AM »

This thread has gone to pot.

Oh, almost forgot: Beer and Bikes!

My work here is done...

olieoliver · « **Reply #7 on:** October 06, 2006, 10:07:28 AM »

Makes sense to me, The cars not gonna' run out of gas if you never drive it.

chuck · « **Reply #8 on:** October 06, 2006, 10:49:38 AM »

and lets not forget to put on a hendricks album and take a nap. OOOOh the sixties were good.------chuck

lbpesq · « **Reply #9 on:** October 06, 2006, 06:24:43 PM »

If you can remember the 60's, you weren't really there.

Just got back from the A's game. BRING ON THE YANKEES (or the Tigers)! GO A's MARCO SCUTARO!!!!!

Bill, tgo

chuck · « **Reply #10 on:** October 06, 2006, 07:56:29 PM »

bill---who could forget the sixties, nickel bags, boones farm,folk music,55 cheveys for $400.00,humping 80 pounds of gear through a stinking jungle.watching my country rot from the inside out.I got over it.or did I? nuff said--------chuck

hankster · « **Reply #11 on:** October 07, 2006, 04:43:22 AM »

Is that what we're called now? Foraging hippies?

Rick

dadabass2001 · « **Reply #12 on:** October 07, 2006, 06:08:21 AM »

You know, many parts of pine cones are edible
-Euell Gibbons

P.S. was he related to Billy Gibbons?
Mike

Bradley Young · « **Reply #13 on:** October 07, 2006, 08:41:58 PM »

In other news, we found other significant health benefits, but we forgot what they were.

Are you going to eat that?

Bradley

57basstra · « **Reply #14 on:** October 10, 2006, 10:41:18 AM »

It is all good news for us aging hippies....Don't trust anyone over 97!