New Study Shows Smoking Weed May Stop Spread of HIV

Marijuana has long been used by those with HIV to treat pain, nausea and to stimulate the appetite, but a new study suggests the wonder plant may help stop the spread of the disease itself.

Louisiana State University published a study last week in the journal AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses which showed promising results. Scientists discovered that HIV-positive monkeys who were given a daily dose of THC over a 17-month period suffered less damage to immune tissue in their stomachs, one of the most common areas in the body for the disease to spread.

"These findings reveal novel mechanisms that may potentially contribute to cannabinoid-mediated disease modulation," reported Dr. Patricia Molina, the study's lead author. The report goes on to explain that the monkeys who received the THC treatments maintained higher levels of healthy immune cells.

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