eggynatey

Works better than duct-tape and it's less toxic, too! This is my kind of disaster preperation...

Marijuana Substitute Combats Nerve Gas
by Julian Borger
- Scripps Howard News Service

"JERUSALEM -- The best available protection against nerve gas attack
comes from an Israeli-made synthetic equivalent of marijuana, U.S.
military experiments have shown.

In U.S. Army tests, rats injected with Dexanabinol, a chemical
substitute for hashish, were more than 70 percent less likely to suffer
epileptic seizures or brain damage after exposure to sarin and other
nerve gases, according to results published in the Israeli press
Thursday.

The drug was developed by an Israeli pharmaceutical firm, Pharmos, to
treat head injuries and strokes, but now it looks likely to become part
of the standard chemical warfare kit carried by NATO troops after the
results of the tests were announced at a conference in Maryland last
month.

Dr. Anat Biagon, deputy director-general for research at Pharmos, told
the newspaper Ha'aretz: "Dexanabinol can be used as part of the
standard treatment in an attack using nerve gas, along with atropin.
The drug can diminish nerve damage of the kind we witnessed in Gulf War
syndrome."

It is thought to interact with neural receptors in the brain in the
same way as marijuana, and thereby block the damaging effects of nerve
agents.

The U.S. tests suggest it's effective as an antidote and as a
preventative measure. So far, tests have only been carried out on
rodents, but experiments on humans are expected to be the next stage.

Until then, no one can be sure whether Dexanabinol has the same
mellowing side-effects as organic marijuana."



Grow Hemp For The War! It'll cure even the nastiest case of "sarin stomach"

eggynatey

Sorry for the "bump" but I think this is pretty cool.
I was laughing about it until Blue LEDz brought me back to reality.(that's some gnarly **** they put soldiers through) Maybe this IS a legitimate solution...at least it wont kill you.

UCSBgeek

Hmmm.... perhaps I should prepare an "emergency kit"








(j/k though I don't really do that stuff, just to be clear)

Shawn

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Southwest....ap/index.html