A viral study shows no evidence that smoking weed or consuming CBD gummies and other popular hemp products can protect or prevent COVID-19.
How much does vitamin D protect us from diseases like COVID?CBDA and CGBA also degrade at high temperatures, ruling out smoking as a way to ingest the chemicals. If these compounds were to actually become medicinal products, far down the line, they would have to be taken orally, probably as pills.
Experts are taking to social media to dispel myths of weed-smoking’s protective abilities. In response to one viral tweet, endocannabinologist Rachel Knox: “This research is specific to the acidics, CBGA and CBDA in particular. People aren’t smoking acidics. You’d need to consume them pre-decarboxylated raw/fresh or stabilized in a capsule or tincture.”
Another important caveat to note is that this study did not involve any human clinical trials. The researchers conducted laboratory assays and looked at human epithelial cell cultures. The team used those cells as models to show how the two cannabis compounds could run interference on SARS-CoV-2 spike proteins and prevent infection. But what happens in a petri dish or test tube does not always apply in the human body.
“We have no reason to think that smoking weed protects you…Smoking anything isn’t a good idea during a pandemic that affects the lungs,” Peter Grinspoon, a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and instructor at Harvard Medical School who regularly writes about cannabis, told. Plus, “these compounds would need to be tested in animals, then in humans, and actually demonstrated to be effective against COVID.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Questions surround the COVID-19 omicron variant's relationship with long-haul COVIDLong-haul COVID is described as having symptoms more than months after an initial infection.
Read more »
Here are COVID-19 testing sites in Dallas CountyAs COVID-19 cases continue to climb in Dallas County due in part to the omicron variant, so does demand for testing. Thursday saw 6,310 new cases reported...
Read more »
Ohio reports 19,611 more COVID-19 cases: daily coronavirus update for Tuesday, Jan. 11With 363 more deaths, Ohio’s death toll since the beginning of the pandemic now stands at 30,435.
Read more »
BBB warns consumers about scammers selling fake COVID-19 tests, phony coronavirus curesThe 19 Investigative Team is working with our partners at the Cuyahoga County Scam Squad to bring consumers a warning, scammers are taking advantage of the latest need for tests by selling phony ones online.
Read more »
COVID-19 Vaccines Saved Over 240,000 American Lives in Just 6 Months, Study FindsCOVID-19 vaccines saved nearly 241,000 lives in the United States and prevented more than 1 million virus-related hospitalizations in the first six months of the country's inoculation program, according to a new research model.
Read more »