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Ep. 7 - Cannabis - The Remedy for COVID-19?

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The problem with nature is that it's smart. Take, for instance, bacteria and viruses. They enter our body, they set up shop, they have a great time, and then they cause multiple levels of problems including the newest virus known as COVID-19. And your body only has so many resources to fight that off. And what do we usually turn to when we want to enhance those resources? We turn to drugs - the pHARMaceutical drugs which may or may not work. And we have multiple drugs to treat multiple infections, but still we have patients dying of sepsis in the hospital. And with COVID-19, we also know as a virus, that it's very tricky to treat a viral infection versus a bacterial infection.

So what's the answer? The answer is more drugs. However, because these 'little guys,' the viruses and bacteria are so smart, they adapt. And they adapt in ways that become more dangerous to now we have drug-resistant bacteria and mutants of the viruses, including COVID-19. So what is the answer? Is the answer more drugs? Why yes - the answer is more drugs, and those drugs would be coming from cannabis. In this episode of Cannabis Nurse Truths, we're going to be talking about cannabis and COVID-19. Is this the remedy that we've been looking for?

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The problem with nature is that it's smart. Take, for instance, bacteria and viruses. They enter our body, they set up shop, they have a great time, and then they cause multiple levels of problems including the newest virus known as COVID-19. And your body only has so many resources to fight that off. And what do we usually turn to when we want to enhance those resources? We turn to drugs - the pHARMaceutical drugs which may or may not work. And we have multiple drugs to treat multiple infections, but still we have patients dying of sepsis in the hospital. And with COVID-19, we also know as a virus, that it's very tricky to treat a viral infection versus a bacterial infection.

So what's the answer? The answer is more drugs. However, because these 'little guys,' the viruses and bacteria are so smart, they adapt. And they adapt in ways that become more dangerous to now we have drug-resistant bacteria and mutants of the viruses, including COVID-19. So what is the answer? Is the answer more drugs? Why yes - the answer is more drugs, and those drugs would be coming from cannabis. In this episode of Cannabis Nurse Truths, we're going to be talking about cannabis and COVID-19. Is this the remedy that we've been looking for?

  continue reading

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