Marijuana Prevents Alzheimer's, and Maybe Helps Orgasm

The story that the key ingredient in marijuana may have a role in preventing Alzheimer’s has beenpunting around the news for the last few weeks and now even advice columnist Dan Savage has weighed in. "tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC—is more effective at preventing Alzheimer’s disease than any of the legal drugs on the market today. . . […]

The story that the key ingredient in marijuana may have a role in preventing Alzheimer's has beenpunting around the news for the last few weeks and now even advice columnist [Dan Savage](http://villagevoice.com/people/0643,savage,74817,24.html)has weighed in.Images2

"tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC—is more effective at preventing Alzheimer's disease than any of the legal drugs on the market today. . . And now it looks like we should add, "helps at least one woman out there achieve orgasm" to pot's ever expanding list of beneficial effects," wrote Savage.

The Scripps Research Institute in California conducted the study on the connection between Alzheimer's and marijuana. A copy of their report can be found [here](http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/sample.cgi/mpohbp/asap/html/mp060066m.html/QueryZIP/C3-A/(((((marijuana)%3CIN%3E(atl,title)))%3CAND%3E(PUBYR@@%3E=@@1996)))%3COR%3E((((marijuana)%3CIN%3E(atl,title)))%3CAND%3E(ASAP@@%3CIN%3E@@VOL))) at the journal of Molecular Pharmaceutics.