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Cannibis Cure? 大麻治痤疮？

Chemicals found in marijuana may have skin-healing effects

Well, most of us know that marijuana is an illegal mind-altering substance. But could it also be a miracle cure for everything from acne to skin cancer? According to a new study, it's possible. And the good news is, you don't even have to smoke the drug to get its benefits. Joining us now, Dr.Rob Ashton.Hi,Dr.

Good morning, Megan.

All right. So the reason you don't have to smoke the drug is because you make the drug in your own body?

Well, there are what they call endogenous cannabinoids in our body, um, and these substances were actually found many years ago around 1992 that they found these substances when they were studying sort of the effects of marijuana on our body. And its, the structure is similar to that, that found in the marijuana plant.

All right. So we make something that is akin to marijuana and it is helpful to our skin in many different ways, ah, the question is, how can we make more of it? Can we bottle it? Can it be bought？I mean what can we do to sort of capitalize on our own pot-making hormones?

Well, first of all, I mean, this was a study that was done in a, in what we say, the Petri dish, so the question is, you know, can it work in our body and doesn't have an effect on skin? They are not sure, I mean, they look at some glands in the Petri Dish and see how the oils were affected by it. So, we don't really know what the effects are. This is incredibly early bench-top research that was just being published now. So what the long-term use of it is, we don't know. I wouldn't go out and buy marijuana illegally and put it on your body, because right now, we have no, no-known effects of that.

Well, that’s the other question, that is, it's a, well don't wanna encourage me to take drugs,(correct), but if this is true, and there is this form of marijuana that can be helpful to your skin, ah, well, what is the means of ingesting it? It, Does one smoke, or does one, or are they gonna put it in a cream that we can rub on ourselves?

Yeah, well, first of all, they would break down the products and use parts of it that would be able to be used to put on the skin. If that's it all possible, it wouldn't be taking the plant probably breaking it down, I mean, like we do from many plants, I mean, all of our, all of our medications do come in many ways from plant-arised substances which are then synthesized in different ways. So, again, they would not be taking the plant and selling it to be rubbing on your body. There would be a pharmaceutical company that would be able to break it down and do something with it.

You know, my esteemed co-anchor is telling me that the men he knew in college, who were engaging in this, all had bad skin.

Well, as we say, it has lots of effects from, you know, the lung damage to everything else. So, again, we do not recommend in any way, shape or form.

So you still look great, but your lungs look awful.

Absolutely.

Does the cream give you the munchies too?

No.

Alright, Dr.Rob Ashton, thanks some much for being here. (You are welcome.) And Happy 4th July. (You too.)

Seeya.

All the stoners had acne in, you know, the 70s.

But you were pointing out maybe it would have been worse if they hadn't been doing that drug.

Here you go. The gon you had might have been worse then.

I'm thinking, you know what, just stick with like a nice moisturizer and dab so, better that I use.

Yep, you’ve gotta hydrate your skin, that's key, OK.

Yeah, you do? Ah...

acne / an inflammatory disease involving the sebaceous glands of the skin; characterized by papules or pustules or comedones
endogenous / derived or originating internally
cannabinoids/ 【医】大麻素类
Petri dish / a shallow dish used to culture bacteria
glands / any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream

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大麻中发现的化学物质可能有治疗皮肤病的功效

我们大部分人都知道，大麻是导致精神萎靡的非法物质。但是它是否也可以作为治疗粉刺和皮肤癌的特效药呢？根据一项新的研究，这是完全可能的。好消息是，为了使大麻发生功效，你不必去吸大麻。现在跟我们一起向Rob Ashton医生了解一下。医生，您好。

早上好，Megan。

好的。不必吸食大麻的原因是自身会产生这种物质？

我们体内有所谓的自身合成的大麻类化学物质。这些物质许多年前就已经发现了。大约在1992年，人们在研究大麻对人体的作用时就已经发现了这种物质。这种化学物质的结构和在大麻植株中发现的类似。

好的。也就是说，我们的身体产生某种和大麻有关的物质，可以在许多方面帮助我们的皮肤。问题是，我们的身体怎样才能生产更多这种物质呢？我们可以用瓶子将它储存起来吗？我们可以买的到吗？我的意思是，我们怎样将这种自身能够生产的荷尔蒙资本化呢？

首先，我的意思是，这是我们在皮氏培养皿中所作的研究。所以，问题是，你知道，能够对人体起到作用，对皮肤病有没有功效。现在还不确定，我的意思是，他们在培养皿中做了一些实验，看土壤会受到什么样的影响。所以，我们并不确定会有怎样的影响。这是非常高端的研究，现在才刚刚公布。所以，长期的应用情况怎么样，我们并不知道。我不会出去非法购买大麻然后用在你身上，因为现在，我们还不能确定功效到底怎样。

这是另外一个问题。你不想鼓励我们吸食毒品，但是，如果事实正确，这种大麻可以治疗皮肤病，摄取大麻以为这什么？会不会有人吸食大麻？会不会有人将大麻放在乳酪中来治愈自身的皮肤病？

是的，首先，我们必须将这些产品进行分解，利用那些可以应用在皮肤上的部分。如果可行的话，可能不会将植株分解，我的意思是，就像其他植株一样，我们所有的药物基本上都是从植株中提取之后合成的。所以，他们不会直接出售大麻植株。会有专门的药品公司来分解合成。

你知道，我尊敬的一个同事告诉我，他大学的同学，所有涉及到大麻的人，都有皮肤病。

就像我们说的，它有很多作用，你知道，从肺损伤到其他的很多。所以，我们不提倡使用大麻。

也就是说你看上去不错，但是实际上肺已经受到严重伤害了。

对。

奶酪也会产生这种作用吗？

不。

好的，Rob Ashton医生。非常感谢你来到这里。国庆日快乐。

所有70年代的人都有粉刺。

但是你指出，如果他们没有吸食药物的话可能情况更糟。

是的。有可能情况更糟。

我在想，你知道吗，就好象使用润肤霜那样，在脸上轻轻拍上一点。

对，这样可以使你的皮肤保湿。

单词注解：

acne 名词 粉刺
endogenous 形容词 内部生成的
cannabinoids 名词 大麻素类
gland 名词 腺体