万花筒 2008-07-06&-07-07 大麻治痤疮

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 akin¹ 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 hormones²?

 

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 glands³ in the Petri Dish and see how the oils were affected⁴ 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 pharmaceutical⁵ company that would be able to break it down and do something with it.

  

You know, my esteemed⁶ 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 dab⁷ so, better that I use.

 

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

 

Yeah, you do? Ah...

 

1 akin   

adj.同族的，类似的

参考例句：

• She painted flowers and birds pictures akin to those of earlier feminine painters.她画一些同早期女画家类似的花鸟画。
• Listening to his life story is akin to reading a good adventure novel.听他的人生故事犹如阅读一本精彩的冒险小说。

2 hormones   

n. 荷尔蒙，激素 名词hormone的复数形式

参考例句：

• This hormone interacts closely with other hormones in the body. 这种荷尔蒙与体內其他荷尔蒙紧密地相互作用。
• The adrenals produce a large per cent of a man's sex hormones. 肾上腺分泌人体的大部分性激素。

3 glands   

n.腺( gland的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• a snake's poison glands 蛇的毒腺
• the sebaceous glands in the skin 皮脂腺

4 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

5 pharmaceutical   

adj.药学的，药物的；药用的，药剂师的

参考例句：

• She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.她捐款成立了一个药剂实验室。
• We are engaged in a legal tussle with a large pharmaceutical company.我们正同一家大制药公司闹法律纠纷。

6 esteemed   

adj.受人尊敬的v.尊敬( esteem的过去式和过去分词 )；敬重；认为；以为

参考例句：

• The art of conversation is highly esteemed in France. 在法国十分尊重谈话技巧。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He esteemed that he understood what I had said. 他认为已经听懂我说的意思了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 dab   

v.轻触，轻拍，轻涂；n.(颜料等的)轻涂

参考例句：

• She returned wearing a dab of rouge on each cheekbone.她回来时，两边面颊上涂有一点淡淡的胭脂。
• She gave me a dab of potatoes with my supper.她给我晚饭时，还给了一点土豆。