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So anyone who knows someone who has "pulled a whitey" when smoking weed has experienced a sudden release of glutathione https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutathion

So anyone who knows someone who has "pulled a whitey" when smoking weed has experienced a sudden release of glutathione https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutathione#Cosmetics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutathione#Cosmetics So not surprised with this news considering the role it plays in cancer prevention initially and then protects the cancer cells once they get established.

drsnow 5y ago
Can you elaborate? I've pulled a whitey a couple times and I blame the tobacco mixed into the weed I was smoking for the sudden disorientation.
EdwardDiego 5y ago
What's a whitey?
- ajkjk 5y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_(drugs) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_(drugs)
  - Waterluvian 5y ago
    That reads as if the cause is a user fundamentally failing to care for their basic needs. I’m sure applying that stress to the body increases the risk of a lot of medical conditions.
    - escapedmoose 5y ago
      I felt that it reads like it was written by someone trying to convince others that marijuana use isn’t really the cause of this issue. I smoke on occasion and am certainly not anti-pot, but I’m often irked by the pro-marijuana group’s eagerness to sweep side-effects under the rug and to pretend pot is totally healthy. I’m going to need more than a Wikipedia article to write this off, personally.
  - EdwardDiego 5y ago
    Ah cheers :)
- code_duck 5y ago
  I was involved in cannabis culture professionally for over 15 years, as a glassblower, and smoked longer than that, and I’ve never heard of this.
refurb 5y ago
Glutathione release from where? This makes no sense.
- Terry_Roll 5y ago
  L-cysteine, glycine, and L-glutamate
  - refurb 5y ago
    How does glycine release glutathione? And from where?
    - Terry_Roll 5y ago
      https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2696075/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2696075/ "This review is the introduction to a special issue concerning, glutathione (GSH), the most abundant low molecular weight thiol compound synthesized in cells."

drsnow 5y ago

Can you elaborate? I've pulled a whitey a couple times and I blame the tobacco mixed into the weed I was smoking for the sudden disorientation.

EdwardDiego 5y ago

What's a whitey?

ajkjk 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_(drugs) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_(drugs)
- Waterluvian 5y ago
  That reads as if the cause is a user fundamentally failing to care for their basic needs. I’m sure applying that stress to the body increases the risk of a lot of medical conditions.
  - escapedmoose 5y ago
    I felt that it reads like it was written by someone trying to convince others that marijuana use isn’t really the cause of this issue. I smoke on occasion and am certainly not anti-pot, but I’m often irked by the pro-marijuana group’s eagerness to sweep side-effects under the rug and to pretend pot is totally healthy. I’m going to need more than a Wikipedia article to write this off, personally.
- EdwardDiego 5y ago
  Ah cheers :)
code_duck 5y ago
I was involved in cannabis culture professionally for over 15 years, as a glassblower, and smoked longer than that, and I’ve never heard of this.

refurb 5y ago

Glutathione release from where? This makes no sense.

Terry_Roll 5y ago
L-cysteine, glycine, and L-glutamate
- refurb 5y ago
  How does glycine release glutathione? And from where?
  - Terry_Roll 5y ago
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2696075/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2696075/ "This review is the introduction to a special issue concerning, glutathione (GSH), the most abundant low molecular weight thiol compound synthesized in cells."