Ganga growing on my skin?

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Marijuana-like substances made by the skin are necessary for a healthy complexion, a new study concludes.
. We've got pot growing out of our skin?
Essentially, yes. The skin has joined the growing club of organs that is known to produce "endocannabinoids" — the body's own reefer. The biggest producer of endogenous pot is the brain.
Significantly, the new study pins down long-suspected connections between brain and skin and between stress and zits.
Your thinking skin
In the skin, explained lead researcher Tamás Bíró of the University of Debrecen, Hungary, these compounds help the sebaceous glands protect us from harsh outer elements, such as the drying effects of wind and sun.
Cannabinoids are thought to have a similar role in the leaves of the Marijuana plant.

The research, funded mostly by the Hungarian and German governments, will be detailed in the October 2008 issue of The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) Journal.
Why is a psycho-stimulant working outside the brain?
Dermatologists have long suggested that mental states affect the skin, having observed flare-ups of acne, psoriasis, hair lossand other conditions that coincide with stress. Now, they are findingthat the skin responds to, and produces, compounds called neuropeptidespreviously thought to exist exclusively in the brain. This is said toprove the brain-skin connection by nailing down the mechanism.
"It is working in both directions," said Andrzej Slominski, aresearcher at the University of Tennessee who was not involved with theendocannabinoids study but does research on the skin's neuroendocrinesystem.
Brain-skin connection
Neuropeptides—such as serotonin, melatonin, cortisol and, possiblyendocannabinoids—are made by the skin in response to environmentalstressors or rewards such as thorns, humidity, sunshine or a refreshingbreeze. These compounds can then spur the brain to alter behavior,Slominski explained.
Conversely, psychological stress sends signals from the brain to the skin.
The discoveries are giving credence to old wives' tales that connectskin condition with mental state. Yes, perhaps exam period did give youthat pimple.
Because the skin is less complex than the brain, it knows only a few names for stress, said Slominski.
Therefore, the skin may respond to emotional distressas if the body is under physical attack. Protective lubricants areincreased (resulting in oily skin) and less critical functions (likegrowing hair) may be halted.
Even though the skin is the simpler organ, as primates evolved ourskin likely learned to deal with stress before the brain did, saidSlominski. The skin, the body's largest organ, is continuously exposedto a stressful environment, he pointed out. Of all organs, it had themost pressing evolutionary need to develop protective responses.
Later, the skin's stress responses were adopted and perfected by thebrain, he said, which explains why the same compounds have similareffects in each organ.
Natural high?
While these discoveries may lead to breakthrough topical treatments,such as the use of endocannabinoids to treat chronically dry and itchyskin, the research may also inspire the pursuit of relaxation in thename of a glowing complexion and a full head of hair.
What about the endo-pot already on our skin? Can it get us high?
"Theoretically, yes," said Bíró. But, while our skin is constantlypumping out its own type of hash, even if you chewed your arm to bits,he continued, there isn't enough to have a psychological effect.

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Pappy

I should have read the last paragraph before I chewed up my arm.

Pappy

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jangel

Maybe this is why it helps in cancer treatment. Jonnyappleweed has a great post about using this for health benefits, kind of ties in with this.

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I got it finally willtrib - we are not more than a bubble - yes?

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Indeed tis true! u got it

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