Common cold / flu and Cannabis

[FreakNature]

Maybe it's just me, but when regularly smoking Cannabis products I don't get the common cold or flu. I may feel slight sensations of my body fighting something, but rarely a runny nose or more than 3 sneezes. No sore throats, no sinus problems...nothing. This while those close to me are all sneezing, coughing, blowing, etc. In my long range studies spanning over decades, when I quit the herb I get cold and flu symptoms just like those around me. Has anyone else had an opportunity to test this over years of use / nonuse?

[Propa Gator]

When the feds finally reschedule marijuana, the floodgates of research will open.
I work with much public contact, handle the bosses dirty money and haven't had a cold or flu in a long time.
Don't prove much but it sure feels good.

[Firestone]

Same here Freak. I gave up smoking for several years. Colds and sinus infections were common. I switched back to the weed and that kind of stuff is gone.

I don't know if it can be attributed just to weed? Old junkies swear they never have colds until they go clean. It may just be the relaxed state these drugs keep you in?

[Propa Gator]

Junkie don't know when he's got a cold cause he gets the sniffles everyday.
THC is anti viral, and we're learning more about its' every ways.

[Oddnonsmoker]

A while ago, wasn't there some study done on how THC lozenges could fight the ever-so-dreaded H1N1 flu?

Everybody start tokin'.

[TheCriMsonK20]

I was talking to my friend about this yesterday actually. I used to get a cold at least once a year due to the colder climate changes, but since I started regularly smoking herb again, I haven't been sick yet.

My girl smokes just as much as I do, and she got hit hard with the flu last year, and I took to precautions to not get it, and didn't end up getting sick. I slept in the same bed, and was with her the entire time she was sick.

[Firestone]

William Burroughs and Iggy Pop both swore they never had a cold in their years of using junk,then bitched and whined about it every time they were sick for years after. Even ol' Keef Richards brought up it publicly in one of his rare weeks off junk in the 70's.

Former dopefiends are a cranky bunch.

[Halucent]

I have a feeling it has to do with the state of mind it puts you in, IE if you feel like you can never get sick your body just doesn't get sick, (If that makes sense). The mind is a very very powerful thing.