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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/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.

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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.

Glutathione release from where?

This makes no sense.

L-cysteine, glycine, and L-glutamate

How does glycine release glutathione?

And from where?

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."

What's a whitey?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_(drugs)

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.

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.

Ah cheers :)

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.

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