I want everyone to be real clear here. Those links above say no such thing as "cannabis is good for diabetics." That was, at best, an editorial comment.

Those links refer to the effects of a cannabidiol, an isolated compound, in animal studies. They say it may have a beneficial effect in humans. They refer to other mice and animal studies. A couple of them mention the possible potential benefit in humans. Several of the links above donâ??t deal with diabetes at all, and even if they did theyâ??re brief abstracts and are not written so that a medically untrained audience can interpret them. No one can extrapolate that cannabis is good for diabetics from those links, and it is dangerously irresponsible to do so. Thatâ??s especially true in front of an audience of medical laypeople, many of whom fervently want to embrace the cannabis-is-all-good myth.

I spent some time reading about endocrinology/cannabis on my wifeâ??s med school database this evening, and then I talked to two of my endocrinologist friends. What I learned suggested that smoked cannabis can cause some fairly dramatic variations in blood glucose levels in many patients. According to my endocrinologist colleagues, the sicker or more brittle the diabetic, the more dramatic and dangerous the hypoglycemia can be in response to weed. We already know the act of smoking itself, because it initially increases carbon dioxide /decreases the oxygen saturation levels and puts strain on the cardiovascular system before the vaso-dilatory effects kick in, is not beneficial from a circulatory standpoint. If cannabis fans were able to administer cannabidiol alone, theyâ??d be at far less risk.

Every diabetic is unique in his response to different foods and medicines. Cannabis is no different. Iâ??m glad it doesnâ??t cause dramatic effects for your blood sugar, Storm Crow. But just because it doesnâ??tâ??or because you post some links that say CBDs have a positive effect on miceâ??doesnâ??t mean itâ??s flat-out beneficial for all human diabetics. Thatâ??s dangerously far from accurate.