Saturday, February 13, 2016
Greetings fellow Bizarros:
It has been a while since we featured bizarre advances in medicine, but I think today's story definitely qualifies.
The recent revolution of marijuana legalization has led to some surprising benefits. In areas where it has been legalized tax revenues have boomed, arrests are down, and despite fear-mongering there has not been a corresponding spike in crime.
But tax money is not the only benefit.
It has long been understood that Cannabis has certain analgesic qualities. Now that the barriers to Cannabis use are coming down some really creative applications of this medicinal use are being explored. Like the Cannabis-based vagina suppositories.
Designed specifically for the pain and discomfor associated with women's periods, the suppositories are shaped like tampons and used the same way, but they are filled with cannabis.
Foria is a California-based brand and is often dubbed "weed lube" after it unveiled its first product in 2014, a THC-enhanced lubricant for women. Foria's latest offering is intended to help relieve pelvic inflammation and pain by relaxing muscles around the uterus, cervix and the ovaries.
Gynaecologist Jen Gunter warned against the use of the untested product.
"The company says it's product won't get you high because 'the medicine is administered as a vaginal suppository'. This makes no sense. Medications are absorbed from the vagina into the bloodstream and then from the bloodstream they go to the uterus and the brain and everywhere else that blood goes. This requires only a rudimentary knowledge of physiology. Medication doesn't crawl up the vagina to the uterus and then just hang out avoiding circulation."
But considering the success of Foria's other Cannabis-based products, potential customers probably won't care too much.
Dr. Gunter continued, "If Foria Relief really does contain 60 mg of THC and absorption is between 15 and 60 minutes it's hard to believe the goal isn't to leave you paralyzed on the bed thinking menstrual cramps aren't so bad after all."
Think about it; if it really does work with Cannabis it would certainly work with regular tobacco. It would be a whole new way to enjoy that first cigarette in the morning.
And women could enjoy their tobacco at work, too. And it's probably a lot less disgusting than chewing it.
Bizarrely,
Lewis
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*-- Man has FOUR Steel Rings Cut Off His Penis --*
Firefighters on the Costa Blanca, Spain were called to an unusual rescue last week when they had to use specialist cutting tools to free a 36-year-old man's member. The Lithuanian man arrived at the hospital after a kinky sex game went wrong and four metal rings got stuck on his penis. But doctors had to call in the assistance of local firefighters to remove the steel rings with specialist cutting equipment. The steel rings were so thick that two cuts had to be made in each in order to prise them off the delicate body part while cooling fluid was applied to avoid burning from the electric circular saw. "It's not the first time that the hospital has called us to cut off rings, but usually they are from the finger," said station chief Javier Fayos. The team of firefighters took almost an hour to remove all the metal rings.
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Couple Arrested for Sex on Las Vegas Ferris Wheel
LAS VEGAS- A pair of tourists filmed getting a little too frisky on Las Vegas' enormous observation Ferris wheel were arrested on charges of committing sex acts in public. Authorities said Philip Frank Panzica III, 27, of Houston, and Chloe Scordianos, 21, of Hicksville, N.Y., were the only passengers in Cabin 16 of the 550-foot-diameter High Roller observation wheel Friday afternoon. A security officer noticed the pair smoking cigarettes and undressing. The wheel's operator told police workers he used an intercom to ask the passengers to "please put all cigarettes out and put all clothes back on." The pair briefly complied, but soon resumed both forbidden activities. Police were called when the pair refused a second request to halt their sexual encounter, the operator said. The suspects were arrested on felony charges of committing a sex act in public. They were later released on bond.
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an alligator IS considered a deadly weapon when it bites you.
[Then in that case what we need is comprehensive alligator control. It is too easy for people with sketchy backgrounds and histories of mental illness to get alligators. People who use, buy or sell alligators should be licensed and all alligators should be registered. That will solve the problem.]
So the guy used a 3 1/2 foot alligator to pay for his meal and a drink at the Wendy's drive-thru, obviously he didn't order a triple-decker Baconator. What kind of critter do you have to throw in for a Frosty? -Bernie
Lewis, Scientists in Australia have found four new deep-sea worm-like species in the Pacific. First discovered in 1949, scientists have been utterly confused by the sock-like animals. They are incredibly simple; their limp bodies host no brain, gills, eyes or reproductive organs, just one hole for food to go in and waste to go out. A scientific name has been giving to these animals - Politician Ignoramus. The first 2 paragraphs are from a scientific news letter that I receive. The 3rd paragraph is all mine... Tom
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