Elon Musk is Actually NOT The Richest Person in The World
Does Cannabis Prevent or Kill the Coronavirus?
Weed and Mushrooms: How Do They Interact?
Martin Tremblay
Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX and The Boring Co.,
Contrary to Bloomberg's report on Wednesday, Elon Musk is NOT the richest man in the world. As reported in Forbes, Elon Musk is still second to Jeff Bezos, whose net worth is $184 billion.
Elon Musk's net worth was pushed up to $175.2 billion after shares of his vehicle-making company Tesla rose up by 7%. This resulted in his worth going up by $9.8 billion, making him $22 billion richer than Bernard Arnault, the French luxury tycoon. These new figures are, however, $11 billion behind Amazon's CEO, Jeff Bezos.
2020 has seen Musk's net worth grow at an astronomical rate since his last net worth, which was $24.6 billion. The addition of nearly $150 billion to his fortune can be attributed to Tesla's share price skyrocketing by more than 720%. Tesla is currently the world's most valuable car company.
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Musk owns about 21% of Tesla's shares. He also has stakes in SpaceX, the private rocket company.
Musk surpassed Facebook's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, who is currently worth 98.2 billion in November, becoming the world's fourth-richest person. He then passed Microsoft founder Bill gates taking the third spot.
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Weed is known for its various healing aspects, that's why it's not surprising for most cannabis affluents to ask the question, does weed kill coronavirus?
There are no recorded studies about research tests conducted between cannabinoids and the coronavirus. From the known traits of cannabis, we know that weed may have medical properties that might harm or help someone battling or trying to prevent the virus. However, smoking cannabis is more likely to increase your risk of contracting Covid-19 only because smoking makes your lungs more vulnerable to infection.
Dr. Donald Tashkin is a UCLA professor with extensive experience in studying the effects of smoking on the lungs. Dr. Tashkin formerly discovered that smoking weed may temporarily increase the symptoms of bronchitis, including coughing, inflammation in the lungs, and phlegm production. Although the effects were much less compared to those found for tobacco, Tashkin insists that smoking anything increases risk.
Doctors generally recommend avoiding any kind of smoking during this pandemic outbreak. And because Covid-19 deaths are caused by respiratory cases, the best option would be to avoid cannabis smoking as well.
But if you are a patient who needs to use cannabis for various treatments, don't panic. You can find other ways to consume the drug, be it sublingually through tinctures or by consuming edibles.
How Can Weed Assist with Coronavirus?
Cannabis is known to numb inflammation and help with pain; on the other hand, it can also dampen the immune system's response to a new infection. The immunosuppressive qualities of weed come from the fact that it reduces inflammation. This suppressive property is very useful in fighting viruses that use inflammation to replicate. However, it is not clear from the research available whether these immune effects would be helpful or harmful for coronavirus.
Cannabis has a known ability to reduce certain comorbidities of the coronavirus. Coronavirus can be complicated by conditions such as diabetes and obesity, and cannabis is known to reduce incidents of both. Weed also helps patients reduce the use of alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs, which can complicate coronavirus. Cannabis may help curb the effects of other illnesses and conditions that may put you at greater risk of contracting the virus, but that does not necessarily mean that smoking weed will prevent or kill the virus.
Although there may be no indication of the drug's ability to cure coronavirus, cannabis has been proven to have disease-prevention qualities that show potential in helping rather than harming the advancement of coronavirus; this is because of the drug's ability to dampen inflammation. According to researchers, a significant number of severe cases of the late stages of Covid-19 is an overactive immune response called a cytokine storm. These storms cause such extensive inflammations damaging the host's own body, which leads to death.
Scientists are looking at a class of drugs called IL-6 cytokine inhibitors. The drugs which are currently on the market have severe side effects. On the other hand, both CBD and THC have demonstrated abilities to inhibit IL-6, indicating that they could be able to help bring down cytokine storms.
However, researchers still caution that it may be too early to assume cannabis as a treatment.
"We know that cannabis has profound anti-inflammatory action, but we don't fully understand how to harness that, especially when it comes to treating this specific illness," says cannabis researcher Dr. Sue Sisley.
Further research on the anti-inflammatory effects of weed is necessary for both the cannabis flower and root; both of which have similarly been used to decrease inflammatory effects. Engage us on the comment section on what your thoughts are when it comes to corona and weed.
Psilocybin-producing mushrooms have become increasingly accessible and popular, and this may be largely contributed by Oregon's historic act; where it became the first state to legalize Psilocybin mushrooms for therapeutic use. And with the recent rising demand for weed, it may be vital to understand these drugs' effects, both alone and with each other.
It's not unusual to find weed consumers who also use psychoactive shrooms. According to a 2006 study, 60% of all the 149 surveyed students co-administered weed and mushrooms.
Although the two drugs share some similarities, using each substance on its own gives a uniquely different experience. Some may feel more productive after consuming marijuana, while others might feel more relaxed. In comparison, mushrooms are hallucinogenic, since most of the psychoactive mushrooms contain the psychedelic component psilocybin. Just like weed, mushrooms alter one's sensory perception, only that the effects are way more intense.
What Effects do Mushrooms Provide?
Mushrooms are usually dried, then eaten, made into tea, or ground to powder to be placed in capsules. It takes 1 hour or more for its effects to kick in, after which it may last for 4 to 6 hours.
People often think shrooms open up their minds to creativity; the effects are mostly the opposite of this expectation. A 2012 study suggests that psilocybin decreases brain activity in areas responsible for restraining your experience of the world and keeping it organized. A person's perception of the world dramatically shifts once this process slows down.
Because of this:
Objects may appear to move or melt
A person's perception of time changes
One might appear deeply distorted
For some, the effects may cause spiritual epiphanies and cognitive breakthroughs, while for others, it can cause fear or discomfort
Other effects of Mushrooms include:
Altered body temperature
Numbness, especially in the face
Muscle twitching
Some people experience nausea and vomiting.
How Do Mushrooms Interact with CBD & THC?
Reports suggest that combining shrooms with CBD-rich weed strains may reduce the feelings of nausea and anxiety caused by shrooms for some people.
While the combination of THC-rich strains with shrooms can increase the intensity of the effects, it may lead to more intriguing and intense auditory and visual hallucinations and confusing thought patterns.
The intensity can be uncomfortable, especially for new users with no experience with shrooms. The trick to letting the weed help with nausea or anxiety caused by shrooms is to consume it before using the shrooms to help prepare your body for the effects.
Cannabis can intensify the mushroom effects when used 1 hour after the time the mushroom was consumed, while it can slightly prolong the mushrooms' effects when used 3-4 hours after initial shroom consumption and help contextualize the whole experience.
What are the Potential Risks of Using Mushrooms and Weed?
A bad reaction may often involve anxiety and paranoia, which may be made worse with the hallucinations. Although their interaction has not been studied much, combining cannabis and shrooms doesn't appear to pose any serious health risks. The biggest concern is having a questionably uncomfortable time, which may not be good for the state of mind.
How to Handle a Bad Reaction form Using Mushrooms and Weed
A sober friend's presence may be enough to help manage the effects by calming down the affected person and offering reassurance. Removing mirrors from the setting may lessen the chances of having alarming hallucinations. Eating and drinking may also help reduce the intensity of the effects.
The combined use of weed and mushrooms might increase creativity and ingenuity, but it can be intense for others, causing paranoia, worsening mental health symptoms.
Former UFC champion Conor McGregor took to Instagram to flaunt his pair of luxurious diamond-encrusted watches. McGregor recently went on a spending spree in Abu Dhabi and spent a whopping $3.50 million on the pair of watches.
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The former double champion is in the Middle Eastern country to prepare for his upcoming fight against Dustin Poirier. The fight is set to take place on January 23, 2021, at Yas Island.
The much-anticipated rematch comes after McGregor won their first fighting match in 2014. He's however not shying away from spending some of his coins during his free time ahead of UFC 257.
On top of his two new luxurious watches on his Instagram account, McGregor also flaunted a brand new Bentley and a fully customised suit.
The first watch which is a 'Jacob & Co's Astronomia Tourbillon Baguette' and has black leather straps and is priced around $1.3 million. The watch has a total of 342 invisibly set baguette-cut diamonds on the backdrop and 80 diamonds on the lugs. The dials of the watch have 133 triangle-cut white diamonds.
Jacob & Co's Astronomia Tourbillon Baguette
The second watch is a 'The Rasputin', which cost a whopping $2.7 million. As reported in The Sun, the watch has a naughty secret. Upon the touch of a button, a hidden sex scene emerges from a shimmering door.
The Rasputin
Dess Dior / Instagram
This year seems to be the year celebrities break up. It started with KimYe split up rumors that were later confirmed by the celebrity couple, and now, Future and Dess Dior were supposedly having relationship problems.
You can relax, though, as these are just internet rumors (but we all know that the internet never lies, right?).
The two unfollowed each other on Instagram, but Future revealed recently that the rumors were false by posting a picture of his girlfriend's music. Is that enough, though?
Future & Dess Dior / Instagram
You heard that right. Dess has decided to put some seriousness into her music. The 22-year-old started rapping when she was twelve. Her best friend Jayda, Lil Baby's baby mama, was in the same rap group.
Jayda has also made some appearances in Dior's music videos, including her successful Talk To Me.
Future informed us that his girlfriend would be dropping DON'T PLAY and on the caption of the post, Future, 37, penned, "Big DESS dnt play that sh*t #SOON."
Dess Dior seems to have her future figured out. See what we did there?
We will keep you updated on the couple's love life and their careers, so be sure to stick around.
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