Lakeside Milam Recovery Centers Everett Branch
(425) 267-9573
www.lakesidemilam.com
111 SE Everett Mall Way
Building F
Everett WA 98208

Rehabilitation Services

Primary Focus: Substance abuse treatment services
Services Provided: Substance abuse treatment
Type of Care: Outpatient

Phototherapy Acne Treatment

Sunlight can improve skin care in the short-term. However, recent studies have shown that exposure to sunlight worsens acne in the long-term [citation needed]. More recently, visible light treatments (phototherapy) have successfully treated mild acne--in particular intense violet light (405-420nm) generated by purpose-built fluorescent lighting, dichroic bulbs, LEDs or lasers. Used twice weekly, this procedure resulted in a reduction of the number of acne lesions by about 64 percent. Studies show that this treatment is even more effective when applied daily. Scientifically speaking, the method of violet light treatment is effective because porphyrin (Coproporphyrin III), produced within P. acnes, generates free radicals when irradiated by 420nm and shorter wavelengths of light. Over the course of a few days, these free radicals ultimately kill the bacteria they spawned from. Since porphyrins are not otherwise present in skin, and the UV light applied is safe in its spectrum, this treatment is safe and licensed by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The ultra violet treatment works even better with red visible light (660nm) resulting in a 76 percent reduction of lesions after three months of daily treatment for 80 percent of patients. The overall skin clearing was similar or better than benzoyl peroxide. Unlike most of the other treatments, there are few if any negative side effects to this treatment and a development of bacterial resistance seems very unlikely. After treatment, a patient can achieve clear skin with topical or oral antibiotic treatments. The equipment or treatment, however, is relatively new and expensive, although the total cost of ownership may outweigh other costs (such as the total cost of benzoyl peroxide, moisturizer, and washes) over a couple of years.

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Should a Person Drink Alcohol or Smoke Marijuana?

While consuming alcohol is socially acceptable, society stigmatizes marijuana consumption. Prohibition on alcohol ended in 1933 while marijuana use is a federal offense. However, scientific views differ from written law.

Health Risk

A report by the World Health Organization concluded that most of the risks associated with marijuana in aggregate are unlikely to produce public health problems comparable in scale to those currently produced by alcohol and tobacco. The French medical institute INSERM found that alcohol, heroin and cocaine pose the greatest threat to public health, while marijuana posed the least danger to public health. The Canadian Senate Committee published an exhaustive report on marijuana concluding that scientific evidence overwhelmingly indicates that marijuana is substantially less harmful than alcohol and is more as an issue of public health and not criminal law.
A study funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and conducted by the University of California at Los Angeles, found that there was not a positive association with lifetime marijuana use and cancers of the lung and aero digestive tract. Apparently the federal government was hoping for a different outcome since this, the largest trial of its kind, does not appear on the White House website.

More Risks

The journal "Cancer Epidemiology" published a report indicating that even moderate consumption of alcohol, six drinks or less per week, may lead to an elevated risk of stomach, rectal and bladder cancer. The body breaks down the psychoactive substance in alcohol, ethanol, to the known carcinogen, acetaldehyde. The psychoactive substances in marijuana are cannabinoids and mimic the so-called endocannabinoids, chemicals that the body produces naturally and that which are necessary for maintaining health. Alcohol consumption is toxic to healthy organs and cells. Alcohol use can pose serious problems, depressing the central nervous system, leading to unconsciousness, coma and death. It is not possible to die from an overdose of marijuana because cannabinoids do not act upon the brain stem. Drinking alcohol often results in injury and acts of violence. In addition, unlike alcohol, injury and aggression are not associated with marijuana use.
Sources:
http://www.marijuana.com/drug-war-headline-news/149818-usa-pot-vs-alcohol-what-experts-say.html
http://www.lewrockwell.com/armentano-p/armentano-p42.1.html