You guys must be kidding... Marijuana and health are pretty closed terms! :) But who knows?
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Pitsicalis doesn't seem to understand that this information makes Platshorn's testimonial less credible.
Jacqueline Spruce, an Australian businesswoman with a booth at the conference, doesn't come across as kooky as Platshorn. Yet one of Melamede's four case studies includes pictures of Spruce's nose and a lesion that once was on it. She and partners hope to open a cannabis-based medical clinic in her country, if authorities allow it. One of the first medicines they want to offer is a pot cream for skin cancer, she says.
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Rasta Miracle, a skin-healing product offered by a subsidiary of Bob Melamede's Cannabis Science company.
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Craig Rodgers, 36, hopes that smoking and eating marijuana will slow the progression of his brain cancer.
"I can't be skeptical," she says. "It cured my cancer."
More believable than such contentions is the idea that marijuana is an effective and relatively safe palliative medicine. That is, it may not cure certain serious conditions, but it does make patients feel better.
Phoenix's Paul O'Connor, 59, is one of thousands of state residents who says he uses marijuana to control his chronic pain.
"My back injury causes spasms in my spine," O'Connor says. "It radiates over my hips into my groin. The marijuana, it takes the edge off that. And it keeps me from having to ingest other chemicals, like muscle relaxants."
Another registered marijuana patient, Jean Matherly, also says she uses pot for back pain because of degenerative disk disease.
"Marijuana reduces the stress, and it relaxes the muscles," she says. "I can pretty much sleep all night with it."
There's no reason to think marijuana isn't helping these patients. But they both began using it long before they were injured. Matherly, who says she's smoked pot on and off since the 1970s, admits she probably would smoke it even if she didn't have chronic pain.
Many, perhaps most, registered patients in Arizona don't have conditions much more serious than Matherly's or O'Connor's. The latest stats show that 4 percent of the state's 28,289 registered marijuana patients have cancer. A mere 1.72 percent of patients, or 492 people, have glaucoma.
Chronic pain, however, was listed as a condition by 89 percent of patients. Pain often is a purely subjective concept, leading critics to call the qualifying ailment of "chronic and severe pain" a loophole for recreational users.
Chronic pain is a common condition suffered by about a third of Americans. Therefore, it's likely many of Arizona's licensed users do, indeed, have such pain. But the notion of medicinal use becomes less clear when users also happen to enjoy the buzz they get from their medicine.
With pot now legal for these users, the question turns back to safety. And there's no question that pot itself has minimal toxicity.
Representatives of Valley poison-control centers contacted by New Times say the first question healthcare professionals ask when a patient has an extreme reaction to marijuana is whether the weed was tainted with something dangerous.
Keith Boesen, managing director of the Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center, reports that of 65,000 phone calls to the center in 2010, 26 concerned marijuana. The center received calls from a woman who said, after trying pot for the first time on her birthday, that her "lungs were burning." Another case involved a 13-year-old boy whose father took him to an emergency room because he was acting disoriented and confused. Another was a 1-year-old who "presumably ate something."
Boesen says, "[The baby] was very altered — wasn't all there, very drowsy. What's tricky in kids — they have different tolerances than adults do in many cases."
In general, though, people can overdose on just about anything, including water, Boesen notes.
"On the spectrum of toxins, marijuana is not one . . . we're concerned about," he says. "In the event someone has a significant problem, the first thing [healthcare workers] think is that it wasn't marijuana."
Still, pot is not totally without risk. Though rare, it's possible that marijuana could trigger a latent psychotic or schizophrenic episode. Dr. Eric Voth, an anti-pot crusader who's chairman of the Institute on Global Drug Policy, says he's treated several patients who "smoked no more than three times and become psychotic for several years."
People with psychosis, he says, may have hallucinations, extreme paranoia, or exhibit irrational behavior.
On the other side of the aisle is Dr. Sue Sisley, an Arizona doctor hoping to persuade the federal government to let her conduct clinical studies with marijuana on people with PTSD. In her proposal, Sisley outlined the safety measures she plans — mainly having staff members on hand to watch for problems — in case users in a trial "get a psychotic break or a panic attack."
Such immediate problems subside quickly, she says, and the patient usually feels better the next day. But there are cases of people exposed to cannabis in their teens who "go on to develop full-blown schizophrenia," she acknowledges.
With uncertainties remaining about whether pot can cause mental illness in rare cases or whether mental illness causes certain individuals to seek out pot and other mood-altering substances, it's only prudent, Sisley says, to test marijuana on people 21 or older.
Despite the small risks inherent in the study, Sisley expects that if she gets the go-ahead, she'll have an abundance of volunteers.
One aspect of medical pot that can't be overlooked is the primary side effect: being stoned. Dr. Gedde, the Tucson doctor who recommends marijuana for many different ailments, says the high — while delivering part of pot's palliative benefit — also is one of its drawbacks.
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"The truth is, marijuana appears useful in treating some medical problems. But claims that pot can cure just about anything clearly are bogus."
And? What's your point? It's been used for over 4,000 years for various medical uses and recent studies only confirm it's medical properties, so your point is...?
Swollen Prostate? Cannabis, the First President's Choice for hemp, health and happiness: http://blog.norml.org/2012/05/...Neuropathic pain is a "terrible condition" caused by nerve damage that often isn't relieved by traditional painkillers- Cannabis does not have the toxic, lethal and highly addictive attributes of readily available prescription alternatives.
Well what do you know, Westwood has now replaced the New England Journal of Medicine in reporting medical news...or is this really news? Sorry, I'm not buying it.
Why are you apologizing? Are you truly sorry that you are not buying it or is that dramatic effect I smell?
All the hate. Obviously you need to smoke a bud and feel some love. The only crime is not allowing freedom to live life as it was intended, without judgement. Hate the plants, you hate the earth. And who do you thing is running this show anyway. Love your momma. Gotta go, my lazy ass has tons of work to do.
The study was completed by UC of San Francisco? We all know what San Fran is famous for...? Very interesting and very sad... I would love to see the study that UC San Fran claimed that pot smoke can increase lung function!! This just shows that the liberal media will exploit a terminally ill man just to push a ridiculous agenda so that stoners can get stoned and America can waste away. Good job libs! What are you going to do when you've completely ruined America and there is no more system to leech off of? Oh wait, who cares when everybody is stoned right? Ridiculous....
It is right here. http://jama.jamanetwork.com/ar... Based on your view that science from SF is liberally influenced somehow, where would you suggest that the truest science is being done. Somewhere in rural Mississippi? That should be free from liberal influence. While I agree that the article is leaning on the side of pro-cannabis, as a molecular biologist, I have had to change my mind and have become very in favor of medicinal and recreational use. The endocannabinoid and anandamide pathway are strongly liked to health. More science should be completed. Though, I imagine you consider funded scientific research to be a horrible burden on you as the only person to have ever paid taxes.
Pot is "medicine" for stoners that have no ambition other than to get high. 99% of the idiots using this drug do so solely for the self medicating high and will not come out of their mothers basement for anything else other than to get their "prescription". Its really just another tool of big brother to keep the population dumbed down and ignorant so more rights and freedoms can be stolen and whittled away. You want change, move in a more aware direction, do not move in directions that numb awareness. If your life sucks and you want a change, try things that actually enrich your life.
Brother, you're entitled to your opinion, no matter how wrong and incredibly typical it is. I'm just glad that I don't know you. You insult too much, and don't think enough. I went to school with people such as yourself. Too good for everyone else. Best people in the world to avoid studiously.
The reasons that pot is illegal can be traced to people such as William Randolph Hearst. He was afraid that hemp (not pot) was going to replace lumber as a go-to source for paper, etc. It was his campaign (and his cronies) that started the whole evil weed scenario. Before that it was legal. We just need to apply common sense and leave the hysteria out of it. There are many drugs that help people and also have some side effects but we still use them. Pot is no different. Most of our medicines come from the natural world, plants especially. So stop with the judging and hysteria and let doctors and patients decide what is right for themselves.
Look at all the dopers getting freaked out about someone who opposes legalizing marijuana. This just shows how psychologically addictive it is. You can't stand the thought of not having it available to support your habit.
You can't debate me or others who oppose illegal drugs without name calling and looking for spelling errors. LOL !! This is so freaking typical of someone that has no clue on how to intelligently defend their drug or alcohol problem. You can't defend the indefensible! For all the bogus info you post trying to convince others how safe pot is and all the medical benefits it has, I can put out factual and legitimate information about how destructive it is, not just to your health, but especially destructive to families that have to put up with a parent, child or sibling that is a drug abuser. Do a little research, there's a ton of documented case studies out there that support what I'm saying.
So you want to call me uneducated? LOL, I better file a complaint against my former professors and get my tuition fees refunded! Look, I don't have to prove anything and I'm not trying to persuade you. That would be a waste of time wouldn't it? I stated my views and you stated yours. Mine are factual and yours are drug effected wishful thinking.... hahahaha....Remember, I didn't insult you with my original post. I don't need to. The facts and common sense regarding the problems related to marijuana abuse speak for themselves.
As a cancer survivor and medical marijuana user I find it ironic that you are labeling people that are using marijuana as part of their treatment as having a " drug problem". It seems to me that you are the one that has the "problem". What medications I choose to use in my combat with cancer is my business. but perhaps this is just my "drug effected wishful thinking". Marijuana is much safer than the oxycontin and long list of other opiods doctors tried to give me to relieve some of my symptoms. There are much more harmful "legal drugs" out there that doctors are trying to push onto patients. I am just glad to live in a Country that is finally letting us, the patients, explore safer options for the therapies we need.
You have no clue what you are talking about this is nothing but an opinion with no facts and you are totally wrong. Alcohol is far worse more addicting and more accessible for children. Cannabis is far safer sorry to say but most your information is government lies to protect big pharm. Fact is cannabis is safer with far less side affects. I have no idea what you are reading but yes you should get your money refunded because you were educated with incorrect information. I am educated in the field pharmacology and your statements clearly show how uneducated you are. I would suggest using facts to back up your statement I can and use less personal feelings which your statements of "facts"clearly shows. From my stand point your not telling the truth about your education.
You respond to insults with more insults, Oh Wise One who claims to common sense? I'll stoop down a couple of levels to respond to your rabid bias.
NOT psychologically addictive. To use the addict argument is specious. It's analogous to saying that by being alive, we're also addicted to oxygen, water, food and sex. Because of regular use, does that make one an addict? Are you addicted to coffee? Have you applied for that tuition refund yet? You'll need the extra money.
You say marijuana is destructive, somehow. I say my 38 years of smoking it prove you utterly wrong. Prove me wrong. You can't, and we both know it.
I debase myself by speaking down to your level. To cleanse the foul experience from my psyche, my next bowl of potent indica will be dedicated to your name sake. But not to you.
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My friends and I have been using pot for the better part of the last 40 years. I do know some who use the heck out of it if they have the money and desire, but I do not know one single person who is addicted to it. I may go weeks without a single puff, but then I may go weeks smoking a bit every day. For myself, it is less harmful than those who have their daily martini or two or three. I find that I feel more like doing something after a visit with my "friend". Sometimes I use it to mellow out and then find myself up running the vacuum instead.
The people who claim addictive qualities and destruction of lives just really do not have a clue. Given the choice of being with someone on pot or alcohol, I would choose the pot hands down time after time. I would not be afraid that they would do much more than try to out talk me or take the last twinkie (which I know they would share if I asked).
Finally, a voice of reason. I feel the same as you with the exception that I know counseling and other failed behavior mod courses of action usually don't work. What passes for mental health activities often do more damage than good. The drugs they get you on are highly addictive and more damaging than the neuroses and psychosis they are supposed to insulate you from! Pot dulls awareness which for most, is what they are looking for, wether to escape the drudgery of a meaningless existence or to chase away the demons that haunt them from things they have seen or done, if only temporarily.
I understand where you are coming from. As a Navy Vet, I saw a great deal. Some of it still haunts me to this day. I smoke pot trying it out for my PTSD. Believe me, yesterday was a really bad day for me. I got home smoked a little pot and in less than 5 min it turned me completly around. If you dont have all of the crap that the government put us through, than you will never understand how it works for us.Thank Youtexasmojomusic1957@yahoo.com
Thanks for your service and I feel for your travails. Most idiots defend their drug use cuz they are too lazy to seek ways to enrich their existence, at least you are putting it to a proper use. My only advice is to use it to cope while actively seeking ways to work through the misery you are trying to supppress. Life is often about pain and sacrifice, we only grow when we learn how to shoulder our burdens and work through the inner conflicts. There are many ways to get genuine help out there, I suggest you begin an active search and don't just let a drug numb you to life's pain. Any drug should only be used as a temporary measure while real healing can be begun, wether physical or emotional. Recreational drug use is eroding this once great country at a horific rate. Can't really blame the stoners, they allowed themselves to be caught up in the okey doke. SUCKERS!
Thanks for your service and your sacrifices. Yes pot can help temporally for PTSD, but it can also make you paranoid and psychologically addicted in the long term. There are legal drugs that can effectively treat PTSD, and no drug should be administered without frequent counseling services and documentation of behavior and progress. Any drug that alters your state of mind, impairs your judgement and reflexes has the potential to be addictive which is why counseling is so important. That should all be paid for by the government! You are a true patriot!
"Yes pot can help temporally for PTSD". Your earlier post said it was only good for glaucoma? So not only are you stupid but a lire too. Tex, the only thing this guy said that makes since is Thanks for your service and your sacrifices. I was in the Marines and let me tell ya, the so called "legal drugs" they have available either kill you slowly and make you an irritable ass, or zombie you where you sit and droll on your self all day, I've had them all pushed on me and let me tell ya pot is the only one i could trust myself in public on, the others make you edgy and want to snap, as for the paranoid commit this guy makes, the only reason ppl are paranoid is because it's illegal in most states and they don't want to go to jail for it. Move to a state where it's legal and theirs no paranoia. Pills are more addictive than pot and yes there's proff of that. Oh and by the way how many deaths are there from pills vs pot? look that up common sense, pot is safer than aspirin and alcohol
Whatever happened to the idea that we live in a free country? Growing your own potand smoking it yourself is no different than brewing and drinking your own beer. (A thought from a Libertarian)
Benjamin Franklin would be very proud of your statement. A TRUE Congressman he was, and an even true-er citizen for his country.
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For a guy with the name "Common Sense" you obviously don't have any. Guess the liquor store isn't telling you to educate yourself, isn't that odd? There are numerous scientific studies that show its beneficial for many things. Below are just a few of the MS studies alone. Seems like if you can type in a forum you could at least have the decency to educate yourself on the subject first. Google is for more than porn, try it!
[1] Chong et al. 2006. Cannabis use in patients with multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis 12: 646-651.
[2] Rog et al. 2005. Randomized, controlled trial of cannabis-based medicine in central pain in multiple sclerosis. Neurology 65: 812-819.
[3] Wade et al. 2004. Do cannabis-based medicinal extracts have general or specific effects on symptoms in multiple sclerosis? A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study on 160 patients. Multiple Sclerosis 10: 434-441.
[4] Brady et al. 2004. An open-label pilot study of cannabis-based extracts for bladder dysfunction in advanced multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis 10: 425-433.
[5] Vaney et al. 2004. Efficacy, safety and tolerability of an orally administered cannabis extract in the treatment of spasticity in patients with multiple sclerosis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study. Multiple Sclerosis 10: 417-424.
[6] Zajicek et al. 2003. Cannabinoids for treatment of spasticity and other symptoms related to multiple sclerosis: multicentre randomized placebo-controlled trial [PDF]. The Lancet 362: 1517-1526.
[7] Page et al. 2003. Cannabis use as described by people with multiple sclerosis [PDF]. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences 30: 201-205.
[8] Wade et al. 2003. A preliminary controlled study to determine whether whole-plant cannabis extracts can improve intractable neurogenic symptoms. Clinical Rehabilitation 17: 21-29.
[9] Consroe et al. 1997. The perceived effects of smoked cannabis on patients with multiple sclerosis. European Journal of Neurology 38: 44-48.
[10] Meinck et al. 1989. Effects of cannabinoids on spasticity and ataxia in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neurology 236: 120-122.
[11] Ungerleider et al. 1987. Delta-9-THC in the treatment of spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis. Advances in Alcohol and Substance Abuse 7: 39-50.
[12] Denis Petro. 1980. Marijuana as a therapeutic agent for muscle spasm or spasticity. Psychosomatics 21: 81-85.
[13] Jody Corey-Bloom. 2010. Short-term effects of cannabis therapy on spasticity in multiple sclerosis. In: University of San Diego Health Sciences, Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research. Report to the Legislature and Governor of the State of California presenting findings pursuant to SB847 which created the CMCR and provided state funding. op. cit.
[14] Clark et al. 2004. Patterns of cannabis use among patients with multiple sclerosis. Neurology 62: 2098-2010.
[15] Reuters News Wire. August 19, 2002. "Marijuana helps MS patients alleviate pain, spasms."
[16] Pryce et al. 2003. Cannabinoids inhibit neurodegeneration in models of multiple sclerosis. Brain 126: 2191-2202.
[17] de Lago et al. 2012. Cannabinoids ameliorate disease progression in a model of multiple sclerosis in mice, acting preferentially through CB(1) receptor-mediated anti-inflammatory effects. Neuropharmacology [E-pub ahead of print]
[18]Killestein et al. 2003. Immunomodulatory effects of orally administered cannabinoids in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neuroimmunology 137: 140-143.
[19]Wade et al. 2006. Long-term use of a cannabis-based medicine in the treatment of spasticity and other symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis 12: 639-645.
[20] Rog et al. 2007. Oromucosal delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol/cannabidiol for neuropathic pain associated with multiple sclerosis: an uncontrolled, open-label, 2-year extension trial. Clinical Therapeutics 29: 2068-2079.
Pleeeeze! Beside treating glaucoma, there is NO medical benefit to smoking pot. Pot smoking brain dead liberals keep pushing their drugs and immoral standards on the public that would rather keep the trash in the dumpster where it belongs.
Nice try blaming the "liberals". Are you a big government "conservative" that thinks that the nanny state ought to spend $10 billion+ per year trying to enforce an unenforceable law? Exactly how is using marijuana any more "immoral" than drinking a beer? How about "pot smoking brain dead conservatives"? Quoting former marijuana user Newt Gingrich in 1981: "On September 16, 1981, Representatives Stewart McKinney and I introduced legislation designed to end bureaucratic interference in the use of marijuana as a medicant. We believe licensed physicians are competent to employ marijuana, and patients have a right to obtain marijuana legally, under medical supervision, from a regulated source." (Journal of the American Medical Association March 19, 1982). Quoting Rick Santorum: “Well, yeah, I admitted you know, back when I was running for the Senate, that when I was in college that I smoked pot and that was something that I did when I was in college.” August 31, 2011, Santorum appearing on “Piers Morgan Tonight”
I said drugs and immoral standards. Drug laws ARE enforceable. Drug laws need to be better enforced and penalties for breaking the law need to be tougher..
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You have no common sense. If the laws banning marijuana were enforceable, then Americans would have stopped using marijuana a long time ago. It has been illegal for 75+ years, remember? The real reason that marijuana laws are not enforceable is that 56% of Americans think that it should be legal for recreational use, and 70% think it should be legal for medical use. Why don't you tell me all about how your anti-marijuana laws have been effective in reducing supply and demand in this country. While you are at it, please tell me how it has reduced crime both here and in Mexico. Please tell me why you think that alcohol prohibition was a resounding success. I'm all ears!
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Look @ss face, you know nothing about it,that much is clear. I had a brain tumor back in 2001 and the doctors shoved pill after pill on me and nothing worked, some of them made it worse. A friend of mine had me try pot, for the first time in 2 yrs i was able to eat and keep the food down, my headaches started to fade, my mood's improved and I started to have a life again. It's dumb @sses like you that keep people from getting the help they need because your so damn closed minded to the fact of the help it gives. I moved to Colorado so i could get it legally, at least out here there not as judgmental as stupid fks like yourself! If you don't like it or don't need it then don't do it, but keep your retarded @ss comments to yourself and let the sick be healed without judgment passed on them because they use a plant that does no harm instead and not a government approved chemical that destroys their body!
For a guy with the name "Common Sense" you obviously don't have any. Guess the liquor store and church aren't telling you to educate yourself, isn't that odd? There are numerous scientific studies that show its beneficial for many things. Below are just a few of the MS studies alone. Seems like if you can type in a forum you could at least have the decency to educate yourself on the subject first. Google is for more than porn hater.
[1] Chong et al. 2006. Cannabis use in patients with multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis 12: 646-651.
[2] Rog et al. 2005. Randomized, controlled trial of cannabis-based medicine in central pain in multiple sclerosis. Neurology 65: 812-819.
[3] Wade et al. 2004. Do cannabis-based medicinal extracts have general or specific effects on symptoms in multiple sclerosis? A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study on 160 patients. Multiple Sclerosis 10: 434-441.
[4] Brady et al. 2004. An open-label pilot study of cannabis-based extracts for bladder dysfunction in advanced multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis 10: 425-433.
[5] Vaney et al. 2004. Efficacy, safety and tolerability of an orally administered cannabis extract in the treatment of spasticity in patients with multiple sclerosis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study. Multiple Sclerosis 10: 417-424.
[6] Zajicek et al. 2003. Cannabinoids for treatment of spasticity and other symptoms related to multiple sclerosis: multicentre randomized placebo-controlled trial [PDF]. The Lancet 362: 1517-1526.
[7] Page et al. 2003. Cannabis use as described by people with multiple sclerosis [PDF]. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences 30: 201-205.
[8] Wade et al. 2003. A preliminary controlled study to determine whether whole-plant cannabis extracts can improve intractable neurogenic symptoms. Clinical Rehabilitation 17: 21-29.
[9] Consroe et al. 1997. The perceived effects of smoked cannabis on patients with multiple sclerosis. European Journal of Neurology 38: 44-48.
[10] Meinck et al. 1989. Effects of cannabinoids on spasticity and ataxia in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neurology 236: 120-122.
[11] Ungerleider et al. 1987. Delta-9-THC in the treatment of spasticity associated with multiple sclerosis. Advances in Alcohol and Substance Abuse 7: 39-50.
[12] Denis Petro. 1980. Marijuana as a therapeutic agent for muscle spasm or spasticity. Psychosomatics 21: 81-85.
[13] Jody Corey-Bloom. 2010. Short-term effects of cannabis therapy on spasticity in multiple sclerosis. In: University of San Diego Health Sciences, Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research. Report to the Legislature and Governor of the State of California presenting findings pursuant to SB847 which created the CMCR and provided state funding. op. cit.
[14] Clark et al. 2004. Patterns of cannabis use among patients with multiple sclerosis. Neurology 62: 2098-2010.
[15] Reuters News Wire. August 19, 2002. "Marijuana helps MS patients alleviate pain, spasms."
[16] Pryce et al. 2003. Cannabinoids inhibit neurodegeneration in models of multiple sclerosis. Brain 126: 2191-2202.
[17] de Lago et al. 2012. Cannabinoids ameliorate disease progression in a model of multiple sclerosis in mice, acting preferentially through CB(1) receptor-mediated anti-inflammatory effects. Neuropharmacology [E-pub ahead of print]
[18]Killestein et al. 2003. Immunomodulatory effects of orally administered cannabinoids in multiple sclerosis. Journal of Neuroimmunology 137: 140-143.
[19]Wade et al. 2006. Long-term use of a cannabis-based medicine in the treatment of spasticity and other symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis 12: 639-645.
[20] Rog et al. 2007. Oromucosal delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol/cannabidiol for neuropathic pain associated with multiple sclerosis: an uncontrolled, open-label, 2-year extension trial. Clinical Therapeutics 29: 2068-2079.
Why not for recreational use as well?? It's safer than alcohol......you can get alcohol poisoning. I've never heard of THC poisoning.....I don't smoke it, but I support the legalization of it.
And who are you to decide whether or not someone should use cannabis recreationally or not... It doesn't hurt you personally in any shape or form.
Why not? As long as it's not hurting you it's not your right to judge other people's lives.
Researchers at the Kaiser-Permanente HMO, funded by NIDA, followed 65,000 patients for nearly a decade, comparing cancer rates among non-smokers, tobacco smokers, and marijuana smokers. Tobacco smokers had massively higher rates of lung cancer and other cancers. Marijuana smokers who didn't also use tobacco had no increase in risk of tobacco-related cancers or of cancer risk overall. In fact their rates of lung and most other cancers were slightly lower than non-smokers, though the difference did not reach statistical significance. Sidney, S. et al. Marijuana Use and Cancer Incidence (California, United States). Cancer Causes and Control. Vol. 8. Sept. 1997, p. 722-728.
OOPS, MARIJUANA MAY PREVENT CANCER (PART 1):
Federal researchers implanted several types of cancer, including leukemia and lung cancers, in mice, then treated them with cannabinoids (unique, active components found in marijuana). THC and other cannabinoids shrank tumors and increased the mice's lifespans. Munson, AE et al. Antineoplastic Activity of Cannabinoids. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Sept. 1975. p. 597-602.
OOPS, MARIJUANA MAY PREVENT CANCER, (PART 2):
In a 1994 study the government tried to suppress, federal researchers gave mice and rats massive doses of THC, looking for cancers or other signs of toxicity. The rodents given THC lived longer and had fewer cancers, "in a dose-dependent manner" (i.e. the more THC they got, the fewer tumors). NTP Technical Report On The Toxicology And Carcinogenesis Studies Of 1-Trans- Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol, CAS No. 1972-08-3, In F344/N Rats And B6C3F Mice, Gavage Studies. See also, "Medical Marijuana: Unpublished Federal Study Found THC-Treated Rats Lived Longer, Had Less Cancer," AIDS Treatment News no. 263, Jan. 17, 1997.
OOPS, MARIJUANA MAY PREVENT CANCER (PART 3):
Researchers at the Kaiser-Permanente HMO, funded by NIDA, followed 65,000 patients for nearly a decade, comparing cancer rates among non-smokers, tobacco smokers, and marijuana smokers. Tobacco smokers had massively higher rates of lung cancer and other cancers. Marijuana smokers who didn't also use tobacco had no increase in risk of tobacco-related cancers or of cancer risk overall. In fact their rates of lung and most other cancers were slightly lower than non-smokers, though the difference did not reach statistical significance. Sidney, S. et al. Marijuana Use and Cancer Incidence (California, United States). Cancer Causes and Control. Vol. 8. Sept. 1997, p. 722-728.
look at the U.S. Dept. Of Human Services patent on cbd's at the U.S. patent and trademark website patent # 6630507
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