Medical Cannabis / Marijuana

[ktlight]

"The endocannabinoid system in our bodies regulate our cancer defense -- so it makes sense that cannabis works effectively in this area, and the science backs that up.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ijwpv6x2R6U

For those who dispute the fact that cannabis can cure cancer, I would like to refer you to numerous studies (since 1974!) that show that cannabinoids kills cancer cells, shrink tumors, halts the spread of invasive carcinomas, and prevents occurrence. I don't know if you have the energy or the interest to follow up these links, but if you do value truth over hearsay and propaganda, then I would suggest you look at them. First you have to ask yourself: why don't you know about this? (Then you should get really, really angry).

Original Univ of Va study showing that THC halts lewis lung adenocarcinoma:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/en...&dopt=Citation

London study showing THC causes kills leukemia cells.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15454482

University of Texas study showing the CB1 receptor (which is activated by cannabis) suppresses colorectal cancer tumor, when the receptor is lost cancer can occur.

http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cg...act/68/15/6468

Univ of Southern Florida study showing that cannabis blocks cancer causing viruses:

http://news.bio-medicine.org/biology...viruses-115-1/

Harvard study showing cannabis cuts lung cancer growth in half:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0417193338.htm

The British Journal of Cancer reports that cannabis treats prostate cancer

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0417193338.htm

Researchers at the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute found that cannabis halts breast cancer.

http://www.cbc.ca/health/story/2007/...is-cancer.html

A large population study of chronic cannabis smokers found that they had a REDUCED risk of head, neck and throat cancers when compared to those that did not use cannabis.

http://cancerpreventionresearch.aacr...-0048.abstract

Spanish study showing that THC inhibits gliomas (brain cancer).

http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cg...full/68/6/1945

Want more links? Here is a much more comprehensive list compiled by a wonderful woman who calls herself Granny Storm Crow:

http://forum.grasscity.com/medical-m...ly-2009-a.html"

[ktlight]

"Please research Ottoman Warburg and High pH Diet also have a look at Vitamin D ,The American and Canadian Cancer society recommend taking at least(MINIMUM) 1000 IU of Vit. D per day, but research shows that 10 000 IU/Day is proper levels to fight off Cancer.

And please stay away from sugars as they lower your pH levels which create a perfect growing environment for tumors and cancer growth.


Warburg investigated the metabolism of tumors and the respiration of cells, particularly cancer cells, and in 1931 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology for his "discovery of the nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme."[2] The award came after receiving 46 nominations over a period of nine years beginning in 1923, 13 of which were submitted in 1931, the year he won the prize.[3]

In 1944, Warburg was nominated for a second Nobel Prize in Physiology by Albert Szent-Györgyi, for his work on nicotinamide, the mechanism and enzymes involved in fermentation, and the discovery of flavine (in yellow enzymes).[4][5] It is reported by some sources that he was selected to receive the award that year but was prevented from receiving it by Adolf Hitler's regime, which had issued a decree in 1937 that forbade Germans from accepting Nobel Prizes."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=IzJVT38pgFE

[Dennis Leahy]

This video blows my mind. I think most of us are aware by now that cannabis as a medicine has been suppressed. What's better than curing disease? Preventing disease!

The Power of RAW Cannabis

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qgEP9FdIzT8

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=qgEP9FdIzT8

Dennis

{edit} The original video posted was taken down by the user with no explanation. This edit replaces the original URL with one now working.

[TargeT]

Magical plant,, the only one i Know of that has a heat signature.

[Dennis Leahy]

Posted by TargeT (here)
Magical plant,, the only one i Know of that has a heat signature.

"hyperspectral cameras" being used to find cannabis plants... http://cannabisnews.com/news/5/thread5978.shtml

And the oppression, and suppression, ramps up.

Dennis

[13th Warrior]

Posted by TargeT (here)
Magical plant,, the only one i Know of that has a heat signature.

Skunk Cabbage would be another but, not as interesting since it's not illegal.

I don't want to derail this thread so, hears a link to an interesting story about skunk cabbage:

http://www.evolver.net/user/sean_don...cabbage_dreams

[STATIC]

The suppression of cannabis is mostly the result of big money industries. The fact that it is illegal in most country's around the world has nothing to do with anyone caring if someone is getting high. It's only to protect there money and power within one of many thousands of products that would easily be replaced by hemp.

[Rantaak]

I'm fortunate enough to live in California where all of the good stuff grows (legally too). I've known people that underwent raw cannabis treatments and were met with vast success. There's a difference in the kind of cannabis we tend to smoke and the stuff that heals people though, and it pertains to the concentration of THC versus CBD. THC is what affects the mind, whereas CBD is what prevents disease (and cures it).

[Dennis Leahy]

Posted by Rantaak (here)
... There's a difference in the kind of cannabis we tend to smoke and the stuff that heals people though, and it pertains to the concentration of THC versus CBD. THC is what affects the mind, whereas CBD is what prevents disease (and cures it).

Yes, probably the weed we used to call "headache weed" was low in THC and high in CBD - so it would have made a better nutritional supplement than an enjoyable smoke.

Dennis

[TargeT]

Posted by Dennis Leahy (here)

Posted by Rantaak (here)
... There's a difference in the kind of cannabis we tend to smoke and the stuff that heals people though, and it pertains to the concentration of THC versus CBD. THC is what affects the mind, whereas CBD is what prevents disease (and cures it).

Yes, probably the weed we used to call "headache weed" was low in THC and high in CBD - so it would have made a better nutritional supplement than an enjoyable smoke.

Dennis

as a previous green thumb, I feel I have to mention this (in relation to Cannabis)

This plant is NEVER the same, thats why cloning is so popular, every time you polinate you get a new, unique strain.. I don't know of any other plants that act this way, this plant is amazing, resiliant, benificial, the whole plant is a gift in every way.

My favorite time of the day was when I was in my "room" breathing the air, enjoying the vibrant life... I loved my plants and they loved me right back

my appitite for experimentation however was my downfall.. stupid nosy neighbors... luckily alaska is close to california and nothing legally happend to me.

[Seikou-Kishi]

Trust you to find the good stuff, Dennis!

The thing is, these are good, decent and innocent people. I mean innocent in all its senses. Not only are they not hurting anybody, they're also a little naive; they think that all is required is for people to realise. What they don't realise is that its benefits are the very reason for its worldwide suppression. Let's hope that we live to see the day when cannabis is unrestricted and all people have access to it. Let's hope that day is not too far away. Let's hope, in addition, that access to cannabis becomes regarded as a fundamental human right along with other necessities such as clean, pure water and air. We can but dream.

[Arrowwind]

Posted by Rantaak (here)
I'm fortunate enough to live in California where all of the good stuff grows (legally too). I've known people that underwent raw cannabis treatments and were met with vast success. There's a difference in the kind of cannabis we tend to smoke and the stuff that heals people though, and it pertains to the concentration of THC versus CBD. THC is what affects the mind, whereas CBD is what prevents disease (and cures it).

Thanks Dennis for that important video about raw cannibis. I didnt know about this aspect.

My one issue regarding the use that came up for me when the woman was speaking about her diseases and how it helped....

when you have disease and you take something, anything, and in this case cannabis, and things get better and you feel well that is great... but when you stop, as she had to at one point and the disease comes back then you can know that the medicine did not cure and was only masking the symptoms of imbalance and disease. That woman is not well. It is an illusion. Im glad that she found something to alleviate her pain but she is not cured and obviously the plant does not cure. She needs to perservere and really find a cure herself so that se relies on no medicine.

[Dennis Leahy]

Posted by Arrowwind (here)
she is not cured and obviously the plant does not cure.

Hi Arrowwind,

I see what you are saying that if you need to maintain a dosage of anything, that you are not "cured", but another way to look at this is to say that 8 glasses of water a day will never cure your thirst. Or, maybe a better example is that the condition/disease of scurvy comes back every time we do not have enough vitamin C. Likewise, rickets comes back every time we are deficient in vitamin D. We wouldn't dismiss the contributions towards health of vitamin C and D simply because a temporary dose of those vitamins do not permanently "cure" those conditions.

If you watch the movie "What If Cannabis Cured Cancer?", you'll get a good description of the cannabinoid receptors throughout our bodies. It is also true that our bodies produce cannabinoids, so could it be that through environmental conditions or genetic predisposition, this woman's body makes too little cannabinoids? Then, like the incurable thirst must be maintained daily with more water, her body needs the cannabinoids to attain a health state.

Note that Dr. Courtney, the research physician featured prominently in the above video, speaks of eating raw cannabis as being beneficial as a preventative, a supplement, a "dietary essential", saying that it is a "dietary essential that helps all 210 cell types function more effectively", rather than as a cure.

In addition, this particular video is highlighting the benefits of eating raw, unheated, cannabis as a nutritional supplement, but the (quietly suppressed) research studies and anecdotal evidence is piling up that the concentrated oils from plants high in THC do indeed cure cancer. So, I don't think it is correct to say the plant does not cure. I suspect that when we have unrestricted access to this plant (in its many, many genetic strains, varieties, and crosses of Sativa, Indica and Ruderalis), that it will be known far and wide as the number one curative plant as well as the number one disease preventative/supplemental plant.

In a bizarre way, the fact that we can get euphoria from smoking or heat-altering (cooking) and ingesting the THC in cannabis is providing the biggest excuse to governments to continue suppressing the medicinal and nutritional supplemental benefits of the plant. Australia and Canada have gotten around the suppression of some of the other great benefits of this incredibly versatile plant, (fiber, food, oil, etc.) by growing and harvesting varieties with close to zero THC.

Dennis

[Seikou-Kishi]

Posted by Dennis Leahy (here)
I see what you are saying that if you need to maintain a dosage of anything, that you are not "cured", but another way to look at this is to say that 8 glasses of water a day will never cure your thirst. Or, maybe a better example is that the condition/disease of scurvy comes back every time we do not have enough vitamin C. Likewise, rickets comes back every time we are deficient in vitamin D. We wouldn't dismiss the contributions towards health of vitamin C and D simply because a temporary dose of those vitamins do not permanently "cure" those conditions.

Impeccable logic :D

When I woke up, I thought sleeping had cured my tiredness, but it came back half a day later. Can you believe it? :D

[Arrowwind]

Posted by Dennis Leahy (here)

Posted by Arrowwind (here)
she is not cured and obviously the plant does not cure.

Hi Arrowwind,

I see what you are saying that if you need to maintain a dosage of anything, that you are not "cured", but another way to look at this is to say that 8 glasses of water a day will never cure your thirst. Or, maybe a better example is that the condition/disease of scurvy comes back every time we do not have enough vitamin C. Likewise, rickets comes back every time we are deficient in vitamin D. We wouldn't dismiss the contributions towards health of vitamin C and D simply because a temporary dose of those vitamins do not permanently "cure" those conditions.

This woman has had how many surgeries? 20 or something? how many months of antibiotics? how many resistant pathogens in her body that she has had a hard time keeping in check. How many infections? She has become fully derranged by conventional medicine, with allergies and rashes and on and on ad nausem. What initatied this disese process in her? could it have been trauma that caused her broken spine in 3 places? and resultant surgeries? could it have been childhood vaccination? could it have been heavy metal poisoning? could it be candida which she likely has due to all the antibiotics she has had, a profound amount really. Could it be some other mysterious mycoplasma? how is her digestion? does she eat well? is she mineral deficient? any or all of these combined will make for a very unhealthy person. ...

I am sure of one thing, she does not have her diseases due to a cannabis deficiency!

But trauma, heavy metals, vacciantion, poor diet, use of antibiotics and steroids, other drugs, repeated surgeries, over growth of and resistant bacteria. Her terrain is aggresous and foul and she cannot stand up on her own without a repressive (not curative medicine)
Dont you see?

If cannabis is what helps her to feel well thats fine with me. But clearly when her illness returns it indicates that cannabis is no more than a bandaide to a disease process that continues in her body and maybe such repression is good enough for her but certainly not for me and mine.

I am not saying that cannabis is not helpful to her. But cannabis has never shown to be an essential nutrient that must be consumed for health. Cannabis may fit into some receptor sites in the body but so do a lot of other things. Consider valerian and hops and opium. This is why herbal medicine in general works. It can interface with the body in a very profound way. For example, chamomile can cure some stress issues, some headaches, some rashes because it interfaces with that individuals body. But chamomile is not essential for good health. It is a medicine and a mediicne only. Curcumin reduces inflammation and may have cancer prevenative properties but it is not an essential nutrient. Billions of people live just fine without these herbs and without cannabis,, but deplete any one of these billions of people of vitamin c or d for sufficient time and you will have disease and death.

To say that cannabis could be essential like vitamim c makes no sense and clearly is is shooting in the dark to try to comprehend why it is helpful to her and not curative.

[Dennis Leahy]

Yes, this woman has an absolutely awful medical history.

My favorite protagonist in this story, Dr. Courtney, may have overstepped by using the word "essential" in the sentence "dietary essential that helps all 210 cell types function more effectively", but a substance that literally helps all 210 cell types function more effectively could certainly be called "amazing" or "miraculous." I am with you, thinking that "essential" implies "required", and so may not have been the correct word to use in that sentence. But, I'm guessing that for a staid researcher to find something believed to help 100% of all cell types to function more effectively, he is probably astounded and overjoyed (so I'll give him a break if it was from enthusiasm.)

Though the human body does normally manufacture its own cannabinoids, I have not seen a study where a human body that does not manufacture enough or does not manufacture any cannabinoids has been shown to have a cause-and-effect relationship to disease, like vitamin D and rickets has. I do not know how frequently a human is found to have a body that produces zero cannabinoids, nor do I know what diseases to expect would show up in that body with zero cannabinoids (since it appears that most all human bodies do produce some.) So, I cannot say "I am sure of one thing, she does not have her diseases due to a cannabi[noid] deficiency!", because I don't know if that is true.

I'd also throw in the possibility of a mind-body synergy when she gets the cannabis, as she could be convinced it will work and therefore "programs" her body differently (much more optimally) when she knows she has raw cannabis in her diet. But, you have to admit, with her terrible list of symptoms, and such a level of symptomatic relief with the raw cannabis, this is either a fantastic placebo for this patient or a fantastic nutrient. Because I suspect that she probably believed in at least some of the many different (40?) pills she was about to take, yet never reached the point where she felt great, that this is not a psychosomatic alleviation of symptoms, but rather an extreme example of how marvelous it is when you take a natural supplement that literally "helps all 210 cell types function more effectively."

Besides the possibly overzealous use of the word "essential" - which again, I am not sure is untrue, since our bodies normally make this substance the same way we normally make vitamin D - wouldn't you admit that this extreme case presented by this woman ingesting raw cannabis and reaching an elusive level of health is intriguing? I'd love to find out what a shot-glass of this green elixir would do for some of the chronic symptoms I feel, and that my loved ones feel. When I can legally obtain it, I'll find out.

Dennis

{edit} I edited this sentence:
Though the human body does normally manufacture its own cannabinoids, I have not seen a study where a human body that does not manufacture enough or does not manufacture any cannabinoids has been shown to have a cause-and-effect relationship to disease, like vitamin C and scurvy has.

and changed it to

Though the human body does normally manufacture its own cannabinoids, I have not seen a study where a human body that does not manufacture enough or does not manufacture any cannabinoids has been shown to have a cause-and-effect relationship to disease, like vitamin D and rickets has.

because the human body does not manufacture vitamin C, but we do manufacture vitamin D - so it is a more apt example.

[Logan]

Just more confirmation that cannabis is completely awesome.

[Rantaak]

Posted by Arrowwind (here)

Posted by Rantaak (here)
I'm fortunate enough to live in California where all of the good stuff grows (legally too). I've known people that underwent raw cannabis treatments and were met with vast success. There's a difference in the kind of cannabis we tend to smoke and the stuff that heals people though, and it pertains to the concentration of THC versus CBD. THC is what affects the mind, whereas CBD is what prevents disease (and cures it).

Thanks Dennis for that important video about raw cannibis. I didnt know about this aspect.

My one issue regarding the use that came up for me when the woman was speaking about her diseases and how it helped....

when you have disease and you take something, anything, and in this case cannabis, and things get better and you feel well that is great... but when you stop, as she had to at one point and the disease comes back then you can know that the medicine did not cure and was only masking the symptoms of imbalance and disease. That woman is not well. It is an illusion. Im glad that she found something to alleviate her pain but she is not cured and obviously the plant does not cure. She needs to perservere and really find a cure herself so that se relies on no medicine.

Well if you want a permanent cure with one-time treatment then you could look into Ibogaine...

[Arrowwind]

Posted by Dennis Leahy (here)
this is not a psychosomatic alleviation of symptoms, but rather an extreme example of how marvelous it is when you take a natural supplement that literally "helps all 210 cell types function more effectively."

Besides the possibly overzealous use of the word "essential" - which again, I am not sure is untrue, since our bodies normally make this substance the same way we normally make vitamin D - wouldn't you admit that this extreme case presented by this woman ingesting raw cannabis and reaching an elusive level of health is intriguing? I'd love to find out what a shot-glass of this green elixir would do for some of the chronic symptoms I feel, and that my loved ones feel. When I can legally obtain it, I'll find out.

Dennis

{edit} I edited this sentence:
Though the human body does normally manufacture its own cannabinoids, I have not seen a study where a human body that does not manufacture enough or does not manufacture any cannabinoids has been shown to have a cause-and-effect relationship to disease, like vitamin C and scurvy has.

and changed it to

Though the human body does normally manufacture its own cannabinoids, I have not seen a study where a human body that does not manufacture enough or does not manufacture any cannabinoids has been shown to have a cause-and-effect relationship to disease, like vitamin D and rickets has.

because the human body does not manufacture vitamin C, but we do manufacture vitamin D - so it is a more apt example.

Thanks Dennis. I didnt understand that the body produced cannaboids. Thanks for the education. Certainly then, all the diseases and traum she has had could potentially have damaged the system that produces cannaboids, or interrupts it in some kind of way so that she can't make her own any longer. That would be an interesting piece of research to determine.

[solosthere]

Another very interesting plant that has also been outlawed and suppressed is the Iboga plant of east Africa. It has been used by the Bitiwi tribe for thousands of yrs and has been described as the plant from the garden of eden and is the tree of knowledge. It has some extremly interesting effect. It is considered psychoactive but not like anything else out there. It also has the effect of being
anti-addictive in that when given to a person that is addicted to opiates the person experiences no withdrawals. Also due to its psychoactive nature, which gives a person a picture show of thier lives, they can compress years of counseling into a few days and those that do the treatment say they are showen what direction they are to take in thier lives. It has been knowen to have these effect since the 50's and is used extensively outside the US but here it is a class 4 drug. Grouped in with LSD and the like as having no medical use. The really amazing thing is that research has show that with herion addicts that go through an Iboga treatment 90% remain clean after 1 year compared to 5% that remain clean with current methods (methadone, seboxin, cold turkey). Not only do they remain drug free but they find direction in their lives. This drug has not been legalized in the US because the patent is about to be up and there is no money to be made. Why would a company make a product that is used 1 time when they can get people addicted to something that they have to take everyday? Just another way for the wealthy to make more money!!!!!!! It is the closest thing we know of the can be called a cure for addiction and yet remains illegal in the US!!!!! HOW SAD!!!!!