Word of Wisdom - Legal substances/ethnogens, etc.

[Anonymous]

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[_bcspace]

and several other legal ethnogens

What are those? Stuff that'll change the color of my skin and my accent?


Oh, you meant entheogens......

[_harmony]

Just like my cancer has not been "cured" by medical breakthroughs, but it has increased my chances on survival to 95% + . .... Oh no, a terrible thing for a dying person to experience!

I'm not sure what you're saying. You say your cancer has a 95% cure rate (conventional treatment), but you're dying so you're smoking pot as a cure?

[Anonymous]

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[_harmony]

It is a fallacy to think that pot should only be used on the dying, although that is what is generally thought of when people consider medical marijuana. As a result, people who use medical marijuana are either dying or facing a life threatening illness. I am not dying (I hope) but my cancer is very aggressive so if it returns I could die in a matter of months. At this point I am in remmission, and am seeking methods to prevent reccurence or metastasis. My wife also has cancer (for the 3rd time) but doesn't use cannabis because she is pregnant.

Anyway to answer your question I'll just quote a small excerpt from the link I provided earlier:

"In one trial, investigators at Complutense University in Spain and the Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (INSERM) in France assessed the anti-cancer activity of cannabinoids in pancreatic cancer cell lines and in animals. Cannabinoid administration selectively increased apoptosis (programmed cell death) in pancreatic tumor cells while ignoring healthy cells, researchers found. In addition, "cannabinoid treatment inhibited the spreading of pancreatic tumor cells ... and reduced the growth of tumor cells" in animals.

"These findings may contribute to ... a new therapeutic approach for the treatment of pancreatic cancer," authors concluded.

In the second trial, investigators at Spain's Complutense University reported that THC administration "reduces human breast cancer cell proliferation [in vitro] by blocking the progression of the cell cycle and by inducing apoptosis." Authors concluded that their findings "may set the bases for a cannabinoid therapy for the management of breast cancer."

Previous preclinical data published in May in the Journal of Pharmacological and Experimental Therapeutics reported that non-psychoactive cannabinoids, particularly cannabidiol (CBD), dramatically halt the spread of breast cancer cells and recommended their use in cancer therapy.

Separate trials have also shown cannabinoids to reduce the size and halt the spread of glioma (brain tumor) cells in animals and humans in a dose dependent manner. Additional preclinical studies have demonstrated cannabinoids to inhibit cancer cell growth and selectively trigger malignant cell death in skin_cancer_cells, leukemic_cells, lung cancer cells, and prostate_carcinoma_cells, among other cancerous cell lines.

For more information, please contact Paul Armentano, NORML Senior Policy Analyst, at (202) 483-5500. Full text of both studies, "Cannabinoids induce apoptosis of pancreatic tumor cells via endoplasmic reticulum stress-related genes" and "Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol inhibits cell cycle progression in human breast cancer cells through Cdc2 regulation" are available in the July 1, 2006 issue of Cancer Research, available online at: http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/"

So, I use it to prevent metastasis and cause apoptosis of any rogue cells lingering in my body. Not to mention it helps combat stress, anxiety, depression, and leaves me with a general feeling of well being. It helps me cope with the mental effects of these trials. I don't use it while working or driving, just like with many medications, (opiates in particular) it is unwise to do so.

Are you saying you have pancreastic or breast cancer?

[_moksha]

Habanero peppers. Habanero peppers in consort with Mexican Insanity Peppers. These seem to be worthy items for inclusion into the word of wisdom. You might even substitute these Hot items for coffee and tea, since a better case could be made for their inclusion.

[_karl61]

I wish they would stop saying don't drink coffee. Coffee is natural and perks up your spirit in the morning. There would be big competition in Utah with the anti-depressent wellburtin (legal speed) if they did a 180 on the coffee issue. Of course take wellbutrin and drink coffee before I run in the early morning.

[_GoodK]

Nevermind the years... decades... and millions of dollars spent on cancer research, you've got it all figured out: POT is the ANSWER!

I guess my job is now done. The cure has been found.

Harmony's generation was lied to about marijuana, so we can certainly understand her ignorance and the need to use a straw man to be dismissive about medical cannabis.

Marijuana doesn't cure cancer. I'm not sure anyone has ever said that. I'm not sure anything does as of right now, harmony.