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Updated | Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:46:19 -0100 |
| Description | Cannabis Information and Education :: XOOPS Community Bulletin Board | |
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| Re: Medical Marijuana: What is the Dose? [by Lovechild] | ||
| Published: | Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:31:39 -0100 | |
| Description: | Medical Cannabis:: Medical Marijuana: What is the Dose? Dear old Dr. Phil is a big supporter of Cannabis, but his poor spelling and raving makes this article very dodgy. -tetrahydrocannabinol more... |
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| Cops and Docs and Medical Marijuana [by Moose] | ||
| Published: | Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:17:25 -0100 | |
| Description: | Medical Cannabis:: Cops and Docs and Medical Marijuana more... |
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| Re: George's Hemp Oil Experience and Message [by Moose] | ||
| Published: | Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:13:32 -0100 | |
| Description: | Medical Cannabis:: George's Hemp Oil Experience and Message My name is George, and I’d like to give you my testimony At age 82, December the 22nd , 2010, I was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. I was told that I would have 6 months to 2 years to live and possibly may require a stint placed in my throat at some point after radiation treatment to help with swallowing. Prior my diagnosis, I was having trouble breathing and swallowing food, had swelling in both my legs and became fatigued with light activity. I had undergone radiation treatment in early 2011. By September 2011, I was having a hard time swallowing and chewing solid food. I felt like I was choking. My food had to be cut up into small pieces. I preferred to eat mushy food and Boost shakes instead. I was also experiencing severe gas in my stomach. The gas ripped through my stomach like thunder and lightning. I was starting to experience dizzy episodes difficulty breathing, shortness of breath and sweating. My balance was poor and I was not able to get around very well. It was difficult to carry groceries to my suite without shortness of breath and sweating. Later a severe episode of dizziness sent me to the hospital and the doctor put me on a second blood pressure pill. Shortly after my hospital stay, a stranger approached me and offered me some hemp oil to treat my cancer and directed me to the Phoenix Tears website for more information. I was uneasy at first and terrified about taking hemp oil, I always thought that cannabis was a gateway drug that would cause an addiction and lead me to other hard drugs. After researching Rick Simpson's hemp oil I decided I was going to take the treatment. I realized during and after the treatment that hemp/cannabis oil is "gateway" to better health. After my first dose -1/2 rice grain of Hemp Oil, I noticed it working in my body right away. - I felt it flow through my body from my fingers to my toes. - I experienced a sense of relaxation, happiness and an enhancement of my humor. - My legs felt rubbery which after 6 hours faded. - Breathing was quieter while resting and also while sleeping After days/weeks: - My piles/hemmoroids disappeared. - Pain in shoulder lessened - Shortness of breath lessened. - From the second day the build-up of gas and stomach discomfort was soothed and became more regular and continued the treatment. - I reduced and stopped taking my blood pressure pills as my blood pressure was getting too low readings. Once off blood pressure pills, my blood pressure normalized - Swelling in both legs and ankles was considerably reduced. - Curbed my appetite and regulated my weight - I lost 26 pounds so far. - Skin color improved - Dizziness disappeared - Heartbeat seems more regular and not so bothersome, considered I have an irregular heartbeat since birth - Bowel movements became more regular - Experienced better, more restful sleep. - Balance and Coordination improved - Able to get around better without shortness of breath. - Became more articulate in conversations - Changed my outlook on things and elevated my mood - Changed my view on Marijuana In general, all symptoms I was experiencing before I took the hemp oil treatment, disappeared. It took me 3 1/2 months to complete the treatment. This experience was not that unpleasant. It was an adjustment though, when I increased the doses but after a day or two everything was adjusted. I followed the dose increments suggested by Rick Simpson more or less. After 2 months of treatment, my visit to the Oncologist was surprising. He stated that my skin color looked good, blood pressure and heartbeat was normal, and because I was having no problem swallowing, there was no need for a stint. Also, he stated that the x-ray from a prior appointment looked good and that I didn't have to come back for at least 6 months. Normally, I was scheduled to see the Oncologist every 3 months.... I believe that the hemp oil killed my Cancer. All the other health improvements that I experienced from the hemp oil makes me feel like a new man. I am totally amazed of the miracle of hemp oil. I am so thankful that I decided to take the hemp oil. Hemp oil renewed my health and prolonged my life. I thank-you Rick Simpson, God bless you! Keep up the good works! I am completely convinced that hemp-oil can save lives. Thank you. more... |
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| Joan Rivers, 78, gets stoned in a carpark [by Moose] | ||
| Published: | Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:01:13 -0100 | |
| Description: | Medical Cannabis:: Joan Rivers, 78, gets stoned in a carpark Joan Rivers is not known as a shrinking violet. But the 78-year-old has taken things a step further by smoking a marijuana pipe in a carpark with her friend - and had it all filmed for her reality show. The comedian, known for her red carpet interviews at award shows, became so stoned, she was unable to drive home and later ended up fully clothed in a hot tub and drinking the water out of her shoe. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/ ... y-show.html#ixzz1lAMhZlgt more... |
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| Heather Donahue on Growing Marijuana, Life After 'Blair Witch,' and the Beauty of 'Grey' Markets [by Moose] | ||
| Published: | Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:04:10 -0100 | |
| Description: | Medical Cannabis:: Heather Donahue on Growing Marijuana, Life After 'Blair Witch,' and the Beauty of 'Grey' Markets more... |
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| Marijuana Mouth Spray: Will Cancer Pain Reliever Be Abused? [by Moose] | ||
| Published: | Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:57:28 -0100 | |
| Description: | Medical Cannabis:: Marijuana Mouth Spray: Will Cancer Pain Reliever Be Abused? Marijuana Mouth Spray: Will Cancer Pain Reliever Be Abused? It takes longer for people to get high from this oral form of marijuana, so there is little potential for abuse By Rachael Rettner and MyHealthNewsDaily | January 31, 2012  The medical marijuana drug Sativex, which could be approved in the United States in the coming years as a treatment for pain relief, has little potential for abuse, experts say.The British pharmaceutical company GW Pharmaceuticals is currently testing the drug, which is delivered as a mouth spray and called Sativex, in clinical trials. The company plans to seek U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for the drug as a treatment for cancer pain when the trials are completed, likely sometime in 2014, a spokesperson for GW Pharmaceuticals told MyHealthNewsDaily. The active ingredients in Sativex, known as cannabinoids, are derived from the cannabis plant. It is the first marijuana-based drug to be made by extracting the compounds from the plant, rather than synthesizing them. Two other drugs, Marinol and Cesamet, based on synthetic cannabinoids, were approved by the FDA in the 1980s. Because the drug contains THC, the ingredient primarily responsible for marijuana's "high," it's possible people would use the drug for recreational rather than medical purposes. "There is no doubt in my mind that there will be people that abuse it," said Dr. Jeffrey Bernstein, director of the Florida Poison Information Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. However, because the drug is delivered through ingestion, rather than smoking, it would take much longer to have an effect — at least an hour, compared with the minutes it takes to get high after smoking marijuana, said Margaret Haney, a professor of clinical neurobiology at Columbia University. This means drug users seeking a high would be less likely to abuse it. "Smoking is a really effective way to get a chemical into the brain," Haney said. The mouth spray "is a far safer administration,"she said. And Marinol and Cesamet, which are also administered orally, have a low rate of abuse. "We don’t see a lot of problems from [those]," Bernstein said. Not the same high GW Pharmaceuticals intends to market Sativex in the United States for treatment of cancer pain. The drug is already approved in United Kingdom, Spain, Canada and New Zealand to treat muscle spasms due to multiple sclerosis, according to the company website. Patients can adjust the dose of Sativex to prevent it from entering the blood too rapidly, allowing them to experience symptom relief without the marijuana high, according to GW Pharmaceuticals. In addition, while marijuana is a hodgepodge of about 64 different substances, Sativex is composed mainly of two ingredients: THC and another cannabinoid called CBD. The latter component is thought to ameliorate some of the side effects of THC, including the high that marijuana users feel, said Dr. Armando Villarreal, an assistant professor of neurosurgery and pain management at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York. And for habitual marijuana users, the cultural and ritualistic practices that go along with smoking pot, such as passing a joint, may be an important part of the experience, Bernstein said. These rituals cannot be replicated with the spray. "A lot of people that smoke marijuana would rather smoke it," he said. Unlikely overdose Unlike drugs such as painkillers, which come with a risk of death if people take too much, patients who "overdose" on the marijuana spray would be at little risk for acute health problems, Haney said. "What could happen is the person could get very uncomfortably intoxicated," Haney said. But in terms of other serious health effects, "there's none that I know of," Haney said. Source: http://www.scientificamerican.com/art ... ?id=marijuana-mouth-spray more... |
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| How well do international drug conventions protect public health? [by Moose] | ||
| Published: | Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:52:48 -0100 | |
| Description: | Medical Cannabis:: How well do international drug conventions protect public health? How well do international drug conventions protect public health?  SummaryThe Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs in 1961 aimed to eliminate the illicit production and non-medical use of cannabis, cocaine, and opioids, an aim later extended to many pharmaceutical drugs. Over the past 50 years international drug treaties have neither prevented the globalisation of the illicit production and non-medical use of these drugs, nor, outside of developed countries, made these drugs adequately available for medical use. The system has also arguably worsened the human health and wellbeing of drug users by increasing the number of drug users imprisoned, discouraging effective countermeasures to the spread of HIV by injecting drug users, and creating an environment conducive to the violation of drug users' human rights. The international system has belatedly accepted measures to reduce the harm from injecting drug use, but national attempts to reduce penalties for drug use while complying with the treaties have often increased the number of drug users involved with the criminal justice system. The international treaties have also constrained national policy experimentation because they require nation states to criminalise drug use. The adoption of national policies that are more aligned with the risks of different drugs and the effectiveness of controls will require the amendment of existing treaties, the formulation of new treaties, or withdrawal of states from existing treaties and re-accession with reservations. This is the third in a Series of three papers about addiction. Read full text here more... |
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| Study: Marijuana Could Stop Growth of Colon Cancer Cells [by crab] | ||
| Published: | Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:46:06 -0100 | |
| Description: | Medical Cannabis:: Study: Marijuana Could Stop Growth of Colon Cancer Cells The administration of the non-psychotropic cannabis plant constituent cannabidiol (CBD) is protective in an experimental model of colon cancer, according to preclinical trial data published online in the Journal of Molecular Medicine. Investigators at the University of Naples assessed the effect of CBD on colon carcinogenesis in mice. Researchers reported that CBD administration was associated with cancerous tumor reduction and reduced cell proliferation. Authors wrote: “Although cannabidiol has been shown to kill glioma cells, to inhibit cancer cell invasion and to reduce the growth of breast carcinoma and lung metastases in rodents, its effect on colon carcinogenesis has not been evaluated to date. This is an important omission, since colon cancer affects millions of individuals in Western countries. In the present study, we have shown that cannabidiol exerts (1) protective effects in an experimental model of colon cancer and (2) antiproliferative actions in colorectal carcinoma cells.” Authors also acknowledged that CBD possesses “an extremely safe profile in humans.” They concluded, “[O]ur findings suggest that cannabidiol might be worthy of clinical consideration in colon cancer prevention.” Clinical review data published in the scientific journal Current Drug Safety in December concluded that CBD is “non-toxic” to healthy cells and is “well tolerated” in humans. Nevertheless, cannabidiol is presently classified under federal law as a schedule I prohibited substance. Such substances are required by law to possess “a high potential for abuse,” “a lack of accepted safety … under medical supervision,” and “no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.” Separate preclinical trails evaluating the anti-cancer activities of cannabinoids and endocannabinoids show that their administration can inhibit the proliferation of a variety of cancerous cell lines, including breast carcinoma, prostate carcinoma, gastric adenocarcinoma, skin carcinoma, leukemia cells, neuroblastoma, lung carcinoma, uterus carcinoma, thyroid epithelioma, pancreatic adenocarcinoma, cervical carcinoma, oral cancer, biliary tract cancer (cholangiocarcinoma), and lymphoma. NORML provides summaries and links to these studies here. Source: http://www.opposingviews.com/i/societ ... nhibits-colon-cancer-cell (submitted by NORML) Study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22231745 more... |
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| The Cannabis Papers - A citizen's guide to cannabinoids (free e-book) [by crab] | ||
| Published: | Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:53:01 -0100 | |
| Description: | Medical Cannabis:: The Cannabis Papers - A citizen's guide to cannabinoids (free e-book)The Cannabis Papers - A citizen's guide to cannabinoids (free e-book)New Citizen’s Guidebook Shows How Cannabinoids are Essential for Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness |
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| Baby alive because of Marijuana. The thing Mitt Romney is against. Politics VS Truth, Death VS Life [by Moose] | ||
| Published: | Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:07:27 -0100 | |
| Description: | Medical Cannabis:: Baby alive because of Marijuana. The thing Mitt Romney is against. Politics VS Truth, Death VS Life more... |
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