Marijuana Can Kill Cancer Cells, Says Us Government-Funded Research

[dalsingh101]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/marijuana-can-kill-cancer-cells-says-us-governmentfunded-research-10166406.html

[BhagatSingh]

Marijuana is a miracle plant. Cures all kinds of diseases and ailments. This cancer thing is new tho. I will read it when I find some time.

[CdnSikhGirl]

Marijuana is a miracle plant. Cures all kinds of diseases and ailments. This cancer thing is new tho. I will read it when I find some time.

There is actually truth to it... too bad people abused it so badly that nearly every country bans it! If used as medicine and not abused we would have a miracle medicinal plant! (But maybe not... since drug companies can not patent it).

[dalsingh101]

Can help with severe epilepsy too apparently:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3036944/How-CANNABIS-treat-children-severe-epilepsy-Compound-marijuana-halve-number-seizures.html

[BhagatSingh]

There is actually truth to it... too bad people abused it so badly that nearly every country bans it! If used as medicine and not abused we would have a miracle medicinal plant! (But maybe not... since drug companies can not patent it).

That logic. Alcohol and tobacco are abused and even lead to death and disease (which Mj does not) why aren't they banned?

You missed the real reason which is also in your post.

Marijuana is banned "since drug companies can not patent it."

[dalsingh101]

Marijuana is banned "since drug companies can not patent it."

That's genuinely crazy when you think about it and reflects a seriously subtle but insidious face of consumerist society.

If we can't make bags of money off it; we'd rather sick people died...

Without going into 'conspiracy theory' territory, it does force the question - how many cheap, natural cures/treatments are there that the big pharmaceutical companies know about? Do they keep quiet in order to preserve their lucrative monopoly?

[CdnSikhGirl]

BhagatSingh Ji I didn't miss it I put it at the end because thats the ultimate reason why... was trying to say it slightly sarcastic.

Yes it's sad I truly believe we already have the cure for cancer and other major diseases plaguing humans. But since drug companies make far more off 'treating' ailments, than they would ever make off curing someone, we will never see them. In fact I believe these secreats are highly guarded among the world's elite. They would rather people pay all their lives to maintain a chronic illness, go broke treating something long term, possibly die. They would not make any money if they handed out the cure. This is the sad world we live in, where money and power runs everything.

[BhagatSingh]

Oh sarcasm is hard to detect on internet sometimes. Use "/s"

Drug companies are concerned with our well-being, that's why saving us from marijuana. /s

[gdskler]

That's genuinely crazy when you think about it and reflects a seriously subtle but insidious face of consumerist society.

If we can't make bags of money off it; we'd rather sick people died...

Without going into 'conspiracy theory' territory, it does force the question - how many cheap, natural cures/treatments are there that the big pharmaceutical companies know about? Do they keep quiet in order to preserve their lucrative monopoly?

For cholesterol, alternative medicine ie Ayurvedic such as guggul is very much effective to bring down the level but it is not market extensively. My ex-cardio doctor in fact advice against taking it and recommended to use statins to reduce cholesterol. Despite my total cholesterol came down.

[dalsingh101]

For cholesterol, alternative medicine ie Ayurvedic such as guggul is very much effective to bring down the level but it is not market extensively. My ex-cardio doctor in fact advice against taking it and recommended to use statins to reduce cholesterol. Despite my total cholesterol came down.

Can you tell us more about the plant. What would it be known as in the west?

[dalsingh101]

This article suggests that the intoxicating THC helps reduce cancer tumour size. They are working on ways to get the medical benefit without the high.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3155094/Cannabis-breakthrough-scientists-manage-SEPARATE-drug-s-medicinal-benefits-hallucinogenic-effects.html

[CdnSikhGirl]

This article suggests that the intoxicating THC helps reduce cancer tumour size. They are working on ways to get the medical benefit without the high.

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3155094/Cannabis-breakthrough-scientists-manage-SEPARATE-drug-s-medicinal-benefits-hallucinogenic-effects.html

​Why would they need to really? I don't see them trying to remove the high from morphine given for severe pain, or demerol, or codiene even.... why would THC be any different?? The effects of the 'high' are also the effects that raise the tolerance to pain, and is why these drugs are used as pain killers.  I would think the main important thing is to just get it out there as a possible treatment for cancer, worry about negating the sedating effects later. (I don't remember ever hearing that THC is hallucinogenic... it's a CNS depressant for sure, similar in effects to alcohol, but I didn't think it was also a hallucinogen? I could be wrong though... not like I have experience with it LOL though a few of my neighbours certainly do!  The hallway always smells like it :( ) 

[amardeep]

The medicine INDUSTRY is all about Money. Its not about curing people. They profit from sick people. More and more people are turning towards alternative medicine these years because they see and feel the benefits of natural medicine.

In fact its quite weird to call it "alternative medicine" when it has been used for thousands of years.... Modern medicine is the alternative medicine - it only has some 100 years of history behind it,.

Edited July 10, 2015 by amardeep

[dalsingh101]

​Why would they need to really? I don't see them trying to remove the high from morphine given for severe pain, or demerol, or codiene even.... why would THC be any different?? The effects of the 'high' are also the effects that raise the tolerance to pain, and is why these drugs are used as pain killers.  I would think the main important thing is to just get it out there as a possible treatment for cancer, worry about negating the sedating effects later. (I don't remember ever hearing that THC is hallucinogenic... it's a CNS depressant for sure, similar in effects to alcohol, but I didn't think it was also a hallucinogen? I could be wrong though... not like I have experience with it LOL though a few of my neighbours certainly do!  The hallway always smells like it :( ) 

​I posted that because previous articles I read focused on the properties of a cannibinoid called CBD (cannibidiol) in relation to medical treatments. CBD apparently works in the opposite way to the more famous THC (tetrahydrocannibinol), in that it doesn't stimulate the brain to cause the buzz, but inhibits it. Hence its potential for schizophrenia. 

What I'm finding interesting is that even the intoxicating THC has potential medical applications (for the BIG C no less!)

 

As for it being a hallucinogen.....

In my experience, this is only with people who have pre-existing mental health issues. A few draws off a joint can set them off from being fine to imagining all sorts of ish.  

 

Mary J is difficult to categorise btw, it works as a stimulant in certain areas and a depressant in others. 

 

Amardeep: I think modern medicine is the product of man's increasing ability to isolate or manipulate chemical compounds in a laboratory. 

[BhagatSingh]

Funny video - Why to Legalize Marijuana
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrslyzwErGc

[dalsingh101]

Commercialisation of marijuana; legal cbd vaporiser being sold.

 

Look at the list of conditions it purports to help with:

Acne, Alzheimer's, Addiction, Anorexia, Antibiotic Resistance, Arthritis, Atherosclerosis, Anxiety, Asthma, Autism, Bipolar, Colitis/Crohn's, Cancer, Depression, Diabetes, Endocrine Disorders, Epilepsy & Seizure, Fibromyalgia, Glaucoma, Heart Disease, Huntington's, Inflammation, Irritable Bowel, Kidney Disease, Liver Disease, Metabolic Syndrome, Mood Disorders, Motion Sickness, Nausea, Neurodegeneration, Neuropathic Pain, Obesity, OCD, Osteoporosis, Parkinson's, Prion, PTSD, Rheumatism, Schizophrenia, Sickle-Cell, Skin Conditions, Sleep Disorders, Stress, Stroke/TBI

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/medipen-we-tried-out-the-uks-first-legal-cannabis-vaporiser-10489952.html

Edited September 8, 2015 by dalsingh101

[kdsingh80]

The medicine INDUSTRY is all about Money. Its not about curing people. They profit from sick people. More and more people are turning towards alternative medicine these years because they see and feel the benefits of natural medicine.

In fact its quite weird to call it "alternative medicine" when it has been used for thousands of years.... Modern medicine is the alternative medicine - it only has some 100 years of history behind it,.

the problem is it is modern medicines that raised averahge life expetancy  from 20 s to 80s . So many kids used to die earlier but now in developed nations it has reduced very much

[kdsingh80]

 

There is actually truth to it... too bad people abused it so badly that nearly every country bans it! If used as medicine and not abused we would have a miracle medicinal plant! (But maybe not... since drug companies can not patent it).

Had it not been modern medicines then women would have been producing 5-6 kids . earlier epidemics used to wipe out population particularly children that's why all families used to had 5-7 children.not to forget birth control also helped women  very much. modern medical science is biggest cause of western women movement, just thank them

[kdsingh80]

 

That logic. Alcohol and tobacco are abused and even lead to death and disease (which Mj does not) why aren't they banned?

 

You missed the real reason which is also in your post.

Marijuana is banned "since drug companies can not patent it."

In india and other developing nations you can find a man  giving medicines under tree to best medical hospitals. people are not fools. if marijuana is such a big miracle then truck load of people under tree could have treating with marijuana  and people would have preferred to go  a man who may be giving marijuana even illegally. Just look at illegal wildlife trade people  run after wildlife parts because they believe  it can cure them , may be there is truth in that

[dalsingh101]

the problem is it is modern medicines that raised averahge life expetancy  from 20 s to 80s . So many kids used to die earlier but now in developed nations it has reduced very much

You say that but plenty of bazoorags used to live to their 90s and even 100s in Panjab in my grandfathers time. 

[dalsingh101]

Had it not been modern medicines then women would have been producing 5-6 kids . earlier epidemics used to wipe out population particularly children that's why all families used to had 5-7 children.not to forget birth control also helped women  very much. modern medical science is biggest cause of western women movement, just thank them

It's also the cause of their biggest existential problem, low birth rates due to the use of the 'jack and jill' (that's the pill if you don't know).

[kdsingh80]

You say that but plenty of bazoorags used to live to their 90s and even 100s in Panjab in my grandfathers time. 

Survival of fittest, If 5 kids were born and 3 were unable to past 10 and 1 lives upto 80s and 1 upto 100s that make's live expectancy around average 40.Now only1-2 kids are born and no matter whatever genes they posses they survive , 

[dalsingh101]

Survival of fittest, If 5 kids were born and 3 were unable to past 10 and 1 lives upto 80s and 1 upto 100s that make's live expectancy around average 40.Now only1-2 kids are born and no matter whatever genes they posses they survive , 

You should also factor in developing knowledge about diet and training in the community. Last generation had loads of kudhoo fatties because they didn't eat right and/or didn't exercise enough. This is changing. Gym culture is coming into the community like all others. 

People are talking about diets/nutrition like never before too. 

[kdsingh80]

You should also factor in developing knowledge about diet and training in the community. Last generation had loads of kudhoo fatties because they didn't eat right and/or didn't exercise enough. This is changing. Gym culture is coming into the community like all others. 

People are talking about diets/nutrition like never before too. 

Diet has 10-20% effect ,rest is genetic make up.In india and other developing nations it is the  underfed poors that do back breaking labour .In terms of physical endurance they can easily beat many upper class who eat variety of foods .After watching their endurance one can wonder how much diet has egfect on human body

[dalsingh101]

Nutrition, from the mother womb throughout the developing years; to adulthood coupled with the right type of physical exertion can make a big difference.

I think psychology also effects our physiology. 

 

Obviously we can't change certain genetic characteristics but you can bet if those labourers you talk about had children who had a less stressful life and were fed right, they would look very different in a few generations.