Marijuana prevents breast cancer metastasis?

i'd gladly exchange dope for chemo.

ah, the music i could listen to.

would be nice if this is true, thinking the governor of NY could really get off on taxing it! My oncologist gave me his blessing to do whatever it took to get me through cancer treatment, and pot really does help with side effects, just not good for the pharm. companies I will never understand why people are so willing to take a Rx of who knows what but to take a few puffs might give them lung cancer in 30 years.

This is quite the can of worms... so to speak. I understand that marijua may relieve some symptoms from chemo... but I have to tell you that my sister has smoked pot for years - and she has the short term memory capacity of a senile 95 year old. She lives in a state where medical marijuana is legal and is working toward getting her license to be a supplier - so she can be her own best customer. The effects on short term memory and decreased learning capacity with prolonged marijuana use are well documented. My sister isn't the only one that I observe this in... my nephew, my drummer, my friends... and the list goes on. Never mind too, the negative effect that smoking it has on healing. Do I think it should be legalized? Sure, so that the government can tax the crap out of it and put an end to the drug wars. Would I use it even if it was legal? Not a chance in H*ll.

Okay, so I probably seemed a bit harsh... well, I am certain I am because I have seen this drug have devastating effects on my sister's life... and her son's... and so many others. But I do have a question - if the drug is used in a different form - for example pill form as heartnsoul was prescribed - does it change the negative effects (memory loss, decreased capacity to learn, prolonged healing times) that occur when smoking it? Or do they stay the same? Inquiring minds want to know.

thanks for the info, isn't it strange that chemo takes your memory also? I have experienced both chemo brain and a pot head, chemo sucks, that I will always remember. My sis died of complications from Multiple Sclerosis, another disease that marijuana helps relieve many of the bad symptoms., all the docs would give her was steroids!, the we don't know how to fix you so take this medicine, was very sad.

I see all the major drug companies have patents on marijuana ready to go as soon as it is reclassified as a different "schedule" drug.

Funny how marijuana has been around for 3,000 years and is one of the most studied drugs. It's just a matter of a few years until people get reeducated.

I WILL TAKE THIS OVER CHEMO IN A HEARTBEAT.

Cannabis Stops the Spread of Breast Cancer Tumours

June 18th, 2010 | Deprez article

A non-psychoactive chemical that occurs naturally in the cannabis plant may prevent breast cancer from spreading, according to a study published in the journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics.

Researchers found that a chemical called cannabidiol (CBD) affects the activity of a gene known as Id-1 in patients with hormone-independent breast cancer. In embryos, Id-1 is responsible for helping cells grow and spread, but is supposed to remain inactive in adults. In human adults, it is found only in metastatic cancer cells, or cancer cells that are spreading throughout the body. "When [the Id-1 genes] wake up, they are very bad," said senior researcher Pierre Yves-Desprez. "They push the cells to behave like embryonic cells and grow. They go crazy, they proliferate, they migrate."

According to Desprez, shutting off the activity of Id-1 can make cancer far less lethal. Tumours, Desprez says, can be "removed easily by surgery," but if the cancer is spreading then the disease becomes much more difficult to contain. "[Id-1 is like] an [orchestra] conductor," Desprez said. "If you shoot the violinist, the orchestra just continues to play.""In this case, you shoot the conductor, and the whole orchestra is going to stop," he said.

Hey! Why not give pot a try!? It may be less toxic than chemo and the drugs to control the SEs! But, I do appreciate the risk of lung cancer... not sure most doctors will freely tell you to spark up for that reason.  That's my opinion anyways.  Although my oncologist says a few puffs now and then won't hurt.  He gave me Nabilone to try.  Holy JEEZZZ! that stuff is strong! I was lost in my own house and could sleep for 16+ hours!! So my onc. switched me to Marinol, and I like it.  I feel a bit baked, and happy It helps with nausea and falling asleep.

The Rick Simpson story will be of interest to anyone wanting to learn more about this use of this plant for medicinal purposes.  Rick Simpson is a man from rural Nova Scotia who learned how to make hemp oil and reversed his own serious health condition after his doctors told him to go home and update his will.  Then he helped people he knows to reverse their serious health conditions. The plant material was not consumed by smoking but by taking the oil orally and the dosing seemed rather modest according to my post-chemo memory cells.  

I never did undestand the concern about MaryJane being used for medical purposes - Cocaine is used in the ER for any non-retractable nose bleed.. If it has a medical use it should be allowed to be used for that purpose...!  I wouldn't hesitate to get hold of the drug if I thought some relative might be more comfrotable with it!  Best, Deirdre

Sorry I don't buy this.

As mentioned in my previous post, vaporizers (I bought the Volcano) simply heat the pot to a certain temp that is hot enough to produce vapors but not enough to burn it. Thus it is smokeless and you are eliminating the damage the smoke and tar does to your lungs.