Marijuana Kills Cancer Cells... Updated NCI fact page

i have been taking the charolettes web hemp oil hoping it helps

Yes. I believe these changes to the cancer.gov page were made a couple years ago, but continuous modifications to the webpage (every few months) give the illusion that this is a new revelation and the government is "finally" admitting it.

Here is a cached version of the page from Nov 2014, here. It contains roughly the same data as the existing page today, and essentially says cannabinoids have been shown to kill cancer cells in petri dish and animal studies.
Not very convincing for clinical science considering thousands of compounds (both natural and synthetic) do the same thing in the Lab. The trouble is ~90% of these lab tested agents fail in humans. If you understand this notion, you'll understand the value of the "cannabis cure" claim, but that is a separate topic.

The minds.com link in the original post seems to be referencing a Aug 2015 blog post from Infowars.com saying "the government finally admits cannabis" (Infowars.com is a wonderful source of conspiracy theories, like 9/11 was government orchestrated).

Hope this makes sense.

Yeah Deana!

All I know about medical marijuana, is that it is working for me. I feel great and sleep better than I have in years. My tumor markers went from 61 to 34 in three months. I am also taking tamoxifen. My CBD THC is a complimentary tx. But I feel no shame admitting that I use it. I think anyone who can obtain it legally, should do so. The side effects are increased appetite, drowsiness, decreased anxiety and the occasional giggle outbreak!

Thanks Deana interesting article, most of this information is not new to me. I have read a fair bit on this subject. It baffles the mind why the FDA can approve so readily the synthetic pharmaceuticals produced CBD s and THC s but the natural plant not . I guess there is no money in that.  I believe that the truth will see the light of day either way. Spain is doing a lot of work in this area. I need to figure out how to attach articles here on the thread ( not so techie).

ChiSandy I can sympathise with you. My husband is working in Oregon where I to lived till my diagnosis. We have many friends there that I would like to visit. However to get approval would be a very lengthy expensive ordeal  and as my doctors and diagnosis is Canadian I can pretty much forget it. Even though it technically is legalized they don't make this treatment option easy. 

Fallleaves I know I can get pot to smoke if I want that what I want is the Phoenix tears or CBD capsules and for those I need to jump some hoops.😞 that's the medical card requirement. 

I am in remission from Stage II breast cancer. I had a BMX in June of 2015 with immediate reconstruction started, but my skin was too thin and I contracted a bacterial infection as well as a yeast infection of the skin. Needless to say it required a second surgery a month to the day (July 2, 2015) to have removal of necrotic skin and removal of my tissue expanders that were also affected by the infection. I was on Cipro for 2 weeks and yeast pills for 2 weeks. I kept complaining my plastic surgeon about being in pain 5 weeks after surgery and was still on Percocet. Instead of trying to find out why I was in pain, he said I was addicted and told me to see a pain management specialist. i decllined and went to my PC and got on Norco. I was 2 weeks before my complete hysterectomy, so didn't want to get involved with a pain management specialist yet. Well, 2 days before my surgery, I had pre-op testing which included a chest x-ray. I got a call the next morning saying I needed to see a cardiologist to clear me for surgery because I had fluid in my chest. Long story short, my heart was fine and the fluid in my chest was caused from my surgeries.

I haven't gone back to that surgeon and to this day suffer from chest pain and shoulder/arm pain on the left side. I cannot take NSAIDs because I am allergic to them and aspirin, and now cannot even get steroid injections for inflammation because I was recently diagnosed with osteopenia. I'm on Femara and I also get bone and muscle pain now after being on it for 3 months. My oncologist says to take it at night so I don't notice the effects of the medication. The problem with that is, I hurt all the time. I also have permanent nerve damage in my arm and in my left leg because when they went in to take my uterus out, my bladder was adhered to the TOP of my uterus and myleft ovary was adhered to my Fallopian tube,

My doctor said he's ok with me trying CBD but won't go through the process of getting a card. I need some relief because I am at my wits end, so anyone who can tell me if the CBD really works for pain and inflammation, I'm going to find a doctor to give me a card as I have no other options. You'd think the doctor would have the patient's best interest in mind if there's no other options. I can go to pain management and probably get Percocet, but it won't do me any good if I cannot get rid of the inflammation.

I don't know what my next move should be. I'm on Neurontin for nerve damage and take flexeril when my chest gets tight and Norco for when it gets really bad. If anyone is on Neurontin and CBD any help and info would be appreciated.

Jody

WhoHottieHOO Thanks or the info. From the first day I saw a white rabbit till now, new it was good Thanks Dlb...............

1969 or 1970---Literally, saw a white rabbit. Thought I was on a trip or something...........white rabbit hopped from kitchen to bedroom, then back to the other bedroom. Finally asked if anyone saw it. The folks had a pet rabbit. Now funny 46 years latter.

Now I loved my Mary Jane as much as anyone in my youth. I read somewhere that you have to be cautious with THC and estrogen positive breast cancer. It does grow man boobs after all. And I'd love to be using it again, but am still concerned about how estrogenic it is. I cut out soy for the same reason.

When I see more clinical trials showing its effectiveness on ER+ breast cancer, I'll be the first one in line

Leslie I am estrogen positive and progesterone positive my tumour is shrinking. After I read you post I searched for any article on line saying it wouldn't be advisable. Found nothing in fact I found the opposite. The treatment won't make you hi depending what you use.

Personally, I think there's something to marijuana's ability to kill cancer and I'm all for trying it. I think the legalities of marijuana in the US keep the FDA from being able to approve the actual plant, so they've gone the synthetic route. Colorado has allotted $9 million for marijuana research. Hopefully, as more and more states at least legalize medical marijuana, we'll get closer that much faster to national legalization that will explode research. The one thing Obama should at least do before he leaves office, is direct the DEA to reschedule marijuana from a narcotic with no medicinal benefits to one that is medicinal and that would help NCI even more.

Leslie as far as I'm aware CBDs do not contain estrogen. I am er and pr positive and I'm doing well with the CBD in fact I read you need a ratio of 4:1 CBD to THC . Now that I have been following this for the pas few months I feel great.

I just finished listening to a two day on line seminar on MJ and the industry hosted by Green leaf in California . If you are searching for some reliable cannibus  dispensaires then look at weed maps.com. I want to believe it is what's making me feel so great 7 months into a stage four diagnosis. We will know more after my upcoming scan. The proof will be in the picture.

Wendy, are you taking anything other than the mj or supplements? i know Chelle is taking Tamoxifen, too, so I'm just curious because you seem to be doing as well as she is.