Marijuana prevents breast cancer metastasis?
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charlene1 hmmm I don't know what's going on in your neck of the woods but here the dispensaries (and there are a lot of them) are being fined every day they stay open by the city of Vancouver. I've spoken with the owner and have read the articles in the Vancouver Sun stating its not legal yet. Everyday we hear about conflicting stories of some RCMP officer busting someone with MJ. The information I got came from several sources so hmmm interesting. I wish they would get off the pot (pun intented) and legalize it and start some studies.
Wendy
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Hi Wendy, the dispensaries are illegal here also but they are leaving them alone and letting them conduct business. I have copied and pasted a section from the Health Canada website, they have relaxed the rules pertaining to medical use and allowing people to grow their own medicine. So it is getting better at least.
What it means for individuals who require access to cannabis for medical purposes
Individuals with a medical need, and who have the authorization of their health care practitioner, will now be able to access cannabis in three ways: they can continue to access quality-controlled cannabis by registering with licensed producers, they can register with Health Canada to produce a limited amount for their own medical purposes, or they can designate someone else to produce it for them.
Under the ACMPR, those who are currently registered to purchase from a licensed producer may continue to do so without any interruptions to their supply.
Individuals who do not currently have access to cannabis for medical purposes need to discuss their options with their health care practitioner. The practitioner may complete a medical document if it is decided that cannabis is a good treatment option.
Individuals can then use their medical document to either register with a licensed producer to obtain fresh or dried marijuana or cannabis oil, or with Health Canada to be able to produce a limited amount of cannabis themselves or designate someone else to produce it for them. As of August 2016, there are 34 licensed producers.
No matter how individuals obtain cannabis (i.e., under Part 1 or 2 of the ACMPR), their possession limit is the lesser of a 30-day supply or 150 grams of dried marijuana or the equivalent amount if in another form.
If an individual wants to produce a limited amount of cannabis for his/her own medical purposes, he/she must submit an application to register with Health Canada. An original medical document from the health care practitioner must be provided and the application must include information such as the location of where cannabis will be produced and stored.
Once successfully registered, the individual will receive a registration certificate from Health Canada. The certificate will include information required for the individual to show his/her legal authority to possess and produce cannabis. It will also include the location and maximum limits of the production and storage activities, as well as the individual's possession limit.
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Cannabis for Oncology Patients: A Clinical Review
ELLEN CARR, RN, MSN, AOCN | September 15, 2016
Article for oncology nurses & other medical practitioners
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Longterm, that paper seems to be a very fair and full summing up of where the use of MMJ stands right now
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Hi I am getting cbd oil from a place out west. They also have oils that are blends of cbd and thc. I find dosage confusing. They also have the smoking kind but I don't smoke anything. Although I pretended to smoke mj at university to blend in. (I learned that you can gently blow through a joint and light up the end before passing it along. )
I needed a prescription from my GP for the company/dispensary. The reason I started taking it was my breast cancer diagnosis.
I tried the blend of THC and CBD but I don't like the effects of THC on me.
Yaniza
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This is a long, but illuminating article about the dark side of California's MJ industry. This article focuses on sexual abuse of female trim trimmigrants, but also explores the relationship of the industry to law enforcement (local, state & federal, they differ!), male control, the immense amount of money flowing through them there hills.
I hope it serves as an eye-opener for those still wearing rose colored glasses about little home-grown hippie enterprises.
As a life-long hippie, I've seen the dark sides of many of our most idealistic initiatives - from fake gurus to the outcome of federal law's focus on enforcement on MJ prohibition.
It seems naive to imagine that medicine and science will triumph over this decades long collision of MJ suppression and expression.
As a feminist who has volunteered on crisis lines and Women Against Rape, I'm flabbergasted at the exploitation of sexual abuse survivors by both their attackers and law enforcement's burden of proof being put on them as described in this article.
This conversation can and should be very nuanced, and exploration of a complex situation, not just a pro-con debate.
Thank you for taking the time to reflect on this. I often feel lonely when I choose subtlety over black-white thinking in conversations like these.
Healing regards all, Stephanie
In secretive marijuana industry, whispers of abuse and trafficking
In November, California voters will decide whether to fully legalize recreational marijuana. But such use remains illegal under federal and most state laws, and the culture of silence is so embedded in the state's industry – the nation's top black market supplier – it seems unlikely that legalization alone will dramatically alter the landscape for women toiling deep in the Emerald Triangle.
"There's a lot of wilderness here, and dirt roads and acres of forest," said Amy Benitez, a victims' advocate in Humboldt County. "There's a lot of nooks and crannies you can hide in. You add this criminal element to it, where there's money, and there's just more ways that you can abuse power and control."
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California Gov. Jerry Brown had signed a package of laws that would further regulate the medical marijuana industry, beginning with state-issued licenses in 2018. Many Humboldt County growers have refused to participate. They would not sign up for county permits, the first step toward legal compliance.
To complicate matters, under the new regulations, counties can ban growing altogether, and many have, preserving a highly profitable black market. Competition is increasing, and prices are likely to drop.
In this new future, it seemed, small farmers would struggle financially. Success would mean going big or continuing to sell on the black market.
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A few days ago, someone wanted more information on work with MMJ in Israel.
Here's a 2013 article that I found illuminating and bookmarked:
Light-up Nation: What Israel can teach America about medical marijuana
Israel sets a new standard for legal medical marijuana research, production and sales
Posted on Oct. 2, 2013 at 10:23 am
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From the Jerusalem Post:
Research into cannabis and its wide variety of components by Prof. Raphael Mechoulam was ignored for decades
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THE MEDICAL MARIJUANA MESS
A prescription for fixing a broken policy
by JOHN HUDAK
The Brookings Institute
Rabbi Kahn who is profiled in the article is in Washington, DC, not Israel, views his work with patients and MMJ as part of the Jewish history of healing.
It is no secret that Rabbi Jeffrey Kahn, a healer and man of God, is also a businessman. He owns and operates a facility that serves hundreds of District of Columbia customers, and offers a diverse array of products. Those "products" are marijuana‐based (whole flower, vaporization cartridges, oils, creams, edibles, and more) and those "customers" are patients.
This fascinating article describes life in the gap - those seeking relief from devastating medical conditions through MMJ live in a strange netherworld where they are victims of disease, lack of medical options and the legal system that makes them and their suppliers into criminals.
Something has gotta shake with the Schedule I designation, but as someone explained, no government administration wants to touch this hot potato.
Healing wishes, Stephanie
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Also of interest to some?
Free full text article:
Open Neurol J. 2012; 6: 18–25.
Published online 2012 May 4. doi: 10.2174/1874205X01206010018
PMCID: PMC3358713
Medical Marijuana: Clearing Away the Smoke
Igor Grant,*,1 J. Hampton Atkinson,1,2 Ben Gouaux,1 and Barth Wilsey3Author information ► Article notes ► Copyright and License information ►
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The environmental side:
May 13, 2015
Climate change and cannabis: Experts warn potency and potential for habitat disruption may increase along with CO2 and temperatures
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Clean Weed: Inside an 'Organic' Marijuana Farm
Conventional marijuana is grown with pesticides. The Clean Green label hopes to help consumers and farmers find a chemical-free alternative.
By Hannah Wallace on July 27, 2015
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Longterm, thanks for posting the "dark side" article. Wherever there is money to be made, be it MJ or big pharma you will get some degree of malfeasance. I don't think it can be avoided. All you can hope to do is to keep it somewhat in check.
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Hi Stephanie,
Thanks for sharing all those interesting (and in the case of sexual exploitation, disturbing) articles! I just read that Washington state is going to start testing for pesticides on marijuana, which I think is a move in the right direction. I hope the Clean Green label will become the norm.
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I can't find the recent article on MMJ development from the local Jewish news - Jweekly, but here's something interesting from Tech Crunch:
Israel Could Grow Into A Global Cannabis Startup Superpower
Posted Sep 4, 2015 by Dennis Mitzner (@DennisMitzner)
love & light, Stephanie
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Wow, this is cool though...my own personal report and blog update from early 2014. Fun! I forgot I'd written it. I hope you as much fun reading it & consulting the references, as I did in writing it.
good healing regards, Stephanie
PS, I should mention that my personal interest springs not only from the culture I live within, but because the gene involved in my rare genetic condition that got me breast cancer at age 34 is part of the body's natural endocannabinoid system. There was a disasterous drug development of an anti-obesity drugs that led to depression and suicide risk in participants - Cannabinoids for clinicians: the rise and fall of the cannabinoid antagonists. I guess the effects of cannabis on cannabinoid receptors leads not only to the munchies but feelings of well-being. Small wonder people have sought the high for centuries.
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Quotes are italicized.
But is cannabis (marijuana) medicine yet?
02/18/14
While compiling the references for my earlier cannabis update (which I won't share at bco in 2016, as it's outdated), I explored many online and medical resources. In spite of claims by M. from Peace in Medicine and some dubious pro-marijuana website claims, I really couldn't find much supporting research and medical evidence for its safety and efficacy for folks with cancer.
As I mentioned in that update, I live in medical marijuana-landia, San Francisco's Bay Area. http://www.waccobb.net/forums/showthread.php?96545-Article-Marijuana-Let%92s-Get-Real!
It's widely accepted and medical marijuana pharmacies throughout the state are constantly developing new products.
Cannabis is popular here, so popular it has its own cultural references and even university program. (1) I really enjoyed Wendy Chapkis' essay exploring "gendered dimensions of contemporary cannabis politics and culture from the perspective of a long-time sexuality and gender scholar recently migrated into the world of drug policy reform. My essay suggests that inattention to gendered stereotypes and inequalities creates obstacles to women's full participation in drug policy reform and complicates efforts to end marijuana prohibition in the U.S." (2)
Small wonder I'm uncomfortable in cannabis culture. I watched the Canadian documentary, The Union: The Business Behind Getting High, and saw men, men, men. And danger, danger, danger. (3)
And the message is? It's a guy thing. It's a prohibition thing. Getting high is a high-risk, high-stakes illegal thing in most places now.
Why would a clean-living, sober, sedate old woman like me be interested in the culture or the substance?
Because it promises to be the next best thing for curing cancer or coping with disease symptoms and treatment side effects?
But is it medicine yet?
xoxoxox
As I mentioned in my earlier update, there's scant medical research or clinical evidence that "cannabis cures cancer". (4)
Scientific and medical research is hindered in the USA because marijuana is classified by the Drug Enforcement Agency as a Schedule I drug with no medical use. (5) Since laws vary by state and over time, physicians and other medical professionals are unclear about how to care for their patients who use medical marijuana. (6) And, mentioned in earlier update, the nature of cannabis has changed over the years, there are many strains and many types of products available in places where it's legal.
Fortunately, Israel is ahead of the USA in researching medicinal cannabis for cancer, so we can learn from them. (7)
Background. Cancer patients using cannabis report better influence from the plant extract than from synthetic products. However, almost all the research conducted to date has been performed with synthetic products. We followed patients with a medicinal cannabis license to evaluate the advantages and side effects of using cannabis by cancer patients.
Methods. The study included two interviews based on questionnaires regarding symptoms and side effects, the first held on the day the license was issued and the second 6–8 weeks later. Cancer symptoms and cannabis side effects were documented on scales from 0 to 4 following the CTCAE. The distress thermometer was used also.
Results. Of the 211 patients who had a first interview, only 131 had the second interview, 25 of whom stopped treatment after less than a week. All cancer or anticancer treatment-related symptoms showed significant improvement. No significant side effects except for memory lessening in patients with prolonged cannabis use were noted.
Conclusion. The positive effects of cannabis on various cancer-related symptoms are tempered by reliance on self-reporting for many of the variables. Although studies with a control group are missing, the improvement in symptoms should push the use of cannabis in palliative treatment of oncology patients. (7)
While this is an interesting report, it's still anecdotal information and far from a clinical trial that would determine safety and efficacy (for disease symptoms, treatment side effects and reducing cancer). It's also a short-term study, so doesn't include information about long-term effects.
A recent article on cannabis and pain from Israel notes in relation to cancer pain, The therapeutic role of cannabinoids in cancer treatment, in terms of effects on tumor cells and on cancer pain, is of great interest. Correlations have been found between cannabinoid receptor levels and endocannabinoid activity and cancer severity, pain intensity, and survival. Specific roles of currently identified endocannabinoids that act as ligands at endogenous cannabinoid receptors within the central nervous system (primarily but not exclusively CB 1 receptors) and in the periphery (primarily but not exclusively CB 2 receptors) are only partially elucidated, but they do exert an influence on nociception. Exogenous plant-based cannabinoids (phytocannabinoids) and chemically related compounds, like the terpenes, commonly found in many foods, have been found to exert significant analgesic effects in various chronic pain conditions. Currently, the use of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol is limited by its psychoactive effects and predominant delivery route (smoking), as well as regulatory or legal constraints. However, other phytocannabinoids in combination, especially cannabidiol and β-caryophyllene, delivered by the oral route appear to be promising candidates for the treatment of chronic pain due to their high safety and low adverse effects profiles. This review will provide the reader with the foundational basic and clinical science linking the endocannabinoid system and the phytocannabinoids with their potentially therapeutic role in the management of chronic pain. (8, 9)
And the Israeli government/culture seems surprisingly accepting of legal medical marijuana research, production and sales.
Israeli lawmakers continue to classify marijuana as a dangerous and illegal drug. The national police force has waged a decades-long drug war against marijuana and hashish smuggled in from Lebanon and Egypt. But beginning in 1995 — when an Israeli government committee recommended that medical cannabis be legally distributed to the sick — a determined set of activists, scientists and politicians have nurtured a small, secure medical-cannabis program that might be just rigid enough to survive where other international efforts have unraveled. (10)
This is an excellent article that describes what's happening in Israel and the USA and includes lots of history and details on California's medical marijuana infrastructure. (10)
Finally, as this article from the USA notes:
…no consensus exists at this time on the effectiveness of marijuana as a treatment for symptoms of pain, nausea, vomiting and other problems caused by illnesses or treatment (Joy et al., 1999; MacCoun and Reuter, 2001a; Martín-Sánchez et al., 2009). The lack of medical consensus means that both pro and con proponents of medical marijuana laws can find research support for their positions, and the medical community has not delivered a clear message to the public. (11)
If we wait for proof of safety and efficacy from scientific research, controlled clinical trials and outside authorities, we may wait too long. Like other "unproven methods", many of us will seek the best guidance possible and search our souls to decide which medicine helpers to engage.
Medical Marijuana is medicine for many people.
And it's not yet medicine as defined by the medical-industrial complex.
If you've engaged this helper, I hope you are growing your own or can find plants grown locally, organically (biodynamically!) and in season. (12)
References:
(1) Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research
http://www.humboldt.edu/hjsr/mostrecent.html
Tricky Bidness: Marijuana in Arcata
It's past time to have the conversation
http://trickybidness.com/watchTheMovie
(2) The trouble with Mary Jane's Gender
Wendy Chapkis
2013
http://www.humboldt.edu/hjsr/issues/Issue%2035/Issue%2035%20Fifth%20Article%20Chapkis.pdf
(3) The Union: The Business Behind Getting High
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1jAzov6K8g
(4) What if Cannabis Cured Cancer?
(5) Medical marijuana: medical necessity versus political agenda.
Clark PA, Capuzzi K, Fick C.
Med Sci Monit. 2011 Dec;17(12):RA249-61. Review.
PubMed PMID:22129912; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3628147.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3628147/
(6) Medical marijuana and related legal aspects.
Marcoux RM, Larrat EP, Vogenberg FR.
P T. 2013 Oct;38(10):612-9.
PubMed PMID: 24391380; PubMed Central PMCID:
PMC3875249.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3875249/
(7) The Medical Necessity for Medicinal Cannabis: Prospective, Observational Study Evaluating the Treatment in Cancer Patients on Supportive or Palliative Care
Gil Bar-Sela, Marina Vorobeichik, Saher Drawsheh, Anat Omer, Victoria Goldberg, and Ella Muller
Haifa, Israel
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
2013
Free full-text:
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2013/510392/
(8) The Endocannabinoid System, Cannabinoids, and Pain
Fine PG, Rosenfeld MJ.
Rambam Maimonides Med J. 2013 Oct 29;4(4):
PMID: 24228165
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3820295/
Free full text medical article
(9) Cannabinoids in pancreatic cancer: correlation with survival and pain.
Michalski CW, Oti FE, Erkan M, Sauliunaite D, Bergmann F, Pacher P, Batkai S, Müller MW, Giese NA, Friess H, Kleeff J. Int J Cancer. 2008 Feb 15;122(4):742-50.
PubMed PMID: 17943729; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2225529.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2225529/?report=reader
Free full text medical article
(10) Light-up Nation: What Israel can teach America about medical marijuana
Israel sets a new standard for legal medical marijuana research, production and sales
By Simone Wilson
October 2, 2013
(11) Medical marijuana laws in 50 states: investigating the relationship between state legalization of medical marijuana and marijuana use, abuse and dependence.
Cerdá M, Wall M, Keyes KM, Galea S, Hasin D.
Drug Alcohol Depend. 2012 Jan
1;120(1-3):22-7. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.06.011. Epub 2011 Nov 17. PubMed
PMID: 22099393; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3251168.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3251168/
Free full text medical article
(12) What are you smoking? Study finds pesticides transfer to marijuana smoke
By Thadeus Greenson
The Times-Standard
November 30, 2013
Complete talk
http://humboldt-dspace.calstate.edu/bitstream/handle/2148/1628/HIIMR_Raber_video/html?sequence=5
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some rasta once said, and I forget what one probably a musician, smoke til you're happy. and that's therapeudic too. I 've not used it for 12 years now. didn't have the time, now not really interested. for pain I use organic darjeeling tes
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Stephanie, thanks for sharing your perspective on MMJ and all the great sources. I'm really interested in the Israeli approach and how their research is progressing. Also found the Humboldt State links of interest, as my husband graduated from there! (His brother also grew pot up in the hills for awhile, long ago)
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A while back, I posted several stories & links on the global pain-control crisis that's exacerbated by US policy and drug use (the US consumes 80% of the world's opiates and is less than 5% of the global population).
Here's more on the topic from the UK:
Study Shows Opioid 'Undertreatment' for Patients Dying of Cancer
Many patients who die of cancer receive no or delayed prescriptions for strong opioid medications--the recommended treatment for cancer-related pain, reports a study in PAIN(r), the official publication of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP). The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer. (Pain)
--Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
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I was a heroin addict for a number of years, last use in 1970 or so. I hate opiates and hope I can check out without any
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Organic pot grower living the dream in Whistler
29-year-old the lead agronomist for a Whistler marijuana company
By Rafferty Baker,
Posted: Sep 26, 2016
CBC News
As a 14-year-old loading soil at a Quebec poinsettia greenhouse, David Bernard-Perron never would have expected he'd grow up to be the lead agronomist for a marijuana company in Whistler.
But at 29, that's exactly what he's doing, and the company he works for is at the forefront of quickly growing industry.Bernard-Perron says the poinsettia job can be credited with getting him interested in plant sciences, but even as a student working on a masters degree in organic agriculture at McGill University, he wasn't especially interested in cannabis. He barely had any experience working with it, and he didn't count himself as a recreational user.
"The only time that I've worked with cannabis sativa ... was while I was helping a friend doing her masters project on industrial hemp. She was growing a field — a test field on McGill University land," he said. "I helped her one day in the field."
Industrial hemp strains are grown for their fibre strength. The stuff Bernard-Perron now grows in Whistler is carefully raised for its therapeutic properties and shipped directly to registered medical marijuana patients across the country.
The corporation claims to be the world's first certified organic medical marijuana producer.
"We might not have been the first to grow organic weed in the world," said Bernard-Perron. "But we're the first to have it certified by an independent third party body to put their stamp on the production, like, 'yes, your flowers and oil are certified organically grown."
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Check this out!
Marijuana legalization for my home state of California isn't as clear cut as I might wish...the local growers are mixed on whether to support it. California marijuana legalization faces unlikely foe: growers
Do I vote for the little guy growers? or the littler little guy, the users who also live as criminals? Hard to choose the moral high ground.
warmest healing regards, all, Stephanie
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I live in a state with legal pot and frankly, I support that legislation. The growers basically want to not follow environmental standards or be subject to inspections and taxes. Colorado growers are following the rules, and the little guys aren't out of business. The growers want to stay illegal so they don't have to play fair. That's uncool.
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Thanks, Lisey.
I'll keep talking with my herbalist and gardening friends, as I do favor home growers over industry farms for everything from food plants to herbs to MMJ.
warm wishes, Stephanie
PS, I am likely to vote for it, as I've seen too many individuals and families ruined by criminalization. I so wish the federal government would change its ways, but it may take a long time to catch up to what citizens actually want and need - better research, better safety, better laws that protect and serve all.
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Agreed Stephanie, I hope the Fed changes it's tune as well on MMJ
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any remarks on cod oil there is no htc in it. You take it as oil in a pill I believe. No smoking weed
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I'm always looking for studies on Cannabis and breast cancer. I'm lucky enough to be in Oregon and it's easy access. But I want to make sure I'm not feeding it. So I've been vaping a CBD:THC at 3:1 ratios.
This study was particularly helpful in reassuring me of the effectiveness of Cannabis treatment.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC41715...
Hope it helps others looking for the same answers
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Correct, smoking marijuana has NOT been shown to cause lung cancer. Also NOT shown to decrease cognitive ability...Also, for the record, not all people who smoke are the proverbial unmotivated video game playing youngsters. We have to get rid of these stereotypes so we can find out the full value of marijuana for medicinal purposes.
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If I am not wrong you can use small amounts of it for medical reasons in a few European countries.
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in an ideal world I'd think the best forms of this therapy would be ruderalis for therapy, also hashish......wait we're not allowed hashish.......lebanese or moroccan, and for pain nepalese
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If anyone would watch a marijuana's store security tape, they'd see a wide variety of people. Loads of Cancer and chronic pain of various sorts. The CBD products cost more than strong THC and they fly off the shelves. So a big portion of people are using for health reasons and they tend to be older. There's rec users too. All products are lab tested as to the THC and CBD amounts, and you choose based on your need with a knowledgable "Budtender" It's pretty wild because I'm old enough to remember when you scored pot in scary places sometimes, and had no idea what you were getting. Like me, many quit after college or career and are now trying again for our health issues.
To walk into something looking more like a candy store, with 40 or more small glass canisters with different types of weed, all named and analyzed, along with other types of cannabis products is wild. The medical products take a card. I don't have one as I'm a little uneasy being in a database of users - perhaps that will change as the taxes are 25% for rec users
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after getting 2 clean scans I am giving to try to make eso and see what happens. I am lucky to live in AZ which allows mmm and have a dispensary down the road from me. If nothing else I believe it will help my body recover and ill feel better.
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I too live in AZ and just applied for my MM card with the help of my ND. Having a previous cancer dx allowed me to qualify for a card. I don't use MM for pain but instead for sleep. I went to Colo earlier this summer and sampled some edibles and they work better than any thing I've ever used for sleep.
Who would have thought a c dx could ever be seen as a positive? But I'm glad I qualify for a MM card. Taking regular Advil PM does weird things to my CBCs, I think, and scares me to no end when I go for my 5-6 month checkups with my MO because we've had some weird liver values from time to time due to Advil. I've taken half dosage of low-dose Xanax for sleep too (can get to sleep, but wake up middle of night often with anxiety, and Xanax helps), but any doc I've gone to controls Xanax like I'm asking for heroin and it's getting rather annoying to be seen as some drug addict asking for morphine instead of the occasional anti-anxiety drug. MM treats anxiety and sleep issues, and I'm so glad I live in a state that allows access to it. We are voting on making it recreational, like Colorado, next month, but I don't think it will pass since AZ is such a crazy-unpredictable conservative state.
As for the anti-tumor effects that MM provides for estrogen + cancer, that's a true bonus.
I think sleep is probably one of the best gifts to fight this disease that we can give ourselves. I'm glad I can use MM for it.
Claire
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