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MEDICINAL CANNABIS WARNING / DISCLAIMER

There is no pharmacological free lunch in cannabis or any drug. Negative reactions can result. A small percentage of people have negative or allergic reactions to marijuana. Heart patients could have problems, even though cannabis generally relieves stress, dilates the arteries, and in general lowers the diastolic pressure. A small percentage of people get especially high heart rates and anxieties with cannabis. These persons should not use it. Some bronchial asthma sufferers benefit from cannabis; however, for others it may serve as an additional irritant.

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  1. Chemical in Marijuana Fights Breast Cancer

    A chemical without psychoactive properties found in Cannabis sativa appears to have very good results in fighting the spread of cancer cells. The substance, cannabidiol (CBD), was found by scientists at the California Pacific Medical Centre Research Institute to inhibit a gene called Id-1, which has been linked to the spread of cancer cells and has been found in high levels in a number of types of cancer. "Right now we have a limited range of options in treating aggressive forms of cancer," researcher Sean D. McAllister, a co-author, said in a statement. "Those treatments, such as chemotherapy, can be effective but they can also be extremely toxic and difficult for pati…

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  2. A Plea to a Doctor on our side

    This is a copy of an email sent to Dr Morris Odell regarding my case. I will keep you all posted. Dear Dr Odell, I am a 40yr old ex Navy Gulf War vet. In 2000 I had a tumour removed from the front left lobe of my brain the size of a golf ball. It was caused by an unknown brainstem disease and called an oliogodendroglioma. It was removed and radiation treatment provided. The biopsy of this tumour confirmed its date back to 1991 when I was in the gulf. Since that time I have suffered seizures at least twice a month. In November last year I was told that the remaining pieces left over from surgery are regrowing. There is no cure at all and I am getting sicke…

    Asked by freddys260,

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  3. Recieved my Medical card today

    I recieved my medical marijuana card today for rheumatiod arthritis and cronic back pain. I am very happy to see people are finally seeing the the possitive effects this drug has on people in pain.

    Asked by Cleptow,

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  4. Cannabis is a Gateway Drug?

    When known medicinal and recreational psychoactive drug takers, who take Class A, B and C drugs on a regular basis (albeit buzzword ‘legal’ ones), call Cannabis (and not even THC) a ‘gateway’ drug, they always wield the term for the negative, while at the same time their actions are saying, ‘legal drugs are the gateway to fun, to sport, to fashion, to celebrity, to politics, to music, to entertainment, to family events, to special days and holidays etc’. But Cannabis can be a positive ‘gateway’. Not all gateways lead to destruction or abuse. To medical sufferers who gain great benefit from respectful medical cannabis application, Cannabis/THC is most definitely a gatewa…

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  5. medical marijuana for S.A.

    MARIJUANA would be prescribed by doctors in South Australia for medicinal purposes under planned legislation. Democrats MP Sandra Kanck yesterday said a bill was being drafted to prevent people using the drug for medicinal purposes from being fined. She said some doctors already were advising patients to use marijuana to help manage their pain. Australian Medical Association state president Chris Cain has supported the move but only if certain conditions are met. "We don't disagree with the concept of marijuana for medicinal purposes but it needs to be in a standardised form," he said. But the AMA doesn't support inhaled marijuana. Anti-drugs MP Ann Bressin…

    Asked by elbhar,

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  6. MJ advocate dies at 86

    A longtime Beaverton resident who pushed for legalizing medical marijuana use has died. Mae Nutt died Tuesday in Roseville, Calif., at age 86. She moved west in August 2005 to be closer to her son, Marc Nutt, after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Mae became an advocate for medical marijuana after seeing her son Keith Nutt struggle with the pain of cancer treatments in 1978, and made his use of marijuana for medical purposes a public cause. "Once I decided to be open minded and listen, there is no way that you can deny that this works," Mae said in a July 2001 Daily News article. "States have rights. I don't think that the government should tell…

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  7. Medical Mary Jane Martyr

    Fugitive was medical marijuana user A man who was fatally shot in a North Raleigh raid claimed to be a cancer survivor who grew pot to help others manage pain http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/862909.html Mandy Locke, Staff Writer RALEIGH - Stephen Scott Thornton vanished months before a judge was expected to send him to federal prison for growing dozens of marijuana plants in his suburban Texas home. Unsuspecting Wake County officers stumbled upon Thornton's hiding place Friday during a drug raid that left the 45-year-old federal fugitive dead. A sheriff's deputy took a bullet in the leg; he was recuperating at home Saturday. A tip led Wake County Alcoholi…

    Asked by leafy,

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  8. A tale of a woman with cancer

    What my cancer taught me about marijuana http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dw...n1.38141af.html Why DIANA WAGMAN - and a surprising number of her friends - smoke pot 12:00 AM CST on Sunday, January 6, 2008 Ahh, cancer. One learns so much from being diagnosed with a death-sentence disease. Of course, 95 percent of it is stuff you would rather not know, but that other 5 percent is downright interesting. For example, America's Next Top Model is much more fun to watch when you've lost 15 pounds without trying. During chemotherapy, vanilla smells good, but vanilla wafers taste disgusting. And eyelashes really do have a purpose. But the most compelling fact I le…

    Asked by leafy,

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  9. NEW UPDATE ON WEED AND CANCER

    HIGH ALL, got an update on the mary jane and cancer subject this looks promising, cancer is a bitch, and it looks like out little herb friend might actually help. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,318526,00.html (yes I know its fox news, but still, you have to give the New World order pricks some credit for this story ) Certain marijuana components may suppress the tumors of highly invasive cancers, a new study finds. In laboratory tests, cannabinoids, the active components in marijuana, were found to slow the spread of lung and cervical cancer tumors, according to researchers Robert Ramer and Burkhard Hinz of the University of Rostock in Germany. Proponents…

    Asked by leafy,

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  10. Multiple sclerosis as a painful disease.

    These are what I live with daily.... Love and a squish, Alison xx Int Rev Neurobiol. 2007;79:303-21. Kenner M, Menon U, Elliott DG. Center, Shreveport, Louisiana 71103, USA. Pain is a common problem of patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) and may be due to central/neuropathic or peripheral/somatic pathology. Rarely MS may present with pain, or pain may herald an MS exacerbation, such as in painful tonic spasms or Lhermitte's sign. In other patients, pain may become chronic as a long-term sequela of damage to nerve root entry zones (trigeminal neuralgia) or structures in central sensory pathways. Migraine headache may develop as a consequence of …

    Asked by Alison Myrden,

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  11. Cannabis drug begins last phase of U.S. testing as

    GW Pharmaceuticals and its Japanese partner, Otsuka Pharmaceutical, began the final phase of U.S. testing of the cannabis-based Sativex pain-relief medicine for some cancer patients. The five-week trial of 336 patients will test whether the drug helps advanced cancer sufferers who no longer respond to opium-based pain relievers, the companies said in a statement Monday. GW Pharma, based in Salisbury, England, plans to report findings from the study next year and expects to receive U.S. regulatory approval in 2011. Otsuka, which is closely held, has exclusive rights to develop and market Sativex in the United States. There are more than six million cancer patients and …

    Asked by Frazz,

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  12. The aches and the pain!

    I think Ive got the flu or something, aching all over, cloudy head, runny blocked nose, sneezing and feeling a bit out of it, somebody tell me that smoking some weed will make me feel better?? Or get better??? It's just what I want to hear

    Asked by eexpee,

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  13. Retired Professor of Toxicology on Medical Marijuana:

    Dr. Phillip Leveque a retired Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology speaking to Salem-News.com Cannabis / marijuana medicines were at one time the “drugs of choice” in the United States, until they were declared illegal. They had been used for 100 specific medical problems through the use of about 30 prescription medicines. perscription drugs Salem-News.com (MOLALLA, Ore.) - When I was ordered before the Oregon Board of Medical Examiners, the first question I was asked by Dr. Spokas, the chairman, from Ontario, Oregon, was “Dr. Leveque don’t you know that marijuana is very addicting and very dangerous?” Frankly, I didn’t know or believe this and all of my experie…

    Asked by Frazz,

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  14. Medical Marijuanas Beat Story

    Sheridan College Medical Specialist Mike Terry interviews medical cannabis patient Alison Myrden. Posted on you tube recently... Enjoy! Please pass on... thank you. Love and stuff, Alison xx

    Asked by Alison Myrden,

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  15. Marijuana Radio USA

    Hi everyone... A few weeks ago I was interviewed on a show from the U.S. called "Marijuana Radio/TV" by a young woman named Holly G and another guy named Paul. The Interview is very down to earth. The show is very colorful as is their language, but for some reason this show among others has had a lot of visitors pretty regularly. I like them. Maybe that's why...? http://www.marijuanaradiotv.com/ Scroll down the page and see the show dated "Tuesday, July 24th, 2007 with Alison Myrden". I tripped across their show after doing some stuff on the Internet a few weeks ago and contacted Holly G right away. She got back to me that day and voilá! I was on their show...…

    Asked by Alison Myrden,

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