NEW REPORT SUMMARIZES THE ROLE OF CANNABIS IN MODERATING DISEASE PROGR

[Frazz]

September 13, 2006 - Washington, DC, USA

 

Washington, DC: Recently published clinical and preclinical research on the therapeutic use of cannabis indicates that cannabinoids may curb the progression of various life-threatening diseases - in particular, autoimmune disorders such as Multiple Sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease, as well as neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (a.k.a. Lou Gehrig's disease) - according to a comprehensive new report published today by the NORML Foundation.

 

The NORML Foundation report summarizes over 120 recently published trials assessing the therapeutic utility of cannabinoids for the treatment of fifteen specific disease indications: Alzheimer's disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, diabetes mellitus, dystonia, fibromyalgia, gastrointestinal disorders, gliomas, hepatitis C, hypertension, incontinence, osteoporosis, pruritis, rheumatoid arthritis, sleep apnea, and Tourette's syndrome.

 

"Despite continued political debates regarding the recreational use of cannabis, clinical investigations of the therapeutic use of cannabinoids are now more prevalent than at any time in history," states the report's author, NORML Foundation Senior Policy Analyst Paul Armentano. "In some of these cases, modern science is now affirming longtime anecdotal reports of medicinal cannabis users. In other cases, this research is highlighting entirely new potential clinical utilities for cannabinoids."

 

Whereas initial clinical investigations into the therapeutic use of cannabis focused primarily on whether cannabinoids might provide symptomatic relief, investigators today are exploring the potential role of cannabinoids to inhibit the progression of several life-threatening diseases including cancer, Armentano says.

 

"Arguably, this latter trend represents far broader and more significant applications for cannabinoid therapeutics than researchers could have imagined some thirty or even twenty years ago," he concludes. "Unfortunately, because of the US government¹s strong public policy stance against any use of marijuana, the bulk of this modern research is taking place outside the United States and continues to go unrecognized in North America. Nevertheless, the emerging body of clinical and preclinical work published over the past six years makes it clear that the US government's stance against the therapeutic use of cannabis and cannabinoids is based on politics, not science."

 

Full text of the report, "Emerging Clinical Applications For Cannabis & Cannabinoids: A Review of the Recent Scientific Literature, 2000 - 2006," is available online in HTML and PDF formats at http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7002.

 

Author: Paul Armentano

Date: September 13, 2006

Source: http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7035

Copyright: 2006 Norml

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Should send a copy of the report to Chris Pyne and the Federal govt.

[wildflower]

thanks alot for that frazzle

great stuff

 

 

Should send a copy of the report to Chris Pyne and the Federal govt.

nah they already got a copy probably, they just dont give a damn about proper government.

Edited September 14, 2006 by wildflower

[Stoney]

hey there frazzel

 

good read once again good to see finally some research going our way now lets hope it dont get shot down by political fucktard or get filed away in the bin

 

cheerz :Dj:

[Bundy]

when will they learn?

[couchman]

all good news.

 

though i challenge the irratable bowel. I wake up everyday with a dodgy colon thanks to the plethora of munchies i consume the night before.

[Budman2012]

heheh Couchman , thats the food your eatin ... not MJ. I know you were just joking tho. heheh

 

Hey Frazzle , Thx mate ,

Its good to hear some positive news like that.

 

The sooner the "governments" just give up on their political agenda and start respecting the facts the better Imo ...

Hopefully , so many people are gonna end up using cannabis for medical relief that It will be too widely accepted and respected for "them" to ignore.

The amount of straight people out there that have changed their veiw about cannabis over the last decade or so is no small number ...

I think once anybody sees the relief a good "hit" from either eating or smoking Marujiana can give a person (or animal) they have to regard it.

 

It is my attitude that the medical use and also the recreational use should be incouraged , In public ... Don't be afraid to bring it up ...

I've never had anyone decide not to like me when they find out I smoke. If they like you to start , they'd have to be a bit nutty to decide to not like you for something so petty ...

 

Promote ...

 

My olds are straight as ... They almost completely broke down when they first found out I indulged ... they really handled it badly ..

Over a decade later and I can talk openly about it to them .. they still have their concerns about it .. but they accept it now and are also starting to realise some of the benefits of it.

Theres every possibility of anyone changing they're opinions ... even Politicians or Cops .. or any other type of anti-freedom Pig.

 

o.k. Sorry for rambling ... I need a smoke ... I've got nothin potent enough to completely relieve the discomfort I'm feeling right now , But any relief is better than none.

 

Bye for now Fellow Freedom Seekers ...

 

Budman ... Out. (I am not a criminal , and refuse to accept being labelled one.)

 

Thx.

[Guest niall]

Good one Budman, talking to your friends and family is how we can all make a difference.

[67Special]

Thanks Frazzle.

 

and nice post Budman

 

The more people that know responsible stoners, the more support we'll have.

For too long the majority of stoners have kept their mj use relatively secret.

 

Ironically, the greatest ice-breaker I experienced was getting busted for posession!

Apart from my old girl, everone was pretty cool about it and most of em showed interest(of varying degrees).

Only this week, my shift-mate(nonstoner) brought in a bud that he'd found, wanting to know for sure that it was pot!

 

Come out of the closet, stoners