marijuana is cancer cure?

[lophophora]

Hi all, I'm new here, hoping to get on live chat but can't because I need to make 15 posts first before I can get on there (why is this the case?!?!).

 

Anyway, anyone seen this:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4GzKy62UBE

 

A component of marijuana has been shown to kill cancer cells in the lab, and has also been tested on mice clinically with amazing results. No human trials yet as far as I know.

 

Anyone else on here from Melbourne (Vic)?

 

Lophophora

[*Ryno*]

Yeah Cannabinoids and CBD kill cancer cells leaving healthy cells intact. I remember when I realised that for the first time I was like "bullshit" so I spent a few months studying it and realised there's mountains of medicinal uses for Cannabis. Now Im trying to figure out a way to legalise it haha

[omio]

Hi Lophophora, thanks for the post. It really shits me that we are so far behind when it comes to medical marijuana. In Europe and America i think it is they are doing research into taking out the active components and making a spray from it that you can spray onto your skin yadda yadda yadda. I have a daughter with cancer, she was 3 when diagnosed. i saw her go from a really healthy kid to being so sick and skinny, she had no muscle mass left, she could hardly move, constantly throwing up because of the chemo and steroids. All they do is give you more and more drugs to counteract the effect, meanwhile I'm sitting here feeling like she is being poisoned. It frustrates me so much that we could have something there that is going to work and not be damaging the body even more.

Its not like i want to roll up a spilf and give it to her and say puff away. I just really do think that this country does need to open up to the idea a bit more and start doing the right thing by people who are currently reliant on the pharmaceutical industry..... but hey what are the chances of that!

 

btw i am in melb too... se suburbs.

[smokinjoe]

It's hard to believe that for the sake of a couple hundred million that this life saving potential remains in relative obscurity.

[ashka]

Sorry I rant and rave about going blind but cancer and worse still children with cancer is heartbreaking beyond description. We have to fight this insantity of keeping cannabis illegal for them who can't. Edited March 31, 2011 by ashka

[buzz lighthead]

Yeah Cannabinoids and CBD kill cancer cells leaving healthy cells intact. I remember when I realised that for the first time I was like "bullshit" so I spent a few months studying it and realised there's mountains of medicinal uses for Cannabis. Now Im trying to figure out a way to legalise it haha

 

Yo dude I'm with you. just found this out myself recently and after some research I'm feeling exactly the same way. But making the stuff legal seems to be a HUUUUUGE hurdle. I'm at the point where I'd like to advocate for this but don't know where to start or even how to shine the spotlight on it. I bet a million bucks the general mainstream public has no idea.

[buzz lighthead]

Hi Lophophora, thanks for the post. It really shits me that we are so far behind when it comes to medical marijuana. In Europe and America i think it is they are doing research into taking out the active components and making a spray from it that you can spray onto your skin yadda yadda yadda. I have a daughter with cancer, she was 3 when diagnosed. i saw her go from a really healthy kid to being so sick and skinny, she had no muscle mass left, she could hardly move, constantly throwing up because of the chemo and steroids. All they do is give you more and more drugs to counteract the effect, meanwhile I'm sitting here feeling like she is being poisoned. It frustrates me so much that we could have something there that is going to work and not be damaging the body even more.

Its not like i want to roll up a spilf and give it to her and say puff away. I just really do think that this country does need to open up to the idea a bit more and start doing the right thing by people who are currently reliant on the pharmaceutical industry..... but hey what are the chances of that!

 

btw i am in melb too... se suburbs.

 

Hey sorry to butt in but I couldn't help but relate.

I am so sorry about your daughter. I hope she recovers and lives a happy healthy life. My oldest son had leukaemia when he was nearly 2 and passed after 18 months on chemo. It breaks your heart a million times over. I feel that ignoring this research is a kick in the guts for people like us. If I knew then that there was a glimmer of this I'd have given it a go. There's no need to pass your girl a spliff.. that wouldn't work anyway. Pump some cannabis seed oil into her.... lots. Cannabis seed contains no THC so she won't get high. Sure the jury's still out on this BUT there's no way it could be worse than chemo. Don't wait for the gov't or drug companies, they know about this and aren't interested cos there's no $$$$ in it. If I had known I would have done that with my son... Given the situation, what's to lose?

[omio]

buzz lighthead, i thank you so much for your support.... that also goes for everyone in here. I think one of the biggest problems in this sort of situation is the fact that it becomes a debate within yourself. The hospital where she is being treated, the doctors are pricks. You can't talk to them about anything, you can't ask any questions and as soon as you show any emotion they call the social worker to come sort things out which never helps. They gave her a chemo overdose that went unnoticed for 10 days then they didn't even say sorry. That should never ever ever be able to happen to anyone being given toxic medications. I know they were training students on our kids there without telling us, when we questioned them we got no answers, even the next time i went back and noticed there were a number of puncture marks where there should have been one they just said "oh they must have had trouble" and left it at that. Now this is what causes the debate in my mind, If i said i did not want her to have that LP because i did not trust the people were well enough trained, i would be the bad mother. If we make the choice not to send our sick kids to kinder, the social worker says we are being cruel, what would happen if i said i wanted to go about other ways of treating her. I know there is always the option of saying nothing but if i do that she still has to have 2 years of treatment even if she seems all better. She has been in remission for about 9 or 10 months now so there is no cancer left to actually kill so the chemo and steroids and all other crap is just there to stop it from coming back *big sigh* what is a mother to do?!?! I read a story the other day in the news about a mother who stopped giving her son his chemo tablets because she believed they were doing more damage to his body than what it could take, after she stopped he went into remission then months later comes back as leukemia that's when they found out she had not been filling scripts for how ever long, now she has been charged. I honestly don't even know if there are words to explain how i feel about everything, i feel sick, angry, sad, helpless and that isn't even the start of it. When i first told my hubby i was going to write something on here he told me not to because it involves a child, he thought it would been seen in a negative way. It really means a lot to me for people to have such a positive attitude towards our story. I also believe that there are enough people on here who are strong enough, smart enough and care enough to be able to make a difference. i have no idea where to start but I'm sure if we all worked together we would be able to make this country a hell of a lot more accepting towards medical marijuana.

 

Peace and love guys

[buzz lighthead]

Omio, I hear exactly what your saying. It seems we don't have the right to take charge of our own children's lives anymore. The way your family is being treated sounds abhorrent. I also tried to isolate my son as much as possible. 1 chicken pox infection and it would have been all over. Who is anyone to judge you for doing what you feel is best for your child??

I apologise for being simplistic in my approach, all of our situations are different. My son got pancreatitis as a "side effect" of L Esparigionase (can't remember how to spell it, it has been some years) that alone damn near killed him. I don't blame the staff or anyone that treated him, I think they're in the dark too. When I read your story I felt compelled to put my two cents in as someone who has emerged on the other side of the hell you are experiencing. I was oblivious to this hope of "chemo cannabis" at the time and had I not been maybe I would have approached his health care differently, even though it feels as though you are backed into a corner. I understand your grief and panic, but you have a right to seek alternatives. People who don't know squat will judge you, but you know that your daughter will always be more important.

Unfortunatly I've seen too much evidence that big bizz couldn't give a shit about our kids and adult cancer patients cos theres big bucks in chemo drugs. I don't know how you fight that. We will always be demonised as the drug pushers in this hypocritical society, which is astounding.

Let's just keep asking and asking and asking and asking, then they'll know that we won't go away. I recently wrote in a question to Q&A and I also wrote a letter to my local politician. Even if it goes nowhere I gotta make noise! The more noise the better!!

[omio]

Thank you buzz, I agree the more noise the better.

Those Aspareganase(i don't know either!) things are god awful. That's one of the really horrible things. Its not just chemo, its also the steroids, the injections, the antis and then everything else they give to counteract side effects. That is why it needs to change. If we can have something there that kills cancer cells and and leaves other cells intact, it doesn't just mean no chemo but it also means none of those other medications, it also means less time spent immune deficient which means less time in hospital and back to a normal life sooner. People of all ages deserve quality of life.

 

Sorry about being so emotional last night, i think it was just one of those nights.

 

night guys

naomi

 

ps. Why is there no nodding emoticon? How am i meant to nod in agreement?