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The Facts about medicinal marijuana
The fact is that Cannabis does have a wide range of medical qualities! Different sites will tell you different
things but you have to remember where this information is coming from. Medical marijuana has been shunned and condemned by
the federal government, federaly funded advertisements, federaly funded studdies, and much much more...
Lung cancer and COPD
Medical marijuana has many advantages as it does disadvantages, but every (medical)drug out there has them.
A good example would be medicinal marijuana effectivly reduces, slows, and prevents the spreading of lung cancer.
Medicinal marijuana also reduces tumor growth by 50%.
"In 2006, Donald Tashkin, M.D., of the University of california, presented the results
of his study, Marijuana Use and Lung Cancer: Results of a Case-Control Study. Tashkin found that smoking marijuana
does not appear to increase the risk of lung cancer or head-and-neck malignancies, even among heavy users. The more tobacco
a person smoked, the greater their risk of developing lung cancer and other cancers of the head and neck. But people who smoked
more marijuana were not at increased risk compared with people who smoked less and people who didn’t smoke at all."
[wikipedia]
Breast cancer
"According to a 2007 study by scientists at the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, a compound
found in cannabis may stop breast cancer from spreading throughout the body. The scientists
believe their discovery may provide a non-toxic alternative to chemotherapy while achieving the same results
minus the painful and unpleasant side effects. The research team say that cannabinol or CBD works by blocking the activity of a gene called Id-1, which is believed to be responsible for a process called
metastasis, which is the aggressive spread of cancer cells away from the original tumor site." [wikipedia]
HIV/AIDS
"Investigators at columbia university published clinical trial data in 2007 showing that Hiv/Aids
patients who inhaled cannabis four times daily experienced substantial increases in food intake with little
evidence of discomfort and no impairment of cognitive performance. They concluded that smoked marijuana has a clear medical
benefit in HIV-positive patients. In another study in 2008, researchers at the University of California, San
Deigo school of medicin found that marijuana significantly reduces HIV-related neuropathic pain when added to a patient's already-prescribed pain management regimen and may be an "effective option for pain
relief" in those whose pain is not controlled with current medications. Mood disturbance, physical disability, and quality
of life all improved significantly during study treatment. No serious adverse effects were reported, according to the study
published by the American Acadamy of neurology"[wikipedia]
Brain cancer
"A study by Complutense University of Madrid found the active chemical
in marijuana promotes the death of brain cancer cells by essentially helping them
feed upon themselves in a process called autophagy. The research team discovered that
cannabinoids such as THC had anticancer effects in mice with human brain cancer cells and in people with brain tumors. When
mice with the human brain cancer cells received the THC, the tumor shrank. Using electron microscopes to analyze brain tissue taken both before and after a 26- to 30-day THC treatment regimen, the researchers found that
THC eliminated cancer cells while leaving healthy cells intact. The patients did not have any toxic effects from the treatment;
previous studies of THC for the treatment of cancer have also found the therapy to be well tolerated. However, the mechanisms
which promote THC's tumor cell–killing action are unknown." [wikipedia]
"The researchers believe their findings may have therapeutic implications in the treatment of cancer, as detailed
in their study, Cannabinoid action induces autophagy-mediated cell death through stimulation of ER stress in human glioma
cells, which appeared in the April 2009 issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation" [wikipedia]
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