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Emily – Lymphoma Cancer Survivor – Medical Marijuana Treatment

Medical Marijuana 411 YouTube Video (www.medicalmarijuana411.com) interview with Emily Sander, student and lymphoma cancer survivor talks about how she utilized medical marijuana as a positive part of her treatment. Currently, lymphoma free, Emily talks about the benefits of medical marijuana as part of her treatment regimen. A non drug user all of her life, Emily turned to the medicinal use of marijuana to counter the side effects of her chemotherapy. Transcript follows I dont use medical marijuana to get high. I dont really drink. I dont sort of have that I want to get high kind of thing. Im using it to make myself feel better. Just like (when) someone uses a normal medicine. And just like other people abuse normal medicines. Its in the same category, if youre going to abuse it; youre not using it as a medicine anymore. So thats why I feel it should be in the same category as oxicontin or anything else that someone else could abuse and make it into a drug or use normally and be a benefit on a everyday basis.

Marijuana Facts: Health Impacts of California’s Legalization Proposal

Marijuana Facts: Health Impacts of California’s Legalization Proposal
Proposition 19 will appear on the November 2, 2010 statewide ballot in California.

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Medical marijuana helps

Medical marijuana helps
Q. I would like you to know about medical marijuana for cancer. In her late 30s, my wife was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, stage 4a. It was a 6 centimeter tumor that had grown around the hepatic artery and portal vein.

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Texas Raises Organ Donor Registry; D.C. Not Ready For Medical Marijuana Sales; L.A. Health Department Facing Major …

Texas Raises Organ Donor Registry; D.C. Not Ready For Medical Marijuana Sales; L.A. Health Department Facing Major …
The Houston Chronicle: “Though Texas has the nation’s lowest percentage of registered organ and tissue donors, several recent initiatives have more than doubled the state’s donor rolls this year. The number enrolled in the Glenda Dawson Donate Life Texas Registry has ballooned since Jan. 1, when state law required Department of Public Safety clerks to ask all driver’s license and ID card …

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Medical Marijuana And Cancer Research

A report from Salerno, Italy suggests that naturally occurring compounds in cannabis (medical marijuana) possess anti-tumor properties. This information allows for a new approach to treating cancer according to the review that was published in the February issue of the journal, Best Practice & Research: Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

According to the investigators at the University of Salerno, cannabinoids (one of the compounds found in medical marijuana) limit cancer cell proliferation and induce tumor-selective cell death.

The authors of the scientific review concluded that, cannabinoids inhibit “tumor growth and migration, angiogenesis (the formation of new blood vessels to cancerous tumors), [and] metastasis (the transfer of malignant cells from one site to another).” They are also quoted as stating that, “Emerging evidence suggests that agonists of cannabinoid receptors … may offer a novel strategy to treat cancer.”

A 2008 review in the journal Cancer Research reported that the administration of cannabinoids halts the spread of a wide range of cancers, including brain cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, skin cancer, pancreatic cancer, and lymphoma. This is great news for those who are suffering from the different forms of cancer.

To date, only one clinical trial assessing the use of cannabinoids as anti-cancer agents has been conducted. That trial reported that THC administration decreases recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) tumor growth in patients afflicted with the disease.

As more and more states create laws allowing for the use of medical marijuana we expect that the medical community will also come along side and do even more scientific research into the qualities and benefits of medical marijuana.

Eventually we expect that medical marijuana will become an accepted alternative within the mainstream of society. This will allow many people the choice of highly addictive drugs or medical marijuana for a variety of illnesses and ailments. If you have questions or concerns about the use of medical marijuana feel free to visit: http://coloradoalternativecareservices.com to learn more.

i want to know the rather bad facts of marijuana use?

no opinions needed, i know it can be a gateway for irresponsible uneducated kids.
i don’t want to hear it makes you lazy or it’s bad, i know it affects short term memory cells and there is a chemical that stops breast cancer, and there is no cancer related just to marijuana.

go at it!
well. i guess for some it can make you lazy.
but whenever i’m high, i tend to write anything un-usual or profounding down that i learned new. i’m very social.
but yes it can be bad to drive, but it isn’t as worth as alchohol. anybody agree?
thanks for your answers and support.
(oh and p.s not much people call it “dope” anymore, that is usually referred to heroin)
hahaha k. thanks guys, keep it easy!
also, i have never got caught up with it. i have priorities and responsibilities in my life. also i have had to become clean for 2 months, it wasn’t a problem.
i’m just saying, caffeine is worse than marijuana. most parents wake up and depend and crave coffee!
the thing i know is with medications, is it kills the affect of anti-depressents, and that is all i know. i don’t take any medications, there for i do not have to worry about that. thanks guys!
indeed, it gets on my last nerves, alchohol kills so many minors and adults, you can become way more dependent on it and it is chemically addictive. the kids i see in middle school, usually start out with drinking too.
very bad indeed.
very awkward. because i heard marijuana has the same affects as some anti-depressents. there for it’s dependency level is pretty high. i thought people knew that it was used as a anti-depressent…
this was to who said it can lead to depression..

Marijuana Stops Spread of Breast Cancer Tumor

A non-psychoactive chemical that occurs naturally in the marijuana plant may prevent breast cancer from spreading, according to a study published in the journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics.

Researchers found that a chemical called cannabidiol (CBD) affects the activity of a gene known as Id-1 in patients with hormone-independent breast cancer. In embryos, Id-1 is responsible for helping cells grow and spread, but is supposed to remain inactive in adults. In human adults, it is found only in metastatic cancer cells, or cancer cells that are spreading throughout the body.  “When [the Id-1 genes] wake up, they are very bad,” said senior researcher Pierre Yves-Desprez. “They push the cells to behave like embryonic cells and grow. They go crazy, they proliferate, they migrate.”

According to Desprez, shutting off the activity of Id-1 can make cancer far less lethal. Tumors, Desprez says, can be “removed easily by surgery,” but if the cancer is spreading then the disease becomes much more difficult to contain.  “[Id-1 is like] an [orchestra] conductor,” Desprez said. “If you shoot the violinist, the orchestra just continues to play.”
“In this case, you shoot the conductor, and the whole orchestra is going to stop,” he said.

Because CBD occurs in only very small quantities in the cannabis plant, the researchers do not recommend smoking marijuana as a cancer treatment. To be effective, CBD will either have to be artificially synthesized or extracted and concentrated.  The chemical’s major advantage, according to the researchers, is its apparent non-toxicity.

“Right now we have a limited range of options in treating aggressive forms of cancer,” co-author Sean D. McAllister said. “Those treatments, such as chemotherapy, can be effective but they can also be extremely toxic and difficult for patients. This compound offers the hope of a non-toxic therapy that could achieve the same results without any of the painful side effects.”

The researchers also expressed hope that CBD will also prove effective against other cancers that rely on Id-1, including brain, colon and prostate cancer.