Cannabis, the real medicine

Operation 420

Operation 420

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Found this and thought it would be beneficial to you guys. bongsmiliebongsmilie


Cannabis, the real medicine:

Large Study Finds No Link between Marijuana and Lung Cancer
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0002491F-755F-1473-B55F83414B7F0000

Study Finds No Cancer-Marijuana Connection
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729_pf.html
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The new findings "were against our expectations," said Donald Tashkin of the University of California at Los Angeles, a pulmonologist who has studied marijuana for 30 years.

"We hypothesized that there would be a positive association between marijuana use and lung cancer, and that the association would be more positive with heavier use," he said. "What we found instead was no association at all, and even a suggestion of some protective effect."

Cannabis and tobacco smoke are not equally carcinogenic. “A connection between marijuana smoking and lung or colorectal cancer was not observed”
http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/2/1/21
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More people are using the cannabis plant as modern basic and clinical science reaffirms and extends its medicinal uses. Concomitantly, concern and opposition to smoked medicine has occurred, in part due to the known carcinogenic consequences of smoking tobacco. Are these reactions justified? While chemically very similar, there are fundamental differences in the pharmacological properties between cannabis and tobacco smoke. Cannabis smoke contains cannabinoids whereas tobacco smoke contains nicotine.
Furthermore, compounds found in cannabis have been shown to kill numerous cancer types including: lung cancer [9], breast and prostate [10], leukemia and lymphoma [11], glioma [12], skin cancer [13], and pheochromocytoma [14]
Por otra parte, compuestos que se encuentran en el cannabis se ha demostrado matar a numerosos tipos de cáncer, incluyendo: cáncer de pulmón [9], de mama y de próstata [10], la leucemia y el linfoma [11], glioma [12], cáncer de piel [13], y, feocromocitoma [ 14]

References:
[9]
Munson AE, Harris LS, Friedman MA, Dewey WL, Carchman RA: Antineoplastic activity of cannabinoids.
J Natl Cancer Inst 1975, 55:597-602. PubMed Abstract

[10]
Sanchez C, de Ceballos ML, del Pulgar TG, Rueda D, Corbacho C, Velasco G, Galve-Roperh I, Huffman JW, Ramon y, Cajal S, Guzman M: Inhibition of glioma growth in vivo by selective activation of the CB(2) cannabinoid receptor.
Cancer Res 2001, 61:5784-5789. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text

[11]
McKallip RJ, Lombard C, Fisher M, Martin BR, Ryu S, Grant S, Nagarkatti PS, Nagarkatti M: Targeting CB2 cannabinoid receptors as a novel therapy to treat malignant lymphoblastic disease. Blood 2002, 100:627-634. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text

[12]
Sanchez C, Galve-Roperh I, Canova C, Brachet P, Guzman M: Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol induces apoptosis in C6 glioma cells. FEBS Lett 1998, 436:6-10. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text

[13]
Casanova ML, Blazquez C, Martinez-Palacio J, Villanueva C, Fernandez-Acenero MJ, Huffman JW, Jorcano JL, Guzman M: Inhibition of skin tumor growth and angiogenesis in vivo by activation of cannabinoid receptors. J Clin Invest 2003, 111:43-50. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text | PubMed Central Full Text

[14]
Sarker KP, Obara S, Nakata M, Kitajima I, Maruyama I: Anandamide induces apoptosis of PC-12 cells: involvement of superoxide and caspase-3. FEBS Lett 2000, 472:39-44. PubMed Abstract | Publisher Full Text

A preliminary DTI study showing no brain structural change associated with adolescent cannabis use
http://www.harmreductionjournal.com/content/3/1/17/lIDABD3EJ

Cannabis less harmful than drinking, smoking: report
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jRGC7NMbpXzbOEjhCCYVQ3my6e_w

Heavy Marijuana Use Doesn’t Damage Brain
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20051015/fob7.asp
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“He and his colleagues started investigating this mystery by searching cell surfaces in live, cultured slices of rat hippocampus for receptors that respond to marijuana and a few other similar drugs, called cannabinoids. They reasoned that if marijuana affected neurogenesis in the hippocampus, then cells in that area must have a way to recognize the drug. Sure enough, 95 percent of hippocampus cells responsible for neurogenesis showed evidence of cannabinoid 1 (CB1) receptors, one of two receptors that respond to cannabinoid drugs

CB1 and CB2 receptors:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabinoid_receptor
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A study done on CB1 knockout mice (genetically altered mice who cannot produce CB1) showed an increase in mortality rate. They also displayed suppressed locomotor activity as well as hypoalgesa (decreased pain sensitivity). The CB1 knockout mice did respond to Delta9-Tetrahydrocannabinol. This shows that either CB2 or unknown cannabinoid receptors also have pharmacologic significance

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CB2 receptors are mainly expressed on T cells of the immune system, on macrophages and B cells, and in hematopoietic cells. They also have a function in keratinocytes, and are expressed on mouse pre-implantation embryos. It is also expressed on peripheral nerve terminals. Current research suggests that these receptors play a role in nociception, or the perception of pain. In the brain, they are mainly expressed by microglial cells, where their role remains unclear.

---> Using cannabis you stimulates this cannabinoids receptors


Heart study finds benefit from pot
http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/sections/news/focus_health/article_471358.php

Marijuana Chemical Fights Hardened Arteries
http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20050406/marijuana-chemical-fights-hardened-arteries

Marijuana can prevent blindness in Glaucoma patients.
http://www.preventblindness.org/resources/factsheets/MarijuanaFS01.PDF

Marijuana’s Active Ingredient Targets Deadly Brain Cancer
http://www.webmd.com/news/20000228/marijuanas-active-ingredient-targets-deadly-brain-cancer

Cannabidiol Prevents Cerebral Infarction Via a Serotonergic 5-Hydroxytryptamine1A Receptor–Dependent Mechanism
http://stroke.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/36/5/1071

Cannabidiol and (−)Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol are neuroprotective antioxidants
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/95/14/8268

Neuroprotection by Delta 9-Tetrahydrocannabinol, the Main Active Compound in Marijuana, against Ouabain-Induced In Vivo Excitotoxicity
http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/full/21/17/6475

Post-ischemic treatment with cannabidiol prevents electroencephalographic flattening, hyperlocomotion and neuronal injury in gerbils.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=12850548&dopt=Citation

Cannabinoids and neuroprotection in CNS inflammatory disease
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6T06-4G5BJYG-2&_coverDate=06/15/2005&_alid=365635784&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_qd=1&_cdi=4854&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=eee6183b504cfe0f9ecd713e4c6bf29b

Cannabinoids inhibit neurodegeneration in models of multiple sclerosis
http://brain.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/126/10/2191

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: delayed disease progression in mice by treatment with a cannabinoid
http://www.letfreedomgrow.com/cmu/amyotrophic_lateral_sclerosis.htm

Decreased Depression In Cannabis Users, Study Says
http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6586

Cannabis also protects mice against brain cell death caused by alcohol.
http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/314/2/780?maxtoshow=&HITS=&hits=&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=cannabidiol+antioxidants+diuretics+neurotoxicity&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT

---> Now you know why cannabis is illegal meanwhile vaccines, fluoridated water, GMO food, and more, is legal?
 
hiphopireland

hiphopireland

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still illegal because the gov dont care that not only is it not dangerous, but it can be benificial because if we the people start using marijuana as a medicine who will buy their ADDICTIVE drugs?
thats just one of many reasons
 
Operation 420

Operation 420

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Yeah, as long as drug companies have clout, they will fight it. It would drastically cut into their profits if it were legal. :cry:
 
leeny

leeny

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it's illegal because mexicans and blacks used to grow/sell it and our country was racist... so as a way to keep other colored people out of america they banned cannabis...
 
Pnuggle

Pnuggle

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im sure we've all seen the propaganda movie where the white fellow smokes the "mexican tobacco" cigarette. he goes crazy, beats on piano keys like a madman and kills his wife, i think. kills someone.
 
hiphopireland

hiphopireland

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yeah man we've all seen reefer madness. it wasnt just that your country was racist its also that your country wanted to protect the rich peoples shares in the timber industry they just used the racism of the country as a way to get people behind the law
 
leeny

leeny

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hiphopireland said:
yeah man we've all seen reefer madness. it wasnt just that your country was racist its also that your country wanted to protect the rich peoples shares in the timber industry they just used the racism of the country as a way to get people behind the law
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there is one or two more reasons out there, but I can't remember them....

anyone?
 
Operation 420

Operation 420

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OK, I found this.


MARIJUANA/HEMP WAS LEGAL, WHY WAS IT BANNED?

For the first 162 years of America's existence, marijuana was totally legal and hemp was a common crop. But during the 1930s, the U.S. government and the media began spreading outrageous lies about marijuana, which led to its prohibition. Some headlines made about marijuana in the 1930s were: "Marijuana: The assassin of youth." "Marijuana: The devil's weed with roots in hell." "Marijuana makes fiends of boys in 30 days." "If the hideous monster Frankenstein came face to face with the monster marijuana, he would drop dead of fright." In 1936, the liquor industry funded the infamous movie titled Reefer Madness. This movie depicts a man going insane from smoking marijuana, and then killing his entire family with an ax. This campaign of lies, as well as other evidence, have led many to believe there may have been a hidden agenda behind Marijuana Prohibition.
Shortly before marijuana was banned by The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, new technologies were developed that made hemp a potential competitor with the newly-founded synthetic fiber and plastics industries. Hemp's potential for producing paper also posed a threat to the timber industry (see New Billion-Dollar Crop). Evidence suggests that commercial interests having much to lose from hemp competition helped propagate reefer madness hysteria, and used their influence to lobby for Marijuana Prohibition. It is not known for certain if special interests conspired to destroy the hemp industry via Marijuana Prohibition, but enough evidence exists to raise the possibility.
After Alcohol Prohibition ended in 1933, funding for the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (now the Drug Enforcement Administration) was reduced. The FBN's own director, Harry J. Anslinger, then became a leading advocate of Marijuana Prohibition. In 1937 Anslinger testified before Congress in favor of Marijuana Prohibition by saying: "Marijuana is the most violence causing drug in the history of mankind." "Most marijuana smokers are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz and swing, result from marijuana usage. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes." Marijuana Prohibition is founded on lies and rooted in racism, prejudice, and ignorance. Just as politicians believed Harry J. Anslinger to be a marijuana expert in 1937, many people still believe law enforcement officials are marijuana experts. In reality, law enforcement officials have no expert knowledge of marijuana's medical or health effects, but they do represent an industry that receives billions of tax dollars to enforce Marijuana Prohibition.
Before the government began promoting reefer madness hysteria during the 1930s, the word marijuana was a Mexican word that was totally absent from the American vocabulary. In the 1930s, Americans knew that hemp was a common, useful, and harmless crop. It is extremely unlikely anyone would have believed hemp was dangerous, or would have believed stories of hemp madness. Thus, the words marijuana and reefer were substituted for the word hemp in order to frighten the public into supporting Hemp Prohibition. Very few people realized that marijuana and hemp came from the same plant species; thus, virtually nobody knew that Marijuana Prohibition would destroy the hemp industry.
Bolstering the theory that marijuana was banned to destroy the hemp industry, two articles were written on the eve of Marijuana Prohibition that claim hemp was on the verge of becoming a super crop. These articles appeared in two well-respected magazines that are still published today. The articles are:
Flax and Hemp (Mechanical Engineering, Feb. 1937)
New Billion-Dollar Crop (Popular Mechanics, Feb. 1938)
This was the first time that billion dollar was used to describe the value of a crop. These articles praise the usefulness and potential of hemp by stating "hemp can be used to produce more than 25,000 products" and "hemp will prove, for both farmer and public, the most profitable and desirable crop that can be grown." Marijuana Prohibition took effect within one year after both these articles were written
 
Operation 420

Operation 420

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hiphopireland said:
no prob didnt see your info untill after i posted the link .

Some great info thanks very much
always a good read even if it is painful to realise we are been made criminals to protect the fat cats and such

+rep for you
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Sure thing :joint:

I figured I could post something pertaining to politics that everyone on here I am sure is passionate about. :leaf:

The greed and lies are ridiculous. I apply this knowledge to other aspects of government as well. bongsmilie
 
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