Marijuana Compounds Can Kill Some Cancer Cells: Study
Studies continue to indicate anti-cancer properties for cannabinoids. Again, this is not about smoking cannabis, but about moving cannabis from a Schedule I designation so that more studies on the potential medical uses for cannabinoids can proceed without interference from drug warriors who have a stake in protecting turf, not scientific and medical inquiry.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/25/marijuana-cancer_n_4158865.html
"Cannabinoids have a complex action; it hits a number of important processes that cancers need to survive," study author Dr. Wai Liu, an oncologist at the University of London's St. George medical school, told The Huffington Post. "For that reason, it has really good potential over other drugs that only have one function. I am impressed by its activity profile, and feel it has a great future, especially if used with standard chemotherapies."
During the study, Liu and his team grew leukemia cells in a lab and cultured them with increasing doses of the six pure cannabinoids, both individually and in combination with each other. His study says the six cannabinoids were CBD (Cannabidiol), CBDA (Cannabidiolic acid), CBG (Cannbigerol), CBGA (Cannabigerolic acid), CBGV (Cannabigevarin) and CBGVA (Cannabigevaric acid). Liu and his team then assessed the viability of the leukemia cells and determined whether or not the cannabinoids destroyed the cells or stopped them from growing.
..."Cancer is an umbrella term for a range of diseases that fundamentally differ in their cellular makeup, [and] which occur as a result of disturbances to growth controls," Liu said. "Chemotherapy works by disrupting these dysfunctional growth signals. Therefore, any cancers that have these profiles should respond to the chemotherapy. It just so happens that a number of cannabinoids can target these very same mechanisms that make cancer what it is, and so any cancer that exhibits these faults should respond well to cannabinoids. The flip side is, of course, that other cancers may not have these same genetic faults and so cannabinoids may not work as well."
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from studying its' many positive aspects for so long no doubt costing thousands if not hundreds of thousands of suffering people their lives.
Peace to you, RainDog.
like nothing else does. I'm sorry, though, about his passing.
Feb and was only given 6 months, the process takes up to 24 months. His pain was horrendous from the start so good mates got it for me within a week. You could see the pain visibly drain from his face and he would laugh and converse with such clarity and ease. My right wing sister would even tell me at times that she thought he was in need of a joint. It truly was a blessing and even though it has only been a month since he passed I am grateful I reached out to others who got it for me so I could help him, he sure appreciated it! 
P.S. Thank you for your kind thoughts
I'm very interested in this. So, marijuana gives you energy? I remember smoking it in high school/college in the late 70's/early 80's, and I remember feeling relaxed. I don't remember feeling energized, although I felt really great!
I've heard that mj has changed a great deal from those times though.
Glad that people are experiencing medicinal benefits from it. Whatever works.
Peace,
Ghost
and bookmarked!
-p
- I'm making my weekly batch of cannaoil as we speak. I have no use for their knock-offs.I make Cannaoil using grape seed oil as the base. I've also made an Cannabis Tincture (from grain alcohol) but I'm not as skilled with that process. I've only been at it since June but the effects and benefits are beyond question. I've slowed the process but I live in a backwards state with no medicinal cannabis law. Ti get the best and fullest effects from cannabis, you have to consume it like any other food. Here's more info I recently sent to someone else asking about the process:
- First you need to know some cannabis science. I found most of that years ago in foreign medical journals and databases because politics in this country suppressed open research for so long. Since the mid-1970s. They knew.
As for medicinal cannabis, CBDs are what kills cancer and helps restore immune/nervous system health. For this compound as well as the CBDa's you don't need the high THC-content cannabis. There are now strains with hardly any THC-psychoactive ingredients, but are high CBD percentage in the ''sugar'' leaves and the tender stems. Even the roots can be ingested. It is juiced. It's chopped up into salads. It's cooked with food like any other herb would be.
THCs in cannabis on the other hand is what is mostly available in those states that have no medical-cannabis laws. Street stuff in other words. Which can be a problem if you're making your own oil when you can't vouch that the cannabis doesn't come laden with pesticides or growth hormones which are often used in the illegal recreation-cannabis trade. Only if you grow it yourself, or know the grower can you be certain of high quality cannabis that would meet medical standards.
The THCs in cannabis also have medicinal value. It is what helps with pain, anxiety, nausea and eating disorders. It's now being touted by even the feds as particularly useful in dealing with hard to treat pain. Like the kind I have from peripheral neuropathy. There are very few effective conventional medical treatments, and many with this disease end up on opiates. Some also have poor circulation problem as their muscles atrophy and may lose feet or legs from ulcers caused by the disease. But I use something else to help with that, so my feet and legs are very healthy.
START:
Cannabis Science - How Marijuana Affects Health - Educational Documentary
LEAF
LINKS:
Medical Marijuana Neuropathy Treatments | Cannabis Symptom Relief
http://medicalmarijuana.com/medical-marijuana-treatments/Neuropathy
https://legalmarijuanadispensary.com/medical-marijuana-community
http://www.marijuana.com/
OTHER YOUTUBE WORKERS IN THE VINEYARD:
Watermelon - (Knows her chops and has good food recipes and medical use info)
http://www.youtube.com/user/Bakingafoolofmyself?feature=playlist
Stoner Girl - How To Make Cannabis Butter (Marijuana Butter / Cannabutter / P
Watermelon - Salmon & Asparigrass
Watermelon - New Cannabis Conversions Original
Making Cannabis Juice with Matt Rize
How to Make a Small Batch of Rick Simpson Oil
ALSO:
I also use DMSO as a penetrant to direct the cannabis oil more specifically. It's not for everybody, but it is used by some for arthritis pain. DMSO is a naturally occurring compound and like cannabis is not patentable. Which explains the disinterest in it, in-part. DMSO, like cannabis, is a direct threat to Big Pharma. DMSO allows for the penetration of medicinals without the use of needles and can be directed at specific areas under treatment, thereby significantly reducing the amounts of medicines needed. It is currently approved by the FDA for use in the preservation of organs for transplant, and the treatment of interstitial cystitis.
It is interesting to note that both Cannabis and DMSO (among just a few natural substances) are used in hospitals all over world, but not in America. Where the FDA prostitutes only approve what their pimp daddies at the pharmaceutical companies tell them they can approve.
The discoverer of DMSO's health benefits is Dr. Stanley Jacob whose website (http://www.dmso.org/) has a great deal more info. It was his lab in the early 1960s that discovered that DMSO was the perfect substance to preserve organs so that transplants could take place almost anywhere. Prior to this discovery, all transplants required that the donor and recipient be in the same place at the same time. DMSO changed all that. Below is a news report from Mike Wallace at 60 Minutes done in 1968 concerning DMSO:
Good luck!
~DeSwiss
the problem, for people who hear about these things, is that creating oil can be a dangerous process and I wouldn't encourage anyone to do such a thing.
I'm just in "mom mode" as far as safety goes, and in recognizing how the medical community approaches such things - they work within a particular mindset (that often serves us well, as far as caution), and, for more people to be able to access the medical benefits, cannabis will have to go through a process with the FDA to meet certain conditions, etc.
Now you can get organic oil and avoid the dangerous solvents
http://www.organalabs.com/index.htm
- I'm not referring to that, nor do I make it. The Cannaoil I make uses no flammable solvents of any kind. See my post above for more info. ...I'm referring to is also very potent but it is achieved by increasing the cannabinoids potency levels via heating. Simpson oil also uses heat but only after a solvent has been used to extract the cannabinoids. The solvent is then evaporated with high heating (no higher than 290 degrees) leaving only the tar-like oil residue. One only needs small amounts using this approach which is another reason for it's appeal. Simpson Oil is a highly concentrated form of Cannaoil.
The reason oil or fat is used (see Watermelon's recipes) is because THCs are fat-soluble. And it is the heating that increases the potency as well as allows for the release or the ''decarboxylating'' of the cannabinoids. This heating process becomes the focus of concern when someone (trying to make Rick Simpson Oil) who doesn't not know what they're doing, exposes the solvent admixture to too much heat or open flame, and causes an explosion/fire. In any event, any heating of the cannabinoids above 290 degrees renders the whole mess inert crap.
An alternate way is to use a slow cooker to slowly extract the THC and infuse the oil one is using with the cannabinoids. A finely ground up cannabis is heated at around 225-250 degrees for 4-5 hours. Some patients prefer making tinctures or Simpson Oil, but one can avoid the heating steps altogether by allowing the solvent to escape naturally (slowly) through air evaporation. And some cannabis patients (the explosion-averse) do just this by keeping some resin is various stages of air-evaporation completion. This way takes around 3-4 weeks for the evaporation to take place, but heating it is still possible if one wishes to increase the potency.
There are also other solvents which can be used to extract cannabinoids that are nonflammable. DMSO is a solvent which extracts cannabinoids quite easily. This mixture can be added to pure aloe vera gel to achieve a Cannabis Gel which is excellent for relieving pain quite quickly. With the use of DMSO one doesn't require such a high cannabis potency level because the DMSO allows for the direct penetration the cannabinoids through all muscle tissue in the body. And the DMSO itself relieves pain as well as being highly anti-oxidant and causing blood vessels to dilate thereby improving blood circulation.
If one lives in a forward-thinking state or city with medical-cannabis laws, one may eat it. Literally. In point of fact, juicing, eating, and cooking with cannabis is one of the best ways to consume the non-psychoactive CBDs in cannabis (see the video ''LEAF'' above). CBDs are generally in smaller quantities on the cannabis plant compared to the THC. Unless it is one of the newer strains that has been created specifically to generate higher levels of CBDs.
CBDs don't get you high. They get you well.
Take care.
....are funny.
