All Stories Tagged With: "marijuana"
Marijuana Oil Helps 3-Year-Old Son Beat Cancer, Dad Says
What would you do if your 3-year old son was stricken with brain cancer? Most parents wouldn’t think twice about bringing their child to a mainstream doctor, only to undergo modern-day cancer ‘treatments’ such as chemotherapy. This is what one father, Mike Hyde, from Montana did when his 3 year old was diagnosed with brain cancer, but the father doesn’t attribute his sons victory against cancer with the use of chemotherapy or any other mainstream treatment; the dad actually says marijuana oil is what made the young boy beat cancer.
Marijuana and Cancer Relationship – Marijuana Found to Destroy Cancer Cells
Thanks to the available findings of a 2006 study showing that cannabis actually reduces the number of cancer cells, medical marijuana users can now feel even better about using the substance. The relationship between marijuana and cancer has always been up for debate, but with the use of a specially crafted oil made from the buds of the Cannabis Sativa plant, scientists confirmed that the plant’s primary psychoactive chemical tetrahydrocannabinol destroys malignant cancer cell growths.
Benefits of Medical Marijuana – Are They Being Completely Overlooked?
Medical marijuana users would agree that the best no-nonsense painkiller out there is the daily usage of marijuana, and is quickly becoming hand over fist the highest demand medical product on the market. In fact, many researchers would agree. Peer-reviewed research has found that marijuana exhibits a serious pain-halting effect that comes with zero adverse side effects.
Legalize Marijuana? Benefits Ignored by Federal Government (Infographic)
Cannabis has been known throughout history to be relatively harmless in comparison to other more heavily abused and dangerous drugs. It is so harmless, in fact, that it would most likely come as a surprise to someone from another entirely different era as to why it is classified as highly dangerous and subsequently subject to serious legal penalties.
Real Proof of Cancer Cures Comes from Cured Patients, Not Scientific Documents
Scientific language can be used to obfuscate reality, especially in medicine. Mainstream medicine disregards cured patients stories as anecdotal, meaning it isn’t “proven scientifically.” This is total bunk. Any of them can be proven scientifically, and many of these anecdotal cures are clinically documented. The cancer industry, which includes fund raisers, research universities, and Big Pharma, has too much to lose if alternative cures are acknowledged.
Shocking: Marijuana Use May Have Positive Effects on Lungs
The federal government claims that marijuana has ‘no accepted medical use’ and continues to classify it in the same category as heroin, MDMA, and PCP. This claim is made by the government despite countless studies existing which highlight its many industrial and medicinal uses. One very recent study sheds light not only on how the plant could be beneficial, but how casual marijuana use doesn’t even lead to lung damage.
Cannabis Treatment Threatens Deadly Painkiller Industry
Pharmaceutical painkillers are now responsible for more deaths in the United States than heroin and cocaine combined. The pharmaceuticals are responsible for more than 15,000 deaths conservatively in 2008 alone. With no sign of slowing down, the painkiller industry is becoming wildly popular among Americans — as a result, so is the high rate of painkiller abuse. Classified as dangerous by the U.S. government, cannabis (even in THC-free form, or free of psychoactive effects) has been identified as a powerful pain reliever in more than 80 peer-reviewed studies.
Why is Marijuana Illegal? | Examining the Health Aspects of Cannabis
Countless studies have highlighted the industrial and medicinal uses of marijuana (cannabis), yet the federal government claims that it has ‘no accepted medical use’ and continues to classify it in the same category as heroin, MDMA, and PCP. Despite the ruling, the medial marijuana market is priced at around $1.7-billion — that’s almost as much as the explosive Viagra market.
Is there Really a Difference Between Legal and Illegal Drugs?
Everybody knows the dangers and risks of illegal drugs as well as addiction and fatal injury, but it may be surprising for some to discover that some of the most dangerous drugs are not the illegal, but the legally prescribed pharmaceuticals being perpetuated on a daily basis.
Marijuana Use Linked to Fat Loss
In a stunning look at the medicinal properties of marijuana use, a a new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology has found that obesity rates are lowered by roughly one third in those who smoke three times weekly.
22 Million Americans Use Illegal Drugs
The number of Americans using illicit drugs is on the rise, with a new government study showing that 22.6 million people, nearly 9 percent of the population, abused prescription drugs or regularly used marijuana.
Crackdown on Medical Marijuana Ahead?
Drug-policy reformers are worried about a new Obama administration memo instructing federal prosecutors on how to deal with the growing number of medical marijuana dispensaries. The Justice Department memo, sent to U.S. attorneys around the nation, addresses a central problem with the growing number of states that have legalized medical marijuana: The drug remains illegal under federal law, whether used for medical purposes or not.
Feds: Pot Has ‘No Medical Purpose’
The federal government officially declared that marijuana has no accepted medical use and should remain classified as a dangerous and addictive drug. It will remain in the same class of drugs as heroin. The Department of Justice declared Friday: “DHHS concluded that marijuana has a high potential for abuse, has no accepted medical use in the United States, and lacks an acceptable level of safety for use even under medical supervision.”
Fatty Foods Trigger Chemical Reaction Similar to Marijuana
It’s hard to eat just one potato chip, and a new study may explain why. Fatty foods like chips and fries trigger the body to produce chemicals much like those found in marijuana, researchers report today (July 4) in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). These chemicals, called “endocannabinoids,” are part of a cycle that keeps you coming back for just one more bite of cheese fries, the study found.
Rep. Steve Cohen: The War on Drugs Has Been a Terrible Mistake
Congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) called Wednesday on the U.S. House floor for an end to the 40-year war on drugs, which Cohen said had spent trillions of dollars to incarcerate millions of people for non-violent crimes. “Now don’t get the wrong impression; I’m not suggesting that drug abuse and drug addiction is not a great problem that we must deal with,” he said.
You can be Fired for Using Medical Marijuana, Justices Rule
It turns out that you can be fired for legally using medical marijuana in Washington state. The Washington state Supreme Court ruled Thursday that TeleTech Customer Care, a Colorado-based firm that handles customer service for Sprint from its Bremerton facility, was allowed to fire a woman for failing its required drug test. The plaintiff, who sued under the pseudonym Jane Roe, was pulled out of her training class after a week and fired Oct.18, 2006, because she failed a pre-employment drug test. She had a valid medical-marijuana authorization from a doctor.
Former World Leaders say Decriminalizing Marijuana Worth Trying
A group of prominent former world leaders said Wednesday the so-called war on drugs has “failed” and that decriminalizing marijuana may help curb drug-related violence and social ills. “The global war on drugs has failed, with devastating consequences for individuals and societies around the world,” the members of the Global Commission on Drug Policy say in a report.
