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http://medicalmarijuana.com.au/ See the Dennis Hill article and video on this webpage. (It is below the Christina Sanchez interview) Dennis is a biochemist that treated his own advanced prostate cancer with cannabis oil. He has a unique understanding and familiarity of the disease and this treatment. Thursday, 18 June 2015 10:26 Written by Stephen Ramsey Background; Dennis Hill is a biochemist who graduated from the University of Houston Texas, doing his Graduate Work at Baylor Medical School.Employed as a researcher at the renowned MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston Texas. Five years ago Dennis was diagnosed with aggressive stage 3 prostate cancer, thanks to cannabis oil he is now cancer free. In the following video interview by Natalie Mazurek (2nd year chemistry student), Dennis explains in chemistry terms, how the essential oil derived from cannabis kills cancer cells.

Smoking a joint can help greatly with some issues such as nausea or pain because its effects are immediate. It appears that a cannabis concentrate is better able to deliver many more cannabinoid molecules and so is better at limiting cancers or controlling epilepsy. You say that you have been in the medical field for 16 years. I am curious as to where you have been taught about cannabis as medicine. I have had discussions with quite a few medical pros regarding cannabis over the past 5 years or so. Most have had no formal education with respect to any cannabis benefits. That wasn't taught when they went to school. Also, they have pharmaceutical reps knocking on their doors all the time with the latest and greatest medicines. They have told me that this is how they learn about most new medicines. Prior to FDA approval these reps can't be educating the doctors about cannabis based medicines either. Also, alternative medicines are there because we don't have all of the answers with respect to many diseases. Not sure about you but if I got the death sentence from my doctor, I would do some personal research as to new treatment options. Have you seen this thread here? http://forums.twobillsdrive.com/topic/169052-know-anyone-with-a-disease-read-this/ Please check out this GW Pharmaceuticals website for a discussion as to the mechanism of action. GWPH is traded on the Nasdaq and it has done well. http://gwpharm.com/oncology.aspx From the site: The possibility that cannabinoids, including endocannabinoids, may treat cancer is supported by an ever increasing body of available evidence. In simple terms, cancer occurs because cells become immortalised; they fail to heed customary signals to turn off growth. A normal function of remodelling in the body requires that cells die on cue. This is called apoptosis, or programmed cell death and this process fails to proceed normally after malignant transformation. As will be discussed in greater detail below, THC, CBD, and perhaps other phytocannabinoids promote the re-emergence of apoptosis so that certain cancer cell types will in fact heed the signals, stop dividing, and die. The process of apoptosis is judged by observation of several phenomena: reduced cellular volume, condensation of nuclear chromatin, changes in distribution of phospholipids in plasma membranes, and cleavage of chromatin into DNA fragments called NDA ladders. Another method by which tumours grow is by ensuring that they are nourished: they send out signals to promote angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels. Cannabinoids may turn off these signals as well. Finally, cannabinoids may display complex interactions with oncogenes. Pre-clinical studies have highlighted an anti-cancer role for phytocannabinoids via CB receptor and non-CB receptor mediated pathways in a broad spectrum of cancer types bothin vitroandin vivo.

Hopefully at some point he will look into recent research on the possibilities of using cannabis based medicine to treat prostate cancer. There are a lot of first person reports on the web along with articles and research reports like these. http://www.nature.com/bjc/journal/v101/n6/full/6605248a.html http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3339795/ http://gwpharm.com/oncology.aspx#pc http://www.medicaljane.com/ailment/prostate-cancer/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4358087/

This is a good collection of fairly recent studies. When reviewing the report, keep in mind that it is from the UK. http://clear-uk.org/static/media/Reports/medicinal_cannabis-_the_evidence_v1.1.pdf The report details an extraordinary quantity of peer-reviewed, published evidence that demonstrates the efficacy and safety of using cannabis to treat a wide range of conditions. It looks in detail at five therapeutic areas where the evidence is strongest: Alzheimer’s Disease, Cancer, Chronic Pain, Crohn’s Disease and Multiple Sclerosis. ... Peter Reynolds, author of the report, said: “This review finally does away with the myth that there is no proof of the value of medicinal cannabis. There is high quality evidence available from dozens of different sources, including double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trials. No one who examines the evidence can be in any doubt, any longer. This is a medicine that saves lives and rescues people from pain, suffering and disability with far fewer dangerous and unpleasant side effects than pharmaceutical products. We must move urgently to allow doctors to start prescribing and introduce professional training in the use of cannabis medicines”

Jim, you !@#$, how's the back?

Here are some interesting new articles on autism and cannabis. One of the authors of these autism articles is the same person that put together the glossary of research terminology that I referenced earlier in this thread. http://www.medicaljane.com/ailment/autism/

Here 's a recent article on autism and cannabinoids. http://www.forbes.com/sites/debraborchardt/2015/06/10/desperate-parents-of-autistic-children-trying-cannabis-despite-lack-of-studies/ From the article The stories of autistic children that are helped with CBD oil sound very familiar to the stories of the epileptic children that have responded to CBD. A Brown University teacher Marie Myung-Ok Lee , author of Somebody’s Daughter, documented her autistic son’s response to using Marinol, a synthetic cannabis which is produced by the drug company Abbvie. She switched to an edible form of cannabis and then a tea version. Her son went from self-harming behavior like banging his head to being able to ride a bike. She calls her experiment a qualified success. Here is another link to some recent interesting cannabis articles http://www.alternativeherbals.net/science.html

Some pretty cold souls out there. I sure don't give to everyone. I figure most are not as desperate as they claim and that most will buy liquor, but what's a buck or two to most of us here? If 80% of the people are taking advantage to some extent, 20% could use the buck or two. The person has definitely sunk pretty low to be panhandling in the first place. How far would you have to slide down on your luck before you would stand out at the side of the street begging? It sure would be great to be able to tell the scam artists from the really needy but for a couple of bucks, imo take the chance that they might need it, including the money for booze.

NIDA, reported to be a major historical obstacle to cannabis research, seems to be evolving. These are recently approved studies http://www.drugabuse.gov/drugs-abuse/marijuana/nida-research-therapeutic-benefits-cannabis-cannabinoids from the article: 28 projects were identified (25 projects + 3 supplements) and are listed in the table below. In the table, projects are divided into six disease categories: autoimmune diseases, inflammation, pain, psychiatric disorders, seizures, and substance use disorders (SUDs). Clicking on individual project titles leads to their descriptions in NIH RePorter. Also listed are the cannabinoid substances being examined and, except in cases when the whole plant was used, whether the studied chemicals are purified from the plant, synthetic, or endogenous; and whether the project uses human or animal subjects.

Great news! Keep up the good work.

Well, I was joking that TM would replace himself. However, I would make that swap if I could. Proven success counts for more than potential success

Babcock is a very good coach and certainly an upgrade if the Sabres get him. In my opinion though, the success of the Wings has not been as much about Babcock as about the Detroit front office. Now if TM can replace himself with Holland, we'll really have something. Git er done!

Here's an interesting read from the June 2015 National Geographic. (You can skip the registration on the site) http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2015/06/marijuana/sides-text

This link talks about over 20 health benefits http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/21-health-benefits-of-marijuana/ar-AAboNFC

Sanjay Gupta's new Weed 3 special will be on this Sunday, April 19th, at 9pm eastern on CNN. In this article he talks about the upcoming show. http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/16/opinions/medical-marijuana-revolution-sanjay-gupta/index.html From the article: There is now promising research into the use of marijuana that could impact tens of thousands children and adults, including treatment for cancer, epilepsy and Alzheimer's, to name a few. With regard to pain alone, marijuana could greatly reduce the demand for narcotics and simultaneously decrease the number of accidental painkiller overdoses, which are the greatest cause of preventable death in this country.

Police work has always seemed attractive to bully types. Bullies like to beat on people and sometimes they can do just that, say when someone resists arrest. A critical piece in changing this has to be convincing the better cops to stop condoning and covering for this excessive use of force. Two officers telling the same story versus any number of suspects telliing a different one....in court, who gets believed? Maybe with more events being videotaped, eventually the frequency of these will lessen. Of course these things take time. The coptor rotors thumping overhead didn't stop that beating at the hands of many. Hopefully some well publicized convictions of bad officers will begin to change things

This team is building for a nice run, accumulating talent. Looking forward to the next five years. Should be fun!

DC Tom is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I've ever known in my life.

Here's some recent cannabis research from The Onion http://v.theonion.com/onionmedia/videos/videometa/1960/zen_mp4.mp4

OK, I guess the jig is up for me. You guys are all just too smart for me to pull this over on you. I am especially impressed with those that won't watch the videos or read the reports, but know what they know about this subject. Why wouldn't something learned earlier be better information, am I right guys?

It's late, maybe your reading comprehension is suffering. The article said he was the baby's physician, not his pediatric cancer specialist. I have more than one doctor too. I suspect Dr Courtney was the Doc that wrote the recommendation for cannabis for the baby.

Are you thinking of this guy? http://cannabisinter...l.org/about.php About William Courtney, MD Dr. William L. Courtney has an extensive medical education that began with a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from the University of Michigan. He also received his Doctor of Medicine from Wayne State University, and Interned for Residency in Psychiatry at California Pacific Medical Center and went on to earned his Post Doctorate in Forensic Examination and Forensic Medicine. Dr. Courtney is currently a member of American Academy of Cannabinoid Medicine, the International Cannabinoid Research Society, the International Association of Cannabis as Medicine, and the Society of Clinical Cannabis. Dr. Courtney has also been teaching Continuing Medical Education (CME) courses in clinical cannabis. His area of special interest is in the dietary uses of cannabis to achieve 250 to 500 mg of cannabinoid acids, which he considers as a conditionally essential nutrient in the diet of individuals from the 4th decade on. He has presented on high dose non-psychoactive dietary uses at Cannabis Therapeutics in Rhode Island April 2010, the Institute of Molecular Psychiatry at the University of Bonn in June 2010, the Institute for Advanced Studies at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem in November 2010, and the International Cannabinoid Research Society conference in Chicago in July 2011. Dr. Courtney is Vice President of the Association Luxembourgeoise des Methodes Preventives, an ambulatory care facility in Luxembourg utilizing dietary unheated cannabis. He is working with dispensaries interested in providing high dose raw / juiced cannabis to seriously ill medical marijuana patients, and is also working to establish analytic / medical laboratories in Mendocino and Humboldt Counties, California.

The following 6 links were taken from that Cannabis and Disease thread. If you have a more credible source for such research, please name it. We would all love to see it. They talk of possible cannabinoid links to Crohn's Disease, Alzheimer's, Psychiatric Disorders,and various forms of cancer. Consider too that it is apparently effective in treating nausea, epilepsy, chronic pain, migraines, Parkinson's, and MS among others (links not included) If these reports are true, wouldn't that be sort of a remarkable medicine? http://www.ncbi.nlm....les/PMC3339795/ http://www.ncbi.nlm....les/PMC3942876/ http://www.ncbi.nlm....pubmed/24356243 http://www.ncbi.nlm....pubmed/23648372 http://www.cancer.go...age4#Section_26 http://www.ncbi.nlm....les/PMC3481531/

Jim, check your opiate prescription. Heroin is back...they just call it a new name

Check out this link. It is from a Guide to Antique Medicine Containers. Given that, it does not have a lot of depth but notice the conditions that called for cannabis treatment. http://antiquecannab...p11/MedUses.htm Note this section 11.1.1 - IT'S MEDICAL USES: According to the [1910] textbook "Therapeutics, Materia Medica and Pharmacy" By S. L. Potter; Medical Cannabis was recommended toward the following ailments: Analgesics or Anodynes (pg. 15) Aphrodisiacs (pg. 24) Deliriants (pg. 28 ) Diuretics (pg. 30-31 ) Hypnotics (sleeping pills) (pg. 39-37 ) Narcotics (pg. 40-41 ) Pulmonary Sedatives (pg. 42 ) Vestical Sedatives (pg. 49 ) Albuminuria (pg. 574 ) Appetite (pg. 583 ) Asthma (pg. 587-588 ) Bladder, Irritable (pg. 591 ) Bladder, Paralysis of. (pg. 591 ) Bright's Disease, Acute (pg. 593 ) Bright's Disease, Chronic (pg. 594 ) Chordee (pg. 614 ) Corns (pg. 624 ) Cystitis, Acute (pg. 628 ) Delirium (pg. 630-631 ) Dysmenorrhea (pg. 643 ) Dysuria (pg. 647 ) Epilepsy (pg. 654-656 ) Gonorrhea (pg. 674 ) Headache, Congestive (pg. 680 ) Headache, Congestive (pg. 680-681 ) Hematuria (pg. 686) Hemicrania (pg. 687 ) Impotence (pg. 700-701 ) Insomnia (pg. 705-706 ) Melancholia (pg. 730 ) Metrorrhagia (pg. 734-735 ) Neuralgia (pg. 740-741 ) Opium Habit (pg. 749 ) Ovaralgia (pg. 753) Ovaritis (pg. 753-754 ) Pain (pg. 755-756 ) Paralysis and Paresis (pg. 757 ) Paralysis Agitans (pg. 757-758 ) Pertussis (pg. 763 ) Phthisis (pg. 766-768 ) Tetanus (pg. 833-834 ) Tic Douloureux (pg. 835-836 ) Trismus (pg. 843 ) Urinary disorders (pg. 853 ) Uterine Cancer (pg. 860-861 ) Plus a lot of pages dealing with the medicine itself. While a 1914 Text, "Hand-Book of Modern Treatment and Medical Formulary" by W.B. Campbell, recommends the use of Cannabis for the following diseases: Bronchitis (page 62, 64) Cancer (page 72, 74) Corns (page 100, 104) Coryza and Cough (page 105, 108) Dysmenorrhcea (page 142, 143) Dyspepsia, (page 144, 146) Gastralgia (page 199, 201, 202) Headache (page 233, 237) Impotence (page 257) Mania Acute (page 288, 289) Menopause (page 294, 295) Monorrhagia & Metrorrhagia (page 295, 297 Migraine (page 299, 300) Opium Habit (page 823) Prostatitis (page 361, 362) Strangury (page 406, 407) Warts (page 471) Whooping cough (page 478, 479)