Cannabis Cures Cancer – The Science Behind Marijuana’s Cancer Fighting Properties (Video)

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The joint research of Pierre Desprez  and Sean McAllister lead to the discovery of the relationship between ID-1, the gene that causes cancer to spread, and Cannabidiol, also known as CBD, a non-toxic, non-psychoactive chemical compound found in the cannabis plant. The cannabinoid CBD has the ability to send a death signal from the body to the ID-1.

Our body has two types of cannabinoid receptors, CB1 and CB2. When Cannabidiol meets with CB2 receptors your body sends a suicide signal to the cancer cell.

Cannabis Cures Cancer – Proof

This video shows the positive results of CBD’s cancer fighting properties in lab tests and on rats.

7 Marijuana Myths and Propaganda Debunked

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Marijuana is a tool on par with a Swiss army knife. It can benefit humans medically, creatively and spiritually. Marijuana itself is not inherently detrimental.

Humans are responsible for the way tools are used and any tool can be used to harm oneself or another human. The science speaks for itself; it is time for humans to take responsibility for their own shortcomings and look for ways to further advance themselves.

“Smoking pot doesn’t make you a loser, being a loser makes you a loser.” – Joe Rogan

Marijuana Myth 1: Marijuana Causes Birth Defects

tumblr_ltlun8hWdX1qb1kwgo1_1280A study of Jamaican women who had smoked pot throughout pregnancy found that their babies registered higher on developmental scores at the age of 30 days, while experiencing no significant effects on birth-weight or length.

While cannabis use is not recommended in pregnancy, it may be of medical value to some women in treating morning sickness or easing childbirth.

Marijuana Myth 2: Marijuana Causes Sterility and Lowers Testosterone

1013Government experts concede that pot has no permanent effect on the male or female reproductive systems. A couple of lab studies indicated that very heavy marijuana smoking might lower sperm counts. However, surveys of chronic smokers have turned up no indication of infertility or other abnormalities.

One human study suggested that pot may mildly disrupt ovulation. It is possible that adolescents are peculiarly vulnerable to hormonal disruptions from pot. However, not a single case of impaired fertility has ever been observed in humans of either sex.

Marijuana Myth 3: Marijuana Causes Chromosome and Cell Damage

jail-for-marijuana-patientsCannabinoids in themselves are neither mutagenic nor carcinogenic, though the tars produced by marijuana combustion are. Some laboratory studies have suggested that high dosages of THC might interfere with cell replication and produce abnormal numbers of chromosomes; however, there is no evidence of such damage in realistic situations.

Marijuana Myth 4: Marijuana Kills Brain Cells

Monkey-Brain-DamageGovernment experts now admit that pot doesn’t kill brain cells. This myth came from a handful of animal experiments in which structural changes (not actual cell death, as is often alleged) were observed in brain cells of animals exposed to high doses of pot.

Human studies of heavy users in Jamaica and Costa Rica found no evidence of abnormalities in brain physiology.

Marijuana Myth 5: Marijuana Damages the Immune System

MMJ-AdvocatesThe recent discovery of a cannabinoid receptor inside rat spleens, where immune cells reside, raises the likelihood that cannabinoids do exert some sort of influence on the immune system. It has even been suggested that these effects might be beneficial for patients with auto-immune diseases such as multiple sclerosis. Nevertheless, not a single case of marijuana-induced immune deficiency has ever been clinically or epidemiologically detected in humans.

There is no reason to think marijuana is dangerous to AIDS patients. On the contrary, many AIDS patients report that marijuana helps avert the deadly “wasting syndrome” by stimulating appetite and reducing nausea. Cannabinoids do not actually damage the T-cells, which are depleted in HIV patients: one study even found that marijuana exposure increased T-cell counts in subjects (not AIDS patients) whose T-cell counts had been low.

Marijuana Myth 6: Marijuana Prohibition Improves Public Safety

JNS.MarijuanaRaid3There is no evidence that the prohibition of marijuana reduces the net social risk of accidents. On the contrary, recent studies suggest that marijuana may actually be beneficial in that it substitutes for alcohol and other, more dangerous drugs.

Research by Karyn Model found that states with marijuana decriminalization had lower overall drug abuse rates than others; another study by Frank Chaloupka found decriminalization states have lower accident rates too.

Marijuana Myth 7: Marijuana is a Dangerous Drug

stonerseriesheadstonerAny discussion of marijuana should begin with the fact that there have been numerous official reports and studies, every one of which has concluded that marijuana poses no great risk to society and should not be criminalized.

The current consensus is well stated in the 20th annual report of the California Research Advisory Panel (1990), which recommended that personal use and cultivation of marijuana be legalized: “An objective consideration of marijuana shows that it is responsible for less damage to society and the individual than are alcohol and cigarettes.”

 

Check out NORML’s Marijuana Health Mythology for more marijuana myths and all the studies that led to the debunking of these myths.

When We Grow – Cannabis Technology, Medicinal Uses and Legislation Documentary (Video)

When We Grow - Cannabis Technology, Medicinal Uses and Legislation Documentary (Video) | Third Monk

This cannabis technology documentary compiles information from different sources to support the legalization of cannabis for its use in place of inferior products.

“Hemcrete” is a new type of building material that surpasses concrete. Hemp paper is higher quality and more efficiently produced.

Medicinal Marijuana has uses across the board substituting for many pharmaceuticals without the adverse side effects.

The creator of the documentary is UK based, its refreshing to get this kind of support from the other side of the pond. Cannabis is not just for select states, countries or individuals. Cannabis is a birthright to all who inhabit this world where all the variations of this plant are a natural occurrence.

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Medical Marijuana – Impact on Human Health Documentary (Video)

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In this myth shattering, information packed documentary, learn from physicians and leading researchers about medical marijuana and its demonstrated effects on human health. This game changing documentary presents the most comprehensive synopsis to date of the real science surrounding the world’s most controversial plant.

Medical Marijuana – Impact on Human Health Documentary Topics

-What the consensus is from over 1500 scientific and medical trials

-What conditions have been proven to benefit from medical marijuana

-Its historical use as medicine dating back over 5300 years

Methods of delivery and their different advantages

-Government sponsored studies intended to show Marijuana having negative effects that yielded the exact opposite results

Common myths about negative effects of Marijuana and what the research really says about these topics

Marijuana’s History in Medicine

It was in 1942 that it was totally removed from the US Pharmacopeia or the formulary (list of medicines), but up until 1942 physicians could still write prescriptions for cannabis. Marijuana hasn’t been a medicine for 68 years in this country but it has been a medicine in the world for 3000 years. – Dr. Donald Abrams M.D., Chief of Hematology/Oncology, SF General Hospital

Unjust Government Classification of Cannabis

In 1988 the chief administrative law judge of the FDA issued a ruling recommending that marijuana be rescheduled from schedule 1 to schedule 2. In his ruling he found that marijuana was one of the safest therapeutic agents known to man and he stated that it was safer than eating 10 potatoes. So I’ve always been very careful about the number of potatoes I’ve eaten since then. – Dr. David Bearman M.D., Physician

Marijuana is Natural, Herbal Treatment for Asthma

Marijuana was widely used in the 1920s for the treatment of asthma and in the 1970s we found that marijuana has a Bronchodilator effect, it’s because the THC in the marijuana. – Dr. Donald Tashkin M.D., Professor of Pulmonary Medicin, UCLA

The Right to Use Cannabis as Medicine

If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as the souls of those who live under tyranny. – Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence

Carl Sagan On the Importance of Medical Marijuana (Video)

Carl Sagan On the Importance of Medical Marijuana (Video) | Third Monk

All over the country there are people having terminal cases of cancer or aids, who are given for example huge doses of chemotherapy agents which force them to be nauseous and unable to eat food which leads rapidly to their dwindling away because they can’t eat.

It’s well established that Marijuana counteracts this nausea and a few cases where it’s permitted or when its done illegally remarkable benefits accrue.

Is it rational to forbid patients who are dying from taking marijuana as a palliate to permit them to gain body weight and to get food down? It seems madness to say we’re worried they’re going to become addicted to marijuana—which there’s no evidence whatsoever that it’s addictive—but even if it were, these people are dying. What are we saving them from? So that’s a highly irrational official government position on at least some parts of drugs. – Carl Sagan

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Deaths from Marijuana Vs 17 FDA Approved Pill Drugs (Study)

Deaths from Marijuana Vs 17 FDA Approved Pill Drugs (Study) | Third Monk

Much of the medical marijuana discussion has focused on the safety of marijuana compared to the safety of FDA-approved drugs. ProCon.org sent a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to find the number of deaths caused by marijuana compared to the number of deaths caused by 17 FDA-approved drugs. Twelve of these FDA-approved drugs were chosen because they are commonly prescribed in place of medical marijuana, while the remaining five FDA-approved drugs were randomly selected because they are widely used and recognized by the general public.

Jan. 1, 1997 was chosen as the starting date of the study because it is the beginning of the first year following the Nov. 1996 approval of the first state medical marijuana laws (such as California’s Proposition 215).

Summary of Deaths by Drug Classification (Jan. 1, 1997 to June 30, 2005)
DRUG CLASSIFICATION
Specific
Drugs per
Category
Primary
Suspect of the Death
Secondary Suspect(Contributing to death)
Total Deaths Reported
1/1/97 – 6/30/05
A. MARIJUANA
also known as: Cannabis sativa L

Marijuana
Cannabis
Cannabinoids

0
279
279
B. ANTI-EMETICS
(used to treat vomiting)
196
429
625
C. ANTI-SPASMODICS
(used to treat muscle spasms)
118
56
174
D. ANTI-PSYCHOTICS
(used to treat psychosis)
1,593
702
2,295
E. OTHER POPULAR DRUGS
(used to treat various conditions including ADD, depression, narcolepsy, erectile dysfunction, and pain)
8,101
492
8,593
F. TOTALS of A-E
Number
of Drugs
in Total
Primary
Suspect of the Death
Secondary Suspect(Contributing to death)
Total Deaths Reported
1/1/97 – 6/30/05
  • TOTAL DEATHS FROM MARIJUANA
1
0
279
279
  • TOTAL DEATHS FROM 17 FDA-APPROVED DRUGS
17
10,008
1,679
11,687

 

> Marijuana vs Pills Deaths | Procon.org

15 Things You Should Know About Marijuana (Infographic)

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If you are anything like me, you love infographics because they make lots of information extremely easy to read and digest. So when the team at Term Life Insurance came to me with the opportunity to work with them on a marijuana infographic I HAD to take the opportunity. So after lots of research and blunts smoked, here is an awesome marijuana infographic that shows 15 things about marijuana that you should know. I even learned a thing or two, this plant is even more amazing than I thought. Enjoy. – Hail Mary Jane

Father Uses Medical Marijuana To Fight Son’s Brain Cancer (Video)

Father Uses Medical Marijuana To Fight Son’s Brain Cancer (Video) | Third Monk

A family’s two-year old son, Cash was diagnosed with a brain tumor. The chemo treatment jacked up his body, preventing him for eating any solid food for 40 days. Cash’s dad decided to turn to medical marijuana by secretly giving him cannabis oil to increase his appetite. The increasing number of positive medical marijuana cases can no longer be ignored, watch the clip for the full story.