Marijuana Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth In Half, Study Shows

Science Daily ^ | 4/17/07 | American Association for Cancer Research

[elkfersupper]

I guess dopers will have something else to steal from pharmacies besides meth precursors.

It's getting to where nearly everything is a meth precursor.

What you gonna' do?

[Tolsti]

Right, actual medical processes are completely not an issue to the dopers. It’s as if some obsure chemical (out of zillions) happens to have some affect on mice.

But if it’s pot, WHOAH MAN. I’m on it!

Medical pot is a joke.

[Trailerpark Badass]

Tell it to Bob Marley.

Marley died of melanoma, not lung cancer.

[elkfersupper]

Do Pot, Do Time

Leading to:

Do Twinkies, Do Time

[Trailerpark Badass]

That's an incorrect statement. Inhibiting growth by 50% is not the same as reducing size by 50%.

Read it again.

[microgood]

Marinol is totally synthetic, and has nothing to to with the plant, which is why the dopers have no interest in it.

Well, I do not know why dopers do not like it, but the reason cancer patients on chemo do not like it is that it does not work. I have a friend with brain cancer who gives his Marinol to anyone that will take it and uses the natural method since one works and the other doesn't.

The problem with the latter is that is does not line the pockets of the politicians and pharmaceutical companies, which is why pot is illegal in the first place.

Why anyone believes they have the right to arrest a dying cancer patient for using a drug that gives them some comfort, whatever the scientific basis, is beyond me. As far as I am concerned, it is just plain cruel and uncompassionate.

We still have no idea how aspirin works, so maybe we should call all those users liars and outlaw it as well. Oh wait, there are no pleasant side-effects so noone is enjoying it, so it is OK to keep it legal.

[Moonman62]

The problem with the latter is that is does not line the pockets of the politicians and pharmaceutical companies, which is why pot is illegal in the first place.

Yes, it's a conspiracy, LOL. And we've known how aspirin works since 1971, which is probably not too long after you started smoking dope.

[jackieaxe]

The drug Nazis are not going to like this. Look for “Nice school you got here, it would be a shame to lose all to lose billions in government research grants. You sure this pot study is right?” coming at Harvard.

[microgood]

Medical pot is a joke.

Actually it has been used as a medicine since 2735 BC. It is proven to help those with glaucoma, and was outlawed in the 1930s over the objection of the AMA, which at the time had 33 uses for it.

The way they got the law passed was a Senator named Karl Vinson from Georgia lied about the AMA's position to the wider Congress after they had heard the testimony in committee. And as anyone can see by going to the DEA or ONDCP websites, the WODies continue to lie about it today.

The war against pot is an irrational one championed by misguided morons in government, but it will be relegalized someday when a more rational society emerges, or when the alcohol dopers come to their senses and quit being such hypocrites.

[microgood]

Yes, it's a conspiracy, LOL.

What other possible rational explanation could there be? After the 37 Tax Act was struck down, Nixon had a study done on drugs by a panel and they recommended it remain legal (as did the AMA in 1937), but it was outlawed anyway. Bush thinks it is worse than Meth. How do you explain this completely irrational behavior for a drug less harmful than alcohol or tobacco? There must be some reason for it they are not telling us, since all the ones they use now are ridiculous.

And we've known how aspirin works since 1971

You are right, but it was used for thousands of years before we knew how it worked. The question is should we immediately outlaw any drug that we haven't figured out the mechanism for?

which is probably not too long after you started smoking dope

I never liked the stuff, it put me to sleep. However, I do not like seeing cancer patients arrested for using it or growing, which I know all you WODies cheer and they pull out all their IVs, drag them onto the ground and taser them while perp walking them out to the car.

And the other reason I do not like marijuana prohibition is the total lack of honesty on the part of the prohibitionists. No drug has been lied about more or misrepresented more than marijuana. It really does not reflect well on our government or politicians that support prohibition.

[gracesdad]

Where the heck is robertpaulsen? We need him here to say something nonsensical.

[Tolsti]

The war for pot is just about getting high, nothing medical. Get over your addiction.

[microgood]

The war for pot is just about getting high, nothing medical.

That is probably true in some cases, but at the same time studies have been repressed and even destroyed based on politics and not science in the past. Why would they do this if there are no medical uses? The very fact they have tried to prevent it from even being studied is telling.

Get over your addiction.

No way. I am addicted to freedom and believe, like Thomas Paine, that, government at its best is an unnecessary evil, and at its worst, an intolerable one. The drug war is a threat to the freedom of all Americans, and that is why it must be opposed. Between the erosion of the 4th Amendment, the no-knock searches, civil asset forfeiture and corruption of our police, prosecutors, and judges, we will simply end up like a banana republic if this continues.

[TKDietz]

How are synthetic THC and THC from marijuana so different? There are some other cannabinoids in marijuana besides THC, but I don’t think those really get people high, although it is claimed that they can have other medicinal properties and one company that sells a prescription marijuana spray in some countries apparently sells a couple of different types with different levels of other cannabinoids besides THC. Synthetic THC though is chemically identical to the THC occurring naturally in marijuana. Marinol does get people high. Ingesting marinol pills will cause about the same high as eating pot brownies. From what I understand it can put people on the couch all day if they don’t tolerate it well. After “eating” either it takes a good while for the THC to take effect, but then it lasts a lot longer than if the THC is inhaled, which wouldn't always be desirable. I think if I were throwing up and wanting to stop the nausea I’d want whatever worked the quickest. I’d also want the cheapest medicine, and from what I understand Marinol is really expensive.

[Tolsti]

Get over your pot obsession is what I mean. Rally over crack rights instead maybe. Something different at least, something interesting.

The same tired old shit sucks.

[Tolsti]

Heroin is cheap and works well. Use that.

[TKDietz]

Why would I want to use heroin?

[TKDietz]

Oh, and heroin isn’t cheap at all by the way. It’s an incredibly expensive, incredibly addictive drug. That’s why heroin junkies tend to steal or commit other crimes to feed their addiction.

[Mr. Blonde]

Marijuana even makes cancer lazy? Wow.

[Tolsti]

That’s funny, I though pro-druggies show those heroin cough drops as a point to show that drugs aren’t all that bad?

Weird.. You mean, some illegal drugs are bad?