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Marijuana cuts lung cancer tumor growth in half, Harvard study shows

source: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070417193338.htm

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The active ingredient in marijuana cuts tumor growth in common lung cancer in half and significantly reduces the ability of the cancer to spread, say researchers at Harvard University who tested the chemical in both lab and mouse studies.

They say this is the first set of experiments to show that the compound, Delta-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), inhibits EGF-induced growth and migration in epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) expressing non-small cell lung cancer cell lines. Lung cancers that over-express EGFR are usually highly aggressive and resistant to chemotherapy.

THC that targets cannabinoid receptors CB1 and CB2 is similar in function to endocannabinoids, which are cannabinoids that are naturally produced in the body and activate these receptors. The researchers suggest that THC or other designer agents that activate these receptors might be used in a targeted fashion to treat lung cancer.
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152 comments // Marijuana cuts lung cancer tumor growth in half, Harvard study shows

  • kiwidave
    • 0
      kiwidave  

    • Hi America please work hard at what you believe in. You must understand how what you do effects the world. Not because you are great but because your political machine is over run with lies and deceit. Your politicians do not have a vote, its the same here in New Zealand and Australia. We are controlled like you by the corporations. Find a new way of de-financing these companies. STOP giving them your money. Buy products made of HEMP. Don't be afraid you only have a short life be happy in it and help each other learn grow and make real change. Dont buy stuff in petrochemical plastic dont eat meat. Im i going too far? to bad its because i care and about you.

    • 18 days ago
  • JoshuaPaull
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      JoshuaPaull  

    • The United States government wont legalise and tax marijuana for the simple fact that it is to easy to grow and they make more money on marijuana busts than they would in sales and taxing it in a years times... God Bless the USA but to hell with our crooked politicians

    • 24 days ago
  • VeXHarbinger
  • L338
    • +2
      L338  

    • I receive medical marijuana for mental health issues up in Canada and its the only medication that has helped me. My grades have gone up around 20% in college and it makes sleeping and eating possible.

    • 6 months ago
  • Cynyhia_Pahdocony
    • +1
      Cynyhia_Pahdocony  

    • this would help our money woes,why not make this plant legal ? it seems to be the only thing that helps my friend after his cancer treatment..and everyone would benefit in the long run...greed is the real crime here...

    • 6 months ago
  • KCfromGA
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      KCfromGA  

    • I am 60 years old and have Multiple Sclerosis. I've tried handfuls and handfuls of pharmaceutical drugs for pain, nausea, spasms and fatigue and ALL of them had side effects that added to the problems I was already experiencing.

      When I've had the opportunity to use marijuana I felt much better. Living in Georgia, it's illegal but I'm hoping that common sense will prevail soon and op-posers will understand marijuana is helpful to a lot of sick and suffering people... possibly a member of their own family. Marijuana should be reclassified as a "medicine" to replace some of the harder drugs being prescribed that damage the liver and other organs.

    • 6 months ago
  • John_Tongue
    • +3
      John_Tongue  

    • I have friends who have cancer and i have seen how it also helps with nausea and appetite. Personally i suffer from 19 years with Multiple Sclerosis and can attest to it's benefits with regard to cramping and spasms. "T.H.C. works for me! (my personal opinion).

    • 6 months ago
  • Barbara_Bonacci
  • Lizzy_Graser
    • +1
      Lizzy_Graser  

    • I do believe this would be true.
      I take Dostinex, for an inoperable brain tumor, which has some pretty nasty side effects, which include vertigo, sleep apnia, mood swings, just a few of horrid side effects. I wish someone would have told me years ago, just just 2-3 puffs of green once a day will abate the side effects, making it so much more bearable.. My good friend, who is a nurse told me to try it, and it worked so well!

    • 7 months ago
  • Guavaman1
    • +1
      Guavaman1  

    • Yes I would like a link if possible. Having a friend in Tulsa recently diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung Cancer it's something we already know. However he's a veteran in Oklahoma and he'll never get legal medical marijuana,. . not here.

    • 7 months ago
  • Jon_Sylvester
  • Karlie_Cole
  • Mic_Jordan
    • +2
      Mic_Jordan  

    • MJ is healthful. Not in any way carcinogenic. The "scientific research of Drew_Stoller" is the equivalent to waterboarding someone to death and then stating that the patient died because he was allergic to water. Dump the justice department trolls please ;=)

    • 7 months ago
  • bubbums123
    • +1
      bubbums123  

    • Drew_Stoller - There is not a single recorded case of cancer being caused from smoking marijuana. Not one. Smoking marijuana has in no way shape or form been correlated with causing cancer.

    • 8 months ago
  • HowardTLewisIII
  • Edward_Ober
    • +2
      Edward_Ober  

    • I wonder if this means that people who smoke pot and cigarettes are less likely to get lung cancer than people who only smoke cigarettes? Any thoughts on that?

    • 9 months ago
  • Drew_Stoller
    • +2
      Drew_Stoller  
    • Edward_Ober:

      No. THC is the culprit for the reduction in tumor growth rate, not marijuana itself. Smoking marijuana has carcinogenic effects. Vaporizers, however, are fine. The important distinction to make here is that there is no conclusive evidence to show that it actually cures the cancer. What it does is aid in treatment, slow the progression of the cancer, and hopefully give medical professionals time to actually treat the person. And as always, it really depends on the type of cancer it's being used to treat. Not every treatment helps with every cancer.

    • 9 months ago
  • Andre_Illuminati
  • KingMoonraker
    • +3
      KingMoonraker  
    • Drew_Stoller:

      I don't think what you are saying is necessarily true. This is one of many studies that show a positive ( anti cancer ) correlation - and not just from THC - from the whole plant. The plant has a lot of chemicals in it. Trying to separate out constituent chemicals may not be the right approach.

      For instance, look at the study by anti drug researcher Dr. Donal Tashkin at UCLA. He expected to find a positive correlation between heavy marijuana use and COPD and lung cancer, but instead found an inhibitory effect:

      http://stopthedrugwar.org/speakeasy/2009/jun/03/top_antidrug_researcher_changes

    • 9 months ago
  • Drew_Stoller
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      Drew_Stoller  
    • KingMoonraker:

      You are misquoting him. He did not find an inhibitory effect, what his study showed was that there was no noticeable correlation. That is one isolated study in a sea of many studies with many varying results.

      Not to be a dick, but I get the feeling you don't have any formal scientific education. If THC is responsible for a reduction in growth-rate of a tumor, then any other chemicals contained in marijuana would have no effect on the treatment. THC is THC regardless of whether it's in pot or not. It's a molecule. Nothing more, nothing less. If THC is only part of a cocktail that is beneficial, then it's not just the THC that is helping, futhermore it isn't *only* possible to administer that kind of treatment through the use of marijuana. Local treatment is not the same thing as lighting up a joint.

      Try to keep in mind, I am fully behind not just the decriminalization of drug use, but the legalization of it. As I said, though, one side saying something is the end of society as we know it while the other pretends it's a miracle substance serves no one. There needs to be an open dialogue that simply isn't happening. There are some pretty decent studies being done, the one the article you linked cites is a large one, but there is nothing in the way of real volumes of studies being done. Part of that is because of the anti- side of this debate being in control right now. It takes a lot of research for medicinal *anything* and the only way we'll ever know exactly what is going on is if the right volume of research is being done.

    • 9 months ago
  • Amanda_Mullinex
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      Amanda_Mullinex  
    • Drew_Stoller:

      So, you're for legalization of all drugs? Is this a "the government can't tell me what to do with myself" type thing, or is there some other reason. I don't think legalizing heroin, crack/cocaine, meth or anything else is going to help anything or anybody, and most likely would make things worse. I do though, think marijuana is a drug that actually has potential to help many things. Another may be X, but my interest doesn't lie there.

    • 8 months ago
  • KCfromGA
  • KCfromGA
  • Dquixote1217
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      Dquixote1217  
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    • It is good to see information such as this finally making its way into the mainstream.

      The government and mainstream science has long known about the anti-cancer and other benefits of marijuana. Sadly, politics and the influence of the big drug industry has kept that information hidden and suppressed. See:

      "Two studies about marijuana cancer benefits you probably never read about"
      http://www.tbyil.com/Marijuana_Cancer_Studies.htm

    • 9 months ago
  • KingMoonraker
  • Yami_Saleh
  • Muzikayise
  • Flibberdy_Gibbet
    • +6
      Flibberdy_Gibbet  

    • yeah absolutely stupid that weed's not legal yet. Talk about a stupid thing to ruin peoples' lives over. If you still believe people deserve hard time for pot, you need to join the rest of us in this century.

    • 9 months ago
  • KCfromGA
    • +1
      KCfromGA  
    • Flibberdy_Gibbet:

      It does seem quite barbaric... think of all the children that have lost their parents to jail... think of all the overcrowding of the jails... think of all the people with health problems that continue to suffer. Common sense, where are you?

    • 6 months ago
  • Schelly_Frane
  • Diabolik
  • Gabriel0465
    • +10
      Gabriel0465  

    • Until the government can figure a way out to tax/regulate it, marijuana will remain illegal. Same thing happened with tobacco and alcohol. Hemp was legal until Anslinger got it classified as Sched 1, along with Heroin and cocaine. Then Nixon and finally Reagan. Sure wouldn't mind a drug test on the latter back in his "Hollywood" days... Carter considered it but was pressured otherwise. Then there was one who said he didn't inhale (deception indicated), quite funny.
      If legalized one would have to fight the pharmaceutical companies as they DON'T want it legal. On the medical side it would eliminate most antidepressants, ADD/ADHD, et al.. no need for valium or xanex or the like.
      Textile and fuel wise, the market would explode as industrial use of hemp could replace many items at a cheaper cost. Paper, clothes, rope, fuel, food... the list goes on.
      Regarding the safety issue, more people have died by alcohol, Rx & tobacco in the time it took to read this than marijuana has since God put it on the planet...
      Man made alcohol/Rx, God made marijuana.. who do you trust?

    • 9 months ago
  • Will_Holder
  • Gordon_Soderberg
    • +5
      Gordon_Soderberg  

    • This has been known for years but the AMA and the drug companies as well as their benefactors in congress and the senate have refused to admit it and prevented clinical studies for decades. Yet, they will tell you that putting radiation in your system is a good idea.

      When a pharma drug commercial comes on, by the time the commercial is over I've forgotten what they treat because the list of potential lethal effects are so long.

      This is a none lethal, non habit forming, preventative medicine for many more illnesses than this small study suggests. Made into a ointment it clears up skin conditions, ingested it helps with digestion, put into a save it relief pain from Arthritis. It also helps patients deal with all those side effects caused by petrochemical drugs that have been forced on us since 1927.

    • 9 months ago
  • Michael_Wilson
  • locdasmoke
  • james1seattle
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      james1seattle  

    • My neighbor two doors down has a script for medical marijuana. He sells more than half to anyone that will buy it at twice it's original price. My cousin has a script and uses it ONLY to get high. In CA studies by proponents of medical marijuana want tougher guidelines because of abuse. I don't have any problem with people getting high, Just say you want to get high. Lose the bullshit. Give it to people that need it, keep it out of the hands of children. I don't want children in this world to end up like all the potheads from my youth who have accomplished little or nothing. A sure sign of the dangers of giving people marijuana are the many people commenting here that cannot spell or even put a sentence together. Or the ones that believe that you must use caps lock to make a point. The shit is very deep here!

    • 9 months ago
  • Jay_Miller
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      Jay_Miller  
    • james1seattle:

      While I agree there are those out there that abuse the medical marijuana privilege, I don't think that can be said for most. There will always be some people in a group that take advantage or abuse. That being said, I seriously doubt most people with a medical condition severe enough to be prescribed marijuana are abusing it. And frankly if they are, so what. Most of them are probably knocking on deaths door so let them have their fun and get high. As far as keeping it away from kids, pshhh! Kids smoke it the most and they'll get it one way or another regardless of any laws that are in place to stop it. They're not supposed to have alcohol either but so no amount of liquor laws can prevent that. I smoked a little pot in my youth and I'm not some deadbeat base head living in my parent's basement. One could argue that the potheads from your youth wouldn't have amounted to anything anyways, pot or not. Some people just lack a clear direction in life. Could it be because they smoked pot? Sure but I know quite a few people from my youth who smoked copious amounts of weed and are very successful today. Pot does not make people lazy. Some people are just lazy by nature or lazy by nurture. The fact is, people need to overcome the stigma of marijuana and realize it for the miracle drug it has the potential to be. Why continue to ban a substance that has no health risks and many health benefits while at the same time alcohol, which kills thousands every year because of the many health issues it causes?

    • 9 months ago
  • Petur_Stefansson
  • Drew_Stoller
    • +1
      Drew_Stoller  
    • Jay_Miller:

      I mostly agree with your statement, but you need to understand that smoking marijuana does have health risks. If you're going to tout it as a drug with no health risks you need to be specific in saying that when used with a vaporizer or ingested there are no known risks. Smoking pot does have carcinogenic effects and it puts more tar per joint in your lungs than a cigarette. Excessive use can lead to emphysema and COPD. To put it another way: I am for the legalization of marijuana (as well a all drugs), but I am also very much in favor of an open, honest dialogue. Pot is not a miracle drug anymore than it is the devil's ultimate weapon sent to destroy humanity. It is a recreational drug that also happens to have clinical benefits. So do opiates. Cocaine does as well. It's still used as a topical anesthetic before surgery.

    • 9 months ago
  • Jacob_Newsom
    • +1
      Jacob_Newsom  
    • james1seattle:

      How many "potheads" from your youth have you followed into adulthood to see whether or not they have "accomplished" anything in their life? Furthermore, how to you define accomplishment?

      "A sure sign of the dangers of giving people marijuana are the many people commenting here that cannot spell or even put a sentence together."

      I think what you are trying to do here is draw a connection between marijuana use and poor grammar? Regardless- if THC can mitigate or stop the spreading of cancerous tumors then isn't poor grammar a necessary tradeoff?

    • 7 months ago
  • KCfromGA
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      KCfromGA  
    • Drew_Stoller:

      Marijuana doesn't have any carcinogenic effects, but if you believe it does and ever need to use it to help a health problem someday, I would advise using a "vaporizer" that is smokeless... the vapor has NO smoke.

    • 6 months ago
  • shawnnyboy
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      shawnnyboy  

    • Now now Brenda Coleman.....You are super concerned about the government. Yes they lie ALL THE TIME. But these stories about good things are sometimes legit. The world is changing to the point where things that hurt the rich elite get out. The marijuana therapy stuff is true. Brenda just back off a little and you will be closer to the truth.

    • 9 months ago
  • Brenda_Coleman
    • +2
      Brenda_Coleman  

    • THE GOVERNMENT IS JUST FULL OF CRAP. THEY WANT CONTROL OVER THIS TO MAKE MONEY LIKE THEY DO EVERYTHING ELSE. AND I'M SURE THEY ALREADY KNEW THIS WOULD HELP CURE CANCER. THEY DON'T CARE. ITS ALL ABOUT MONEY. IT RULES AMERICA.

    • 9 months ago
  • Anne_Leblanc
    • +1
      Anne_Leblanc  
    • Brenda_Coleman:

      A couple of years ago, I visited in Ottawa, a huuuuuuge warehouse where the RCMP keeps all the weeds they seized. They burn a small part to look good on tv and the store the rest. When its legal, they will sell it back to the people at double price!!!!!

    • 9 months ago
  • Drew_Stoller
  • David_Eric
    • +1
      David_Eric  

    • the best in the world.it can save the world.but the government sucks it always sucked and always will suck,even if this was all legal the coverment would suck.this grows wild and the fucking goddam government takes it from us.it is the governments fault we all are dieing fuck you government suck my fucking cock

    • 9 months ago
  • Paul_Ingram
  • TonyRao
  • TonyRao
    • +1
      TonyRao  

    • Buy the Documentary, "What if cannabis cured cancer" It's a real 'eye-opener' to those still on the fence concerning Marijuana. For the rest of us the question should be tied to a brick and tossed through the windows of the Federal government and at the head of the DEA, CIA and FBI.
      Some of the comments here are so ignorant, I won't even respond.

    • 9 months ago
  • Richie_Latham
  • Cynyhia_Pahdocony
  • RoyChapman
    • +3
      RoyChapman  

    • ITS PURE MOTHER NATURE UN TOUCHED BY MAN MAID POISONS! WTF??
      They'll let me get addicted to OPIETS or sit at home & die of alcohol poisening & continue to let tobaco co's PUT CHEMICALS IN CIGARETTES! (thats OK)
      Shows how much they care about our wellfare, howmany cancer docs kemo clinics radiation places would close? O_o

    • 9 months ago
  • RoyChapman
    • +1
      RoyChapman  

    • Un fuckin believable that this AND ALL THE OTHER medical qualities ARE IGNORED BY THE US!!!!!! THEY WANT WAR ON DRUGS??? Lets up the ante!!! (sp?) fuck that, if i go to jail fow pot, hunger strike till i die THEN ITS ON THEIR HANDS! sorry. It pisses me off alil.

    • 9 months ago
  • Nicolas_Espinal
    • +5
      Nicolas_Espinal  

    • the history of our continent before columbus says we used it for religious and medicinal uses the control of pain or elimination of it is our specialty all natural herbes should never have being discriminated /prohibited in any way shape or form all jailed for it should be released stop all bans defend history and the natives

    • 9 months ago
  • Cherryl_Purcell
    • +3
      Cherryl_Purcell  

    • If you are a Canadian watch for the S10 Bill in canada. It will not matter that it can save you the government here will pass the bill saying anyone carrying will be charged. Making edibles will get you 18 mths in jail. People who are unable to smoke because of asthma, use this to keep them calm. Cancer patients use it help them eat. Fibro Mialgia patients use help them eat and helps with their pain. If marijuana helps with lung cancer this will not be any good to us in Canada once this S10 bill is passed.

    • 9 months ago
  • Barry_Linendoll
  • dragon83uk
    • +1
      dragon83uk  

    • Why is this not headline news everywhere? The strength of cannabis against cancer is not a new thing, watch "What if Cannabis cured cancer?", a movie about various scientists researching the benefits of this plant. It's disgusting how little coverage this is getting. Surely now people can see that the rewards cannabis offers far outways the risks. Risks that the majority need not worry about. Prohibition of cannabis because of mental health risks is like prohibiting peanuts because some people are allergic!
      People need to stop bowing to the Daily Fail retards and end this ridiculous war on a plant. Maybe then we can start protecting against it's few dangers, most of which are caused by the very "tough stance" that's supposed to be there to help!

      http://youtu.be/pnP8IugJCHM

    • 9 months ago
  • Ella333
    • +3
      Ella333  

    • When there are more adverse health conditions and deaths related to sugar, alchohol, coffee and tobacco consumption and all these are legal , one has to ask why is cannabis not??? Ok smoking it is not right for some but hey i see more alchoholics in a bad way than pot heads, and there are more adverse effects from many pharmacutical drugs or even food additives such as aspartame (http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fdr-mercola...) which is a known poison in our food chain as a sweetner... What's really going on here ??? As for gateway drugs I blame e numbers and sugar... this is where kids learn from an early age that getting a buzz is good !!!

    • 1 year ago
  • hempbuilder
  • Daffydave
    • 0
      Daffydave  

    • plant of the gods.
      Oh weren't we made in the image of god?
      I think that say's it all.
      that's my understanding
      Lawful not legal

    • 1 year ago
  • galwayman
  • Scooter_Tramp
  • ROyani
  • AstrologerSalvadorRusso
  • hunzedog
    • 0
      hunzedog  

    • http://current.com/groups/make-marijuana-matter/
      Make Marijuana Matter Group
      Hemp Helpers please join this Group
      Stand Up for your Rights
      Lets Get Cannabis on current....
      Lets get our voice Heard !!!
      The war on drugs is working! The war on drugs makes Americans slaves! It makes pharmaceutical companies rich!. It makes drug lords powerfull and dangerous.! I ensures that kids can get pot easier than they can get beer ! It prescribes medical marijuana in the hospital. Then arrests patients in the courtrooms when they dont buy from them.The war on drugs is working!!! Against the will of the American people>
      despite what harvard studies show ?

    • 2 years ago
  • MycoJ
  • SuckMyTNS
    • 0
      SuckMyTNS  

    • This sounds great i hope it really goes somewhere and helps lots of people, even more then it has already. Most "stoners" smoke at ease anyway, so its not like we are dying to legalize it. Even if it is in a pill, who cares? smoke weed everyday, and if you don't at least dont be so judgemental.

    • 2 years ago
  • Kev_Dawg
  • river_rollin
    • 0
      river_rollin  

    • we all know that pot is good for you, tell me something new, how about... all the white uptight republicans smoke it too!! you know, the same ones that keep it illegal so they dont loose their money

    • 2 years ago
  • shibumi0202
  • AuralElixirGirrrl
  • Khidrock
    • 0
      Khidrock  

    • The possibility of making and legalizing other forms of THC than smokable, for medical purposes would at least open the doors for people to accept that unlike a lot of chemicals in this world, THC isn't exactly harmful or bad. I believe it would, but it could start the wheels of a change in the mentality of people on pot, that would be passed down from generation to generation and the "Reefer Madness" mentality might be more so eradicated.

    • 2 years ago
  • idealist
  • Broadswordcallin
    • 0
      Broadswordcallin  

    • More great news in the vote for hemp.

      Go Jack Herer this is the sort of news the people and so called governments need to hear.

      Take it easy out there,
      Broadsword Callin.

    • 2 years ago
  • KaT_Trina
  • 02
    • -1
      02  

    • But it also shrinks the rest of your cells. Brain cells just sit there. Tested subjects can't even get up.

    • 2 years ago
  • awareness2010
  • denport
  • Lippey
    • 0
      Lippey  

    • Maybe by using a vaporizer? Or eating it? Because I can't imagine smoking out of a bowl being good for your lungs with all the resign that builds up in a bowl.

    • 2 years ago
  • Sativa28
    • 0
      Sativa28  
    • Lippey:

      vaporizers are wonderful but i'll never put away my bowl. if youre an avid glass user like i am than you should know how to keep it clean...save the rez if you want. i take care of my pieces just like i take care of my body. i agree with those above like 3_8_2. id much rather hit my bowl than down some chemically fused pills for a headache or some cramps.

    • 2 years ago
  • gepma44
    • 0
      gepma44  

    • iF THE GOVT WAS MAKING MONEY OFF OF POT YOU COULD FIND IT AT 7 ELEVEN RIGHTBESIDEYHE ATM MACHINE WHICH HAPPENS TO BE RIGHT BESIDE THE BOXES OF SUPER CRISP AND THE CONDOM DISPLAY

    • 2 years ago
  • Hoax_Productions
    • 0
      Hoax_Productions  

    • Ya, while you have it in your system, the cannibanoids prevent cancer growth and spreading. However, the smoke inhalation causes damage that can turn into cancer after you quit.

      What a duel edged sword!

    • 2 years ago
  • Gabriel0465
    • 0
      Gabriel0465  
    • Hoax_Productions:

      Part of what makes it help is the coughing effect the marijuana has on the consumer. The coughing moves stagnant fluid that would otherwise end up as pneumonia as well as the recent discoveries.

      That dual edge sword goes the same with "Popping a Pill." All pills do damage to your liver and kidneys. Im still waiting to find out if my liver will be ok in the future do to all the "Ranger Candy" (800mg Motrin) the Army gave out for everything from a headache to broken ribs.

      At least with the marijuana, the control is in the smokers hands. Smoke too much and all that happens is you go to sleep, generally after eating something. Still, more people die by aspirin today than marijuana has killed since the dawn of time.

    • 9 months ago
  • awareness2010
  • 3_8_2
    • 0
      3_8_2  

    • That's nice to hear. :)
      Seriously, marijuana can be more beneficial then a lot of the chemicals and pills that we put into our bodies everyday. It can help with headaches, nausea, decrease in appetite(haha munchies), and so much more.
      It would be much better for you to take a marijuana supplement, then to take Tylenol.

      We need to start working with it more to help us instead of being so against it.

    • 2 years ago
  • sickinjersey
  • AxeRFJ
  • JETaylor
    • 0
      JETaylor  

    • Maybe we all should take a hit before we accept this trillion dollar bailout.
      No wait I have a better idea tell congress to take their package set off to the side roll a couple dozin blunts go back in write another one then compare the two.
      o yea we where talking about health issues sorry.

    • 2 years ago
  • theblackwhitewarrior
  • Rethink_Drugs
  • Tommyjolly
    • 0
      Tommyjolly  

    • Edit to the replies of my comment: Unbelievable how rude people act. I was just pointing something out that's all.
      You act like I personally insulted you. Ridiculous.

    • 2 years ago
  • SDLN
    • 0
      SDLN  

    • In science, one study begets another.

      Back in 2006, a study by UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine, led by Dr. Donald Tashkin, found that "[l]ong term or heavy use of marijuana does not cause lung or neck cancers even though marijuana produces more resin and tar than tobacco."
      http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/6811.html/

      Dr. Tashkin explains, "“We know that there are as many or more carcinogens and co-carcinogens in marijuana smoke as in cigarettes. But we did not find any evidence for an increase in cancer risk for even heavy marijuana smoking."

      The study confounded many. This new study helps fill in some of the gaps. I can't wait to find what we learn next. Excellent post.

    • 3 years ago
  • DeliaTheArtist
    • 0
      DeliaTheArtist  

    • I don't understand why people complain about the "content" on Current- when I look at the homepage I see stories about weed, the economy, AIDS, robots, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Afganistan, Australia AND Beijing, the environment, health issues...I mean really, some of you don't think there is enough variety and worldly awareness? Srsly?

    • 3 years ago
  • SDLN
    • 0
      SDLN  
    • DeliaTheArtist:

      I'm in complete agreement, Delia. Even if a topic isn't on the front page at the present time, all one has to do is type a word or two in the search bar to find what one is looking for. Add a comment, vote it up, and things happen. And if something happens to be missing from Current, everyone has the ability to add it themselves. That's the beauty of user-created content.

      Personally, I find these "off" topics educational. Considering the circles that I run in, I wouldn't have known almost anything about, say, GMOs, biofuels, etc. had certain Current users not been so persistent with their posts.

    • 3 years ago
  • jubal
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      jubal  

    • I must agree vigorously that this topic is extremely relevant in so many ways. It has reached a tipping point in the American consciousness. We must continue to speak and care about this issue because it will bring a dramatic and sudden change to America. It will mean economic freedom for millions of people. It will give people something that they can use to heal themselves and not be at the mercy of hospitals and insurance companies; pharmaceutical companies and industry political lobbyists. It will result in the saving of billions in dollars spent on the failed prohibition policy. It will unlock billions in revenue for many industries resulting in millions of jobs. Legalization would render a tremendous blow to the violence plaguing our southern border.

      I could go on and on. But most importantly, it will help the environment by providing an extremely cheap and renewable energy source for bio fuels that won't harm the planet. The methacellulose fibers in cannabis are easily converted into energy and when that energy burns it has a higher octane resulting in a more complete burn that basically results in water vapor.

      The fiber can be used for paper so that instead of cutting down trees that take 25 to 50 years to harvest, you can use a plant that will produce the same amount of fiber per acre in only one year.

      The fiber could be used for rope, fabrics of many kinds, wood products such as moldings, fiber boards, building products of many kinds, insulation, the list goes on and on.

      This is precisely why this issue is every other headline. This is why it has become the hot button issue on Current. Because it promises to bring about a miraculous recovery of America and empowerment to millions of working class people.

    • 3 years ago
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      MojoNojo  

    • the possible reality this may prove is that we as a country may claw our ways out of this ignorance and hypocritical laws and even though it may cause cancer...it isn't physically addictive... but cigarettes are...so why is it illegal...it we decriminalize it... THC can be used in baking and other foods... Where are the cons? I don't see any... It's not addictive and if you eat it you won't get cancer... all i know is one of those statements would not be true if we did this with nicotine....

    • 3 years ago
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