Marijuana cuts cancer tumor growth, prevents Alzheimers

[NinjaGaijin]

I am considering working on creating some tincture for my mother for her lung/brain cancer - but at the moment just getting her to stop smoking smoke all together so no more pipes and no more cigarettes.

I have heard THC attaches to cells for 36 days and causes cells to grow faster, thereby possibly causing more mutations .. i'm just thinking after my mother has smoked pot her whole life, but more cigarettes, that maybe THC doesn't really help fight lung cancer. But I don't really know.

I'm a heavy smoker myself and I'm doing all I can to give up. I think to start I will have to only smoke mix with damiana herb and other such things - at the moment I mix 60-70% tobacco.

Also for those that think rolling tobacco is better for them, it's really not. Norway study years back showed more cancer from rollies.. they have 30% of smokers in norway, smoke rollies.. I started on tailored cigarettes, and whenver I would scab a rollie off someone, if I smoked them regularly for a few days or even a few hours, I would usually get bronchitis or bad asthma.. but never with tailored. I assumed it was just hotter smoke..

I'd like to continue using THC personally as a tincture to eliminate the element of smoking.. but i'm practically addicted to weed. For me to stop I get cold sweats and restless nights. But I'm wondering if even a tincture would be healthy.

I just gotta stop smoking now my mother has lung cancer.. I don't want to be there in a few years.. and the way my persistant cough has been going the past few years, I really have to hurry. I'm starting to sound emphezemic after 13 years every day smoking most or all day 20-80 bongs, 50-70% tobacco blend through a water pipe.

Not at all healthy. Unfiltered spliff is the least harsh because it smokes the hottest. So while it might burn your lungs more, it will leave less tar as it condenses less quickly on your lungs, since hotter.

Water pipe tastes cooler but leaves more shiz and also water on your lungs. I spend all day hocking up worst sputem.

Very unattractive and getting to be very scary now.

[kushfiend]

I used to have a vaporizer, but I only used that when I was sick mainly.

I typically smoke only out of water pipes (I have quite a few, including my fav, BIG RASTA lol) but ya i'll always be down to roll one up though, only if I'm smoking with friends though.

I'm really wanting a hooka, but I'm not sure if that's any healthier than water pipes...does anyone know?

Also, I'm curious, does the percolator on a water pipe help filter out some of the grime? 

[Viper]

I am considering working on creating some tincture for my mother...

Hey NinjaGaijin, i'm a dope fiend too, been off it a wee while now though, and let me tell ya what helps me:
Well just recently i got these educational talks on CD, and i find that learning shit gives you that satisfied feeling too.
What i'm saying is do something constructive, educate yourself each day, choose something to learn and you'll get that same fluffy warmness after studying a little i'm sure.
I'm not joking brother, learning is like having a good smoke, like i was forced to quit cause there's a dry-up here, but each time i'm forced to quit i build a better defence against the urge.
Do something you love and you'll love it that much more each time.

[phosphene]

http://www.cpmc.org/professionals/research/programs/science/sean.html

Sean D. McAllister, PhD
Email: Mcallis@cpmcri.org

Introduction  |  Publications
Introduction

Our research team is studying the potential of the endocannabinoid system to control cell fate with the goal of developing therapeutic interventions for aggressive cancers. This newly discovered biological system can be regulated by many different classes of cannabinoid compounds that work through specific cellular receptors. The cloned cannabinoid receptors have been termed cannabinoid 1 (CB1) and (CB2).

∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), a mixed CB1 and CB2 receptor agonist, is the primary active constituent of Cannabis sativa and is currently being used in a clinical trial for the treatment of aggressive recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Cannabinoids are also being used in clinical trials for purposes unrelated to their direct anticancer activity. The compounds have been reported to be well tolerated during chronic oral and systemic administration. In addition to Δ9-THC, cannabidiol (CBD), cannabinol (CBN) and cannabigerol (CBG) are also present in reasonable quantities in Cannabis. CBN has low affinity for CB1 and CB2 receptors, whereas the non-psychotropic cannabinoids, CBD and CBG, have negligible affinity for the cloned receptors. We have determined that these additional cannabinoids are also effective and inhibiting aggressive cancers. Importantly, we have discovered in vitro that a synergistic increase in the antiproliferative and apoptotic activity of cannabinoids can be produced by combining specific ratios of CB1 and CB2 receptors agonists with non-psychotropic cannabinoids.

We are currently determining the molecular mechanism that may explain the synergistic increase in anticancer activity that is observed with the combination treatments. We are also studying whether this combination strategy will lead to greater antitumor activity in vivo.

In addition to the combination therapy project, we are working in collaboration with Dr. Pierre Desprez to develop novel inhibitors of Id-1 using cannabinoid compounds. Id-1 is a helix-loop-helix protein that acts as an inhibitor of basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors that control cell differentiation, development and carcinogenesis. Past research of Id-1 expression in normal and cancerous breast cells, as well as in mouse mammary glands and in human breast cancer biopsies, demonstrated that increased Id-1 expression was associated with a proliferative and invasive phenotype. Specifically, it was found that Id-1 was constitutively expressed at a high level in aggressive breast cancer cells and human biopsies, and that aggressiveness was reverted in vitro and in vivo when Id-1 expression was targeted using antisense technology. Importantly, we have recently discovered that CBD, a nontoxic cannabinoid that lacks psychoactivity, can inhibit Id-1 gene expression in metastatic breast cancer cells and consequently their aggressive phenotype. The down-regulation of expression was the result of the inhibition of the endogenous Id-1 promoter and corresponding mRNA and protein levels. CBD and compounds based off of its structure can therefore potentially be used as therapeutic agents. CBD also inhibits breast cancer metastasis in vivo.

Based off of our recent findings, we are currently involved in 1) developing novel CBD analogs for the treat of aggressive breast cancers 2) discovering the detailed mechanisms through which cannabinoid compounds regulate Id-1 expression.

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Publications



Click to see List of publications by Sean D. McAllister, PhD in PubMed.

Representative publications include:
McAllister, S.D. , Christian, R.T., Horowitz, M.P., Garcia, A. and Desprez. P (2007). Cannabidiol as a novel inhibitor of Id-1 gene expression in aggressive breast cancer cells. Molecular Cancer Therapeutics 6 (11): 2921-2927, November 1, 2007

McAllister, S.D., Chan, C., Taft, R.J., Luu, T., Abood, M.E., Moore, D.H., Aldape, K., Yount, G. (2005) Cannabinoids selectively inhibit proliferation and induce death of cultured human glioblastoma multiforme cells. Journal of Neuro-Oncology (74):31-40

McAllister, S.D. and Abood, M.E. (2005) Endocannabinoids and intracellular signalling. In Endocannabinoids: The Brain and Body’s Marijuana and Beyond. Ed: Onaivi, E. Taylor and Francis Books, New Fetter Lane, London.

McAllister, S.D., Hurst, D.P., Barnett-Norris, J., Lynch, D., Reggio, P.H., and Abood, M.E. (2004) Structural mimicry in class A GPCR rotamer toggle switches: the importance of the F3.36(201)/W6.48(357) interaction in cannabinoid CB1 receptor activation. Journal of Biological Chemistry Nov 12;279(46):48024-37

McAllister, S.D., Rizvi G., Hurst, D.P., Barnett-Norris, J., Lynch, D., Reggio, P.H., Abood, M.E. (2003) An Aromatic Microdomain at the Cannabinoid CB1 Receptor Constitutes an Agonist/Inverse Agonist Binding Region. Journal of Medicinal Chemistry. Nov 20; 46(24): 5139-52.

McAllister, S.D. and Glass, M. (2002) CB1 and CB2 receptor-mediated signaling: a focus on endocannabinoids. In Endocannabinoids in the Third Millennium: From Chemistry to Medicine. Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes & Essential Fatty Acids. 66(2-3): 161-71

Glass, M. and McAllister, S.D. (2002) Cannabinoid mediated signal transduction. In The Biology of Marijuana: From Gene to Behavior. Ed: Onaivi, E. Harwood Academic Publishers, Reading, UK.

[phosphene]

I am considering working on creating some tincture for my mother for her lung/brain cancer - but at the moment just getting her to stop smoking smoke all together so no more pipes and no more cigarettes.

I have heard THC attaches to cells for 36 days and causes cells to grow faster, thereby possibly causing more mutations .. i'm just thinking after my mother has smoked pot her whole life, but more cigarettes, that maybe THC doesn't really help fight lung cancer. But I don't really know.

I'm a heavy smoker myself and I'm doing all I can to give up. I think to start I will have to only smoke mix with damiana herb and other such things - at the moment I mix 60-70% tobacco.

Also for those that think rolling tobacco is better for them, it's really not. Norway study years back showed more cancer from rollies.. they have 30% of smokers in norway, smoke rollies.. I started on tailored cigarettes, and whenver I would scab a rollie off someone, if I smoked them regularly for a few days or even a few hours, I would usually get bronchitis or bad asthma.. but never with tailored. I assumed it was just hotter smoke..

I'd like to continue using THC personally as a tincture to eliminate the element of smoking.. but i'm practically addicted to weed. For me to stop I get cold sweats and restless nights. But I'm wondering if even a tincture would be healthy.

I just gotta stop smoking now my mother has lung cancer.. I don't want to be there in a few years.. and the way my persistant cough has been going the past few years, I really have to hurry. I'm starting to sound emphezemic after 13 years every day smoking most or all day 20-80 bongs, 50-70% tobacco blend through a water pipe.

Not at all healthy. Unfiltered spliff is the least harsh because it smokes the hottest. So while it might burn your lungs more, it will leave less tar as it condenses less quickly on your lungs, since hotter.

Water pipe tastes cooler but leaves more shiz and also water on your lungs. I spend all day hocking up worst sputem.

Very unattractive and getting to be very scary now.

a water bong is gonna be the unhealthiest to smoke out of because of all the mold inside. a pipe is 2nd unhealthiest because you are essentially huffing butane fuel when you light it. u only light a joint once. A vaporizer/tinctures/edibles are healthiest.

http://www.counterpunch.org/gardner07022005.html
Study: Smoking Marijuana Does Not Cause Lung Cancer

By FRED GARDNER

Marijuana smoking -"even heavy longterm use"- does not cause cancer of the lung, upper airwaves, or esophagus, Donald Tashkin reported at this year's meeting of the International Cannabinoid Research Society. Coming from Tashkin, this conclusion had extra significance for the assembled drug-company and university-based scientists (most of whom get funding from the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse). Over the years, Tashkin's lab at UCLA has produced irrefutable evidence of the damage that marijuana smoke wreaks on bronchial tissue. With NIDA's support, Tashkin and colleagues have identified the potent carcinogens in marijuana smoke, biopsied and made photomicrographs of pre-malignant cells, and studied the molecular changes occurring within them. It is Tashkin's research that the Drug Czar's office cites in ads linking marijuana to lung cancer. Tashkin himself has long believed in a causal relationship, despite a study in which Stephen Sidney examined the files of 64,000 Kaiser patients and found that marijuana users didn't develop lung cancer at a higher rate or die earlier than non-users. Of five smaller studies on the question, only two -involving a total of about 300 patients- concluded that marijuana smoking causes lung cancer. Tashkin decided to settle the question by conducting a large, prospectively designed, population-based, case-controlled study. "Our major hypothesis," he told the ICRS, "was that heavy, longterm use of marijuana will increase the risk of lung and upper-airwaves cancers."

The Los Angeles County Cancer Surveillance program provided Tashkin's team with the names of 1,209 L.A. residents aged 59 or younger with cancer (611 lung, 403 oral/pharyngeal, 90 laryngeal, 108 esophageal). Interviewers collected extensive lifetime histories of marijuana, tobacco, alcohol and other drug use, and data on diet, occupational exposures, family history of cancer, and various "socio-demographic factors." Exposure to marijuana was measured in joint years (joints per day x 365). Controls were found based on age, gender and neighborhood. Among them, 46% had never used marijuana, 31% had used less than one joint year, 12% had used 10-30 j-yrs, 2% had used 30-60 j-yrs, and 3% had used for more than 60 j-yrs. Tashkin controlled for tobacco use and calculated the relative risk of marijuana use resulting in lung and upper airwaves cancers. All the odds ratios turned out to be less than one (one being equal to the control group's chances)! Compared with subjects who had used less than one joint year, the estimated odds ratios for lung cancer were .78; for 1-10 j-yrs, .74; for 10-30 j-yrs, .85 for 30-60 j-yrs; and 0.81 for more than 60 j-yrs. The estimated odds ratios for oral/pharyngeal cancers were 0.92 for 1-10 j-yrs; 0.89 for 10-30 j-yrs; 0.81 for 30-60 j-yrs; and 1.0 for more than 60 j-yrs. "Similar, though less precise results were obtained for the other cancer sites," Tashkin reported. "We found absolutely no suggestion of a dose response." The data on tobacco use, as expected, revealed "a very potent effect and a clear dose-response relationship -a 21-fold greater risk of developing lung cancer if you smoke more than two packs a day." Similarly high odds obtained for oral/pharyngeal cancer, laryngeal cancer and esophageal cancer. "So, in summary" Tashkin concluded, "we failed to observe a positive association of marijuana use and other potential confounders."

There was time for only one question, said the moderator, and San Francisco oncologist Donald Abrams, M.D., was already at the microphone: "You don't see any positive correlation, but in at least one category [marijuana-only smokers and lung cancer], it almost looked like there was a negative correlation, i.e., a protective effect. Could you comment on that?"

"Yes," said Tashkin. "The odds ratios are less than one almost consistently, and in one category that relationship was significant, but I think that it would be difficult to extract from these data the conclusion that marijuana is protective against lung cancer. But that is not an unreasonable hypothesis."

Abrams had results of his own to report at the ICRS meeting. He and his colleagues at San Francisco General Hospital had conducted a randomized, placebo-controlled study involving 50 patients with HIV-related peripheral neuropathy. Over the course of five days, patients recorded their pain levels in a diary after smoking either NIDA-supplied marijuana cigarettes or cigarettes from which the THC had been extracted. About 25% didn't know or guessed wrong as to whether they were smoking the placebos, which suggests that the blinding worked. Abrams requested that his results not be described in detail prior to publication in a peer-reviewed medical journal, but we can generalize: they exceeded expectations, and show marijuana providing pain relief comparable to Gabapentin, the most widely used treatment for a condition that afflicts some 30% of patients with HIV.

To a questioner who bemoaned the difficulty of "separating the high from the clinical benefits," Abrams replied: "I'm an oncologist as well as an AIDS doctor and I don't think that a drug that creates euphoria in patients with terminal diseases is having an adverse effect." His study was funded by the University of California's Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research.

* * *

The 15th annual meeting of the ICRS was held at the Clearwater, Florida, Hilton, June 24-27. Almost 300 scientists attended. R. Stephen Ellis, MD, of San Francisco, was the sole clinician from California. Los Angeles Farmacy operator Mike Ommaha and therapist/cultivator Pat Humphrey showed up to audit the proceedings... Some of the younger European scientists expressed consternation over the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling and the vote in Congress re-enforcing the cannabis prohibition. "How can they dispute that it has medical effect?" an investigator working in Germany asked us earnestly. She had come to give a talk on "the role of different neuronal populations in the pharmacological actions of delta-9 THC." For most ICRS members, the holy grail is a legal synthetic drug that exerts the medicinal effects of the prohibited herb. To this end they study the mechanism of action by which the body's own cannabinoids are assembled, function, and get broken down. A drug that encourages production or delays dissolution, they figure, might achieve the desired effect without being subject to "abuse..." News on the scientific front included the likely identification of a third cannabinoid receptor expressed in tissues of the lung, brain, kidney, spleen and smaller branches of the mesenteric artery. Investigators from GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca both reported finding the new receptor but had different versions of its pharmacology. It may have a role in regulating blood pressure.

Several talks and posters described the safety and efficacy of Sativex, G.W. Pharmaceuticals' whole-plant extract containing high levels of THC and CBD (cannabidiol) formulated to spray in the mouth. G.W. director Geoffrey Guy seemed upbeat, despite the drubbing his company's stock took this spring when UK regulators withheld permission to market Sativex pending another clinical trial. Canada recently granted approval for doctors to prescribe Sativex, and five sales reps from Bayer (to whom G.W. sold the Canadian marketing rights) are promoting it to neurologists. Sativex was approved for the treatment of neuropathic pain in multiple sclerosis, but can be prescribed for other purposes as doctors see fit.

A more detailed report on the ICRS meeting will appear in the upcoming issue of O'Shaughnessy's, a journal put out by California's small but growing group of pro-cannabis doctors. To get on the mailing list, send a contribution of any amount to the CCRMG (California Cannabis Research Medical Group) at p.o. box 9143, Berkeley, CA 94709. It's a 501c3 non-profit and your correspondent's main source of income.

Meanwhile, Back in San Francisco...

The California contingent was en route to the ICRS meeting when Marian Fry, M.D. and her husband, attorney Dale Schafer, were arrested on federal charges of conspiring to provide marijuana to a patient. On the same day, three San Francisco cannabis clubs were raided by the DEA and 19 people -all Asians and a few Latinos- charged with conspiracy to cultivate and distribute marijuana. Affidavits allege that they grew cannabis in rented houses in S.F., the East Bay and the Peninsula for sale to dispensaries and on the black market. Three men were charged with intent to sell ecstasy. (An undercover agent allegedly had purchased 1,000 tabs from a man named Enrique Chan. During the raids on 26 locations, a total of 50 tabs were found on one individual.) The two alleged ringleaders, Richard Wang and Vincent Wan, were charged with money laundering. Defense lawyers say the alleged money laundering consisted of using dispensary proceeds to underwrite the grow ops. At a July 1 detention hearing, bail for Wang was set at $2 million. Wan has not yet been apprehended or turned himself in.

Former district attorney Terence Hallinan is representing Sergio Alvarez, who hired him several months ago after police raided a house in the Sunset district where Alvarez was allegedly cultivating marijuana. "I didn't know at the time that that would become part of a conspiracy case," Hallinan said after the detention hearing. Alvarez's bail was set at $500,000; his working-class parents are putting up their modest Sunnyvale home as surety. Hallinan says that every cannabis dispensary has links to a network of growers, and that the decision to take down these three was an attempt to exploit anti-Asian sentiment. "They asked themselves, 'Who will we start with now that we've been given permission [by the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the Raich case]? Let's go after the Chinese!' San Francisco has more than a hundred-year history of anti-Chinese attitudes and policies." Contemporary resentments towards Asians in San Francisco center around their apparent economic successes. It's an impossibly expensive housing market, and one occasionally hears non-Asians say, with mixed admiration and envy, things like: "How can they arrive from Hong Kong in 1995 and buy a house in the Sunset in 1996?" The answer is: by pooling resources (conspiring) with friends and family to make the down payment.

The Inner Sunset

I used to have the real estate knack
But all that I gaineth, I giveth back
Only to wind up with you in this cozy
Old shack in the Inner Sunset years

Obviously I did everything wrong
Except one or two that strung me along
The road to the club called Chez Nancy Wong
A shack in the Inner Sunset years

Where there's noodles at midnight
If you are in need of a treat
Where the Judah car makes an 'N'
'n careens down the street

I still believe that it's all within reach
A big enough place between here and the beach
And from each and according to each
A shack in the sunset in the sunset years

The blood orange sunset years
The cool gray sunset years

Fred Gardner can be reached at journal@ccrmg.org

[NinjaGaijin]

Yes I know how bad the bhong is .. I do hope to get rid of it soon enough. For the meantime, i'm cutting down to 1/2 tobacco, 1/4 damiana or clove, 1/4 marijuana for my own smoking.. will cut to 1/3 each probably soon to get the tobacco further down. I'm thinking to either put some parsley, rose cigarette or similar in there to eventually get rid of the cigarettes.. then I can move onto focusing on cutting down the billies/mary jane.

So what do you think would be the best for cancer treatment? It seems to be a tincture directly applied or cookies ingested (or butter) would be best way

[independentWV]

Yes I know how bad the bhong is .. I do hope to get rid of it soon enough. For the meantime, i'm cutting down to 1/2 tobacco, 1/4 damiana or clove, 1/4 marijuana for my own smoking.. will cut to 1/3 each probably soon to get the tobacco further down. I'm thinking to either put some parsley, rose cigarette or similar in there to eventually get rid of the cigarettes.. then I can move onto focusing on cutting down the billies/mary jane.

So what do you think would be the best for cancer treatment? It seems to be a tincture directly applied or cookies ingested (or butter) would be best way

These herbs can be made into a stop smoking tea: Lemon grass - 3 parts, dandelion root - 3 parts, raspberry - 2 parts, red clover - 2 parts, alfalfa - 2 parts, peppermint - 2 parts, mullein leaf - 2 parts, valerian root - 1 part and catnip - 1 part. Can add mary jane and damiana to this mix. Often add Lobelia leaves - 2 parts.

Simmer dandelion and valerian in distilled water for 10 minutes, then pour into pot containing other herbs and steep for 15 minutes. Use about 1 teaspoon of root and 1 tablespoon of leaves and flowers per cup. Drink one cup several times daily or as needed for cravings.

My prayers for your mother!

[Shroom!]

There has never been ONE recorded death from ganja, ever. It helps many physical ailmlents. I can't comment on it's anti-cancer benefits but I definitely think some more research needs to be done...by LEGIT companies.

[unseen]

Yea, one recorded death and it wasn't only cannabis in his system if I remember correct. The vaporizer is the way to go.

[Shroom!]

Vaporisers are brilliant, yeah.

[No2NWO]

Yeah, so far as fighting Cancer would be difficult to prove. However, it's ability to tame nausea in cancer patients is well documented and a well nourished patient has a better immune system any day of the week. I'd also extend myself in touting it's effects on anxiety, depression, asthma and much, much more. I hope to see AJ tone down his "pot-head hater" rhetoric one of these days. It's just an herb and if used correctly has many useful purposes. It has no place next to the man made synthetic drugs it's been "shotgun wedding" married to. I've been smoking for over 25 years and have never harmed anyone or been in need of a doctor for any reason. I prefer a vaporizer, edibles or tinctures these days, but they're impossible to find in most of the United States.

[Brocke]

Pot 'cured' brain cancer: Toddler Cash Hyde's father gave him cannabis oil to treat tumour

By Helen Davidson
From: news.com.au
May 05, 2011 9:43AM


    Parents told boy wouldn't survive cancer
    Father secretly administered cannabis oil
    Boy gets through chemo, doctors "amazed"
    Scroll down for amazing video of boy's story

A desperate US father gave his son cannabis oil to ease the pain of a life-threatening tumour, and now credits the drug with helping save his son's life, reports the Daily Mail.

Shortly before his second birthday, Cash Hyde was diagnosed with a serious brain tumour.

For six weeks Cash was regularly misdiagnosed with glandular fever, but looking at his ill son, his father Mike Hyde knew it was worse.

"It feels like he's dying in my arms," said Mr Hyde. "We need to take him somewhere else."

Doctors did a CAT scan and found a 4.5cm tumour wrapped around Cash's optic nerve.

They were able to remove just ten per cent of the growth in surgery and the toddler had to undergo severe chemotherapy to reduce the rest of it.

Cash's terrified parents, Mike and Kalli from Missoula, Montana, were repeatedly told their son would probably die.

The treatment had drastic side effects on Cash, including seizures and a blood infection, and left him so weak he could not lift his head.

Mr Hyde said his son had no will to eat for months, and was too sick to eat solid foods for 40 days.

As he watched his son dying before his eyes, the desperate father decided to look for another solution - medical marijuana.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/world/pot-cured-brain-cancer-toddler-cash-hydes-father-gave-him-cannabis-oil-to-treat-tumour/story-e6frfkz0-1226050296628#ixzz1LcCANBr8

[Kilika]

Yeah, so far as fighting Cancer would be difficult to prove. However, it's ability to tame nausea in cancer patients is well documented and a well nourished patient has a better immune system any day of the week. I'd also extend myself in touting it's effects on anxiety, depression, asthma and much, much more. I hope to see AJ tone down his "pot-head hater" rhetoric one of these days. It's just an herb and if used correctly has many useful purposes. It has no place next to the man made synthetic drugs it's been "shotgun wedding" married to. I've been smoking for over 25 years and have never harmed anyone or been in need of a doctor for any reason. I prefer a vaporizer, edibles or tinctures these days, but they're impossible to find in most of the United States.

Not in medical marijuna states, like here in Arizona.

[sentinelscout]

I would like to remind people not to smoke weed out of aluminum foil.

Buy a proper water bong/pipe, or just roll it in leaf.

I believe the best way is water bong, it cools the smoke down some.

I hope the drug is decriminalized it would make a great incense / cent if it was cheap enough to burn like that.

[Freeski]

I would like to remind people not to smoke weed out of aluminum foil.

Buy a proper water bong/pipe, or just roll it in leaf.

I believe the best way is water bong, it cools the smoke down some.

I hope the drug is decriminalized it would make a great incense / cent if it was cheap enough to burn like that.

Vote Ron Paul!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9n4nwxgaQg

That man is a hero!

[sentinelscout]

Just a tip, you don't want to smoke weed out of aluminum pipes/aluminum foil /tins/ etc.... (its a common practice to also use aluminum foil as a mesh for pipes)....
Aluminum = Alzheimer's

[typoonblade]

i will be visiting my buddy in NY and we plan on smoking cannabis when we drive up to Canada. does anyone know a place where they sell them near the Montreal or Ottawa area?

also, is there such thing as organic cannabis? i dont want to smoke it if it has been treated with pesticides or herbicides. this really worries me.

[OrganicObiwan]

As a person with Muscular Dystrophy i can say without a doubt MMJ has given me some of my life back. Its relieved muscle spasms and cramping as well as helped me gain some weight. I was on morphine for a decade and it wrecked my body pretty bad. I have nothing bad to say about MMJ period. I get asked how can i stand walking around stoned all day and all i can say is that have you ever tried morphine or seen what it does in long term uses? Besides the MMJ keeps me from strangling people like you. Less anxiety which is a huge deal, i dealt with stress so much better.
 Most think if you use mmj your just gonna lay around eating cheetos all day. So untrue. I grow my own all organically (legally of coarse..ehh state wise at least). Working in my grow room has taught me to be a better gardener outdoors which my tomatoes are amazing now. I recycle more because i compost and have a worm farm. And just working with plants to give me great pleasure and relief mentally and physically. Gardening can be a healing process also.

I love tinctures and bubble hash. I use a vaporizer. I also make my own butter, candies etc etc. I truly believe some of the oils like the rick simpson oil can help fight cancer.

[No2NWO]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X19Fje5_Zqo

[Juntawatch]

 Are there any US States where it's legal to cultivate your own?
Reading a post on here seems to infer there maybe such places!

[No2NWO]

Are there any US States where it's legal to cultivate your own?
Reading a post on here seems to infer there maybe such places!

Here's a link that will help to answer your question:

http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000881

[No2NWO]

I'm on Granny Storm Crow's mailing list and she sends me an updated list every year. It's packed with more useful information than one could ever imagine.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Storm Crow <stormcrow@greenpassion.org>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:49:31 -0800
Subject: 2013 Granny Storm Crow's MMJ List
To: stormcrow <stormcrow@greenpassion.org>

Here is your copy of the 2013 List. It is filled with hundreds of new
studies and articles for you to use! With two states legalizing
cannabis, and others considering it, the time is right for you to
share the List with everyone you think would benefit from the
information! It is only by educating people with the medical facts,
that we will reach our goal-  of full federal legalization!

Unlike the prohibitionists, we have the facts on our side! Cannabis
heals, and now, you have what you need to prove it to the world!

Granny



Here is a list of some helpful definitions to go with the List:
Grannys List January 2013 - A few definitions + Intros.pdf (132Kb) (Adobe Acrobat is required)
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Granny Storm Crow's MMJ Reference List- January 2013 (12Mb) (Adobe Acrobat is required)
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[No2NWO]

Here's another life long lesson of mine:

Pain reliever: When I was about 8 or 9 years old, my friends mom was growing marijuana in their back yard. Just one or two plants. What I was told is that it was an old Hispanic therapudic treatment to add some marijuana leaves into some simple rubbing alcohol and her husband was a hard working construction worker. That always remained in the back of my mind (not sure weather to believe it or not). I worked construction for many years later in my life but never used this info for my benefit, I only smoked it (haha) which worked in it's own rite. Later, after growing one small/failed batch of my own (years ago), I took the (pretty potent) cuttings and added them to a regular store bought bottle of rubbing alcohol. Every time I have aching muscles or even a cut that needs disinfecting, I sparingly use some of this concoction and it works wonders. Four years later, my bottle is still 3/4 full! I've never heard of anyone else doing this, but I was your "Guinee Pig" and I will tell you IT WORKS. If you have the chance try it.  

[madasheck]

What approximate amount would you recommened adding to a regular size bottle, if you don't mind my aksin' 

[No2NWO]

Well, I just used the cuttings. I actually just stuffed as many leaves as I could into the bottle, but it couldn't have been any more than 20 - 30 leaves in the 16 fl.oz bottle. Let it sit for maybe a couple of weeks. The alcohol will turn green and it should be good to go. Hope that helps.

[No2NWO]

As a person with Muscular Dystrophy i can say without a doubt MMJ has given me some of my life back. Its relieved muscle spasms and cramping as well as helped me gain some weight. I was on morphine for a decade and it wrecked my body pretty bad. I have nothing bad to say about MMJ period. I get asked how can i stand walking around stoned all day and all i can say is that have you ever tried morphine or seen what it does in long term uses? Besides the MMJ keeps me from strangling people like you. Less anxiety which is a huge deal, i dealt with stress so much better.
 Most think if you use mmj your just gonna lay around eating cheetos all day. So untrue. I grow my own all organically (legally of coarse..ehh state wise at least). Working in my grow room has taught me to be a better gardener outdoors which my tomatoes are amazing now. I recycle more because i compost and have a worm farm. And just working with plants to give me great pleasure and relief mentally and physically. Gardening can be a healing process also.

I love tinctures and bubble hash. I use a vaporizer. I also make my own butter, candies etc etc. I truly believe some of the oils like the rick simpson oil can help fight cancer.

You are right... I hope things are well for you. I was an out of work internet junkie when New Mexico was getting a foot in the door where MMJ was concerned. My friends were interested in starting a MMJ co-op so I made a point to do a basically 6 month study on everything from medical benefits to proper security for such an operation. There are sooooo many different strains in the world today and all of them have different effects. If you want something to help you gain weight after chemo... it's there. If you want something to eleviate pain.... it's there. If you want something to disapate menstrual cramps, headaches, muscle distortion... it is there. There is a different strain for almost anything you can imagine. Edibles and tinctures are increasingly on the rise and your vaporizor is a worthwhile investment. Do not let the Feds tell you there are no meaningful effects or there are no meaningful studies, they are only interested in steering you in the wrong direction. The strains that "turn you into a cheeto eating couch potato" are for people who want to be a cheeto eating couch potato. The coices between strain is the one key to MMJ being a viable, effective medical treatment. Give up the evil tobacco and cultivate the strains that will benifit your specific medical conditions. And yes, gardening is a useful, relaxing, beneficial hobby which can only better your life and it doesn't only apply MMJ.    Best of luck to you. BUBBLE-BUCKET BABY!!!!! http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Bubble-Bucket/