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So the National Cancer Institute has reported that marijuana prevents, stops, and cures a handful of cancers (that have been confirmed so far), including two types of breast cancers. So alas, we find a 100% effective cure for some cancers and it is in fact the miracle plant, marijuana. Has your opinion about this harmless herb changed?
| Yes | 27 | |
| No | 45 | |
| A little. | 12 |
People who massively exaggerate about the medical benefits of marijuana are detracting from their own cause.
No treatment is *ever* 100% effective. We don't have a 100% effective cure for the common cold, let alone cancer. If you can find a reputable source that states this treatment could be 100% effective I will be convinced.
The compound derived from marijuana that could help cancer is called Cannabidiol. "You could never get enough Cannabidiol for it to be effective just from smoking" - direct quote from one of the researchers, found here http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/marijuana-and-cancer_n_1898208.html It's also worth noting there have been a grand total of zero human trials (if there have, they certainly haven't been long term).
EDIT: I'm not "anti-mairjuana". Barely anyone is these days, and 50% of IIN is probably high right now. I just don't think the medical benefits are anywhere near as exciting as some people say.
If the government didn't censor and try to prevent research proving that marijuana has effective medicinal benefits, then there would be plenty research for you. And there was indeed an article published by the National Cancer Institute / National Institute of Health (a federal organization), stating exactly how they did it and why. Also, I said that they confirmed it EITHER prevents, stops, or cures the cancer, it probably depends on what type it is and how bad they let it get before giving it some good ol marijuana.
And never did I say anything about smoking marijuana. They found the best way for getting medicinal benefits is either from taking orally, or injecting. And the handful of cancers that they have indeed CONFIRMED are curable by marijuana were by injecting a concentrated form of marijuana with a couple tweaks into the cancerous cells and it inhibits and kills the cancerous cells. And they have done human trials. Spain has also put cannabis oil on their list of ways to treat cancer in HUMANS (treat the cancer, not just the pain). So please leave my poll with your cockamamie ignorance, thank you.
Your OP: "100% effective cure"
Your OP: "marijuana prevents, stops, and cures a handful of cancers (that have been confirmed so far)"
You said that marijuana completely, 100%, eliminates chances of some types of cancer, and that these results are confirmed and thus beyond doubt. I'm sorry, but that isn't true.
I'm not denying it *might* be effective. I'm saying you are massively exaggerating the capabilities, which you are (dare I say it, you 100% are :P). I know you know I'm right about that, or you wouldn't have bothered to try and deflect me.
People who tell lies about science bother me. My problem with you isn't about weed, it's that you lied about the credibility of the science to further your own ideology.
Yes, I could probably have gone without the 100% cure for cancer, since it hasn't been 5 years since they developed this new technique that has eliminated tumors in some people, because a "cure" is defined as something that doesn't allow the symptoms to come back for a minimum of five years. I do tend to exaggerate to make a point, but it doesn't make the idea any less true. And that is that how can people who are SOOOO anti marijuana dislike a plant that has cured, for now, some cases of tumors, and at the bare minimum, GREATLY reduces their size.
I think you are skewing it your way and painting it in a better light than the truth of the matter.
potheads are irresponsable, careless, procrastinators. who never get anywhere in life! having that said.. (I used to smoke pot)
Marijuana is the drug of capitalism. That aside, marijuana is not the "100%" effective cure you claim it to be. Molotov cocktails are. They are truly infallible curers of cancer, as in the patient no longer suffers from cancer. The only disadvantage (which russian scientists are currently trying to find a way past) is its side effect. Death.
I am the furthest thing from anti-marijuana and have to call BS. I'm sorry but idk where you got your facts from, marijuana in no way cures or prevents cancer. Posts like these just fuel the anti-marijuana fire, next time try to argue with facts. You're giving pot smokers a bad name stop it!
Yeah you must be right, the 30+ websites that I got my information from, from various countries, must all be trolling us. Thanks for enlightening me . . . now please shut the fuck up because YOU are giving pot smokers a bad name.
But here, i'll humor you with a couple links, and I'll be waiting for you to invalidate these couple sources of the hundreds that I just tried to find quickly.
<a href="http://www.cureyourowncancer.org/scientific-studies.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.cureyourowncancer.org/scientific-stu...</a>
<a href="http://csglobe.com/spain-study-confirms-hemp-oil-cures-cancer-without-side-effects/" rel="nofollow">http://csglobe.com/spain-study-confirms-hemp-oi...</a>
"-Used to- work at a dispensary." Yeah, I bet that makes you an expert in the field of cancer medicine and its current advancements.
And my friend currently works at a dispensary and is the one who posted the article (similar to http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/535725-Government-Confirms-And-Reports-That-Marijuana-Prevents-Or-Cures-Certain-Cancers) on facebook about the most recent studies.
I hate people that try to defend weed so much. I have smoked weed many times in the past, and while it isn't that bad it's still a crutch like alcohol and should be treated as such. Weed is not medicine. It may help to deal with the symptoms of cancer and it definitely helps with appetite which is a huge problem for cancer patients but weed isn't something that should be used daily as medicine. If you actually took the time to research what marijuana does to your brain (the reactions that take place to get you high) you'd understand that there is no feasible reason that it would have any effect on cancer. You're not citing any sources which leads me to believe that you're either completely misinterpreting something you read or lying completely. Smoke away, I couldn't care less but if you feel the need to make shit up like this it seems to me that you're probably just trying to justify a habit that you know isn't beneficial to you. Weed doesn't have to kill you to be detrimental to your life. Weed makes you lazy and content and that is the worst thing about it.
Weed is medicine and can be abused just like any other prescription medicine, your point is invalid. And the only effects it has on your brain is messing with its development before it has been fully developed by your early 20's.
I didn't cite any sources because this isn't school homework and I don't have to prove anything to you, I'm simply passing on facts, and you can take them or leave them.
The only reason that you don't know about it is because how hard the government is trying to cover it up, but medical professionals know, and will treat you with marijuana if it comes down to it. At the minimum in cancers (brain and breast have been confirmed in humans), it will cut the size of the tumor by over half.
Aww, haha, this is cute!:D I agree!
OP: although I'm not "anti-marijuana", I don't see it as a "miracle plant" either. I think some people need to have a more balanced view of it, because I don't think it's a "harmless herb".
I wish the link to the cancer.gov article that was first released still worked, but unfortunately the DEA forced them to take it down, as the federal government can't allow any banned substance to be shown in a positive light. But you can google it and find countless other websites who reviewed/summarized the article while it was still up.
Stop being an idiot. The government do not censor the release of published articles on banned substances.
You are the ignorant idiot if you don't think our extremely corrupt government (the worst criminals of all) is capable of censoring articles posted by federal government entities about marijuana.
As a scientist that has done quite a few reviews of different sorts of drugs and read many articles I can tell you that firstly nearly all studies related to pharmaceuticals are carried out by independant bodies and not the government. Secondly while there is a lot of corruption within the pharmaceutical trade banned substances are not that big of a deal becuase it is a lot more profitable to create new substances with a patent. Thirdly although cannabis is illegal in the UK it was quite easy for one of my friends to use cannabis in his undergraduate dissertation which garnered positive results which were published just fine. Forthly let's look at the more dangerous drug heroin, heroin although what people may call a banned substance is used as a analgesiac in UK hospitals, my point being that all controlled substances are dangerous hence why they are controlled and if they have a positive side to them then nobody can stop that info being published.
Firstly, it was carried out by an independent firm but confirmed by the NIH. Fourthly, there are banned substances, and then there are medicinal plants. Kratom is a plant that is also an analgesic but with 0 negative long term effects and 0 chance of over dosing, but kids will use it to get high off of like heroin as well. Just cause you get high doesn't make it bad.
It needs to be controlled. Anything you buy on the streets probably is laced with chemicals or other drugs to make it "louder".
Alright, I've humored you ignorant baffoons enough in this post, ya'll can wait 20 years until the federal government finally legalizes marijuana and the .gov websites are allowed to show marijuana in a positive light.