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Title: US Government Admits Marijuana Kills Cancer Cells, But they Still Kidnap, Cage, and Kill You For It
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Free Thought Project
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/go ... cancer-cells-kidnap-cage-kill/
Published: Apr 12, 2015
Author: Russia Today.
Post Date: 2015-04-13 16:11:57 by Deckard
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Views: 7505
Comments: 35
The institute has revised a page on its website entitled “DrugFacts: Is Marijuana Medicine?” citing a recent study conducted by a group of scientists at St. George’s University, London. “The benefits of the cannabis plant elements were known before but the drastic reduction of brain cancers if used with irradiation is something new and may well prove promising for patients who are in gravely serious situations with such cancers in the future,” Dr Wai Liu, Senior Research Fellow and lead researcher on the project, said. Twenty-three US states have so far legalized marijuana in some capacity, while an additional 12 have legalized limited medical use of non-psychoactive cannabis extracts. Four states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana. The federal government still bans marijuana use, however. In December when Congress passed a historic medical marijuana amendment as part of the federal spending bill, the move marked the first time in history that Congress approved legislation rolling back the federal government’s war on medical marijuana patients and providers. The bill features an amendment that prohibits the Department of Justice (which includes the Drug Enforcement Administration) from using funds to interfere with state medical marijuana laws. Earlier this week the Justice Department (DOJ) released a statement that while it will not stop states that allow medical marijuana from carrying out their programs, it will still go after marijuana users, however. Policy manager at the Drug Policy Alliance, Malik Burnett, told VICE News that NIDA’s recent admission about the efficacy of medical marijuana, coupled with the US Department of Justice’s vow to continue cracking down on the drug, is akin to a “major hypocrisy” by the government. “We have the Justice Department continuing to threaten patients with arrest and prosecution in spite of the fact that Congress has voted to prevent the Justice Department from interfering with states that have passed medical marijuana laws,” Burnett said. Republished with permission from Russia Today.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse, a US federal government research institute whose mission includes “bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction,” has officially admitted that marijuana extracts can kill cancer cells.
“Recent animal studies have shown that marijuana extracts may help kill certain cancer cells and reduce the size of others,” the NIDA report stated, adding that evidence from “one cell culture study suggests that purified extracts from whole-plant marijuana can slow the growth of cancer cells from one of the most serious types of brain tumors.”
The study, published in the Molecular Cancer Therapeutics journal in November, discovered that cannabis helps “dramatically reduce” the growth of new brain cancer cells.
“Consistent with the Department’s stated enforcement priorities, we don’t expect that the amendment will impact our ability to prosecute private individuals or private entities who are violating the Controlled Substances Act,” Department spokesman Patrick Rodenbush said in a statement, the Los Angeles Times reported.
“These are all just parts of the major hypocrisy within the federal government when it comes to the issue of marijuana.”
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#2. To: Deckard (#0)
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Recent animal studies have shown that marijuana extracts may help kill certain cancer cells and reduce the size of others,” the NIDA report stated, adding that evidence from “one cell culture study suggests that purified extracts from whole-plant marijuana can slow the growth of cancer cells from one of the most serious types of brain tumors.” Many things are capable of killing a cancer cell. That's the easy part. Chemotherapy kills cancer cells... but I'm not sure that toxic mixture should be sold in dime bags on street corners. I bet the writter of this article, if told he had leukemia, he'd opt for the conventional treatment... instead of a Cheech & Chong sized doobie 20 times a day... which means his article isn't about medical breakthroughs... it's a legalized drug indoctrination of the readers. What's that called again?.... Oh yeah, YELLOW. And I'm a supporter of legal weed.
If you bothered to pay attention, it's not smoking it, it's eating cannabinoids that does the trick What do you call this then, from the National Institutes of Health? Antitumor activity Studies in mice and rats have shown that cannabinoids may inhibit tumor growth by causing cell death, blocking cell growth, and blocking the development of blood vessels needed by tumors to grow. Laboratory and animal studies have shown that cannabinoids may be able to kill cancer cells while protecting normal cells. A study in mice showed that cannabinoids may protect against inflammation of the colon and may have potential in reducing the risk of colon cancer, and possibly in its treatment. A laboratory study of delta-9-THC in hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer) cells showed that it damaged or killed the cancer cells. The same study of delta-9-THC in mouse models of liver cancer showed that it had antitumor effects. Delta-9-THC has been shown to cause these effects by acting on molecules that may also be found in non-small cell lung cancer cells and breast cancer cells...MUCH MORE http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/cannabis/patient/page2 No matter how many times some people are told, they will never believe it, because they bought the original lies. YOU WERE LIED TO about pot. Wanna bet that's the only lie you have been told by your government?
#33. To: Operation 40, GrandIsland, misterwhite, Deckard (#3)
The headline is a bold face lie! NIDA in no way “has officially admitted that marijuana extracts can kill cancer cells.” NIDA simply stated that a new study funded by a research grant awarded to W.M. Liu from GW Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Salisbury, United Kingdom, found that marijuana may help fight brain tumors. The Liu study found it “may” have found … NIDA “officially admitted” nothing. The author took a tidbit of information and “spun it” to imply that NIDA had acknowledged that marijuana may help fight brain tumors when NIDA made NO SUCH acknowledgement. The W.M. Liu report acknowledged that….NIDA did NOT acknowledge that. The third time: NIDA did not acknowledge that marijuana may help fight brain tumors….the W.M. Liu report (in no way associated with NIDA) acknowledged that marijuana may help fight brain tumors. Potheads with their manic behavior are so desperate they will grasp at anything to promote their cause, but outright lying with articles empty of facts is a bad thing. Gawd….I hate that all potheads can do is consistently post yellow journalism. Stop doing it!
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#3. To: GrandIsland (#2)
instead of a Cheech & Chong sized doobie 20 times a day.
it's a legalized drug indoctrination of the readers.
Replies to Comment # 3. The National Institute on Drug Abuse, a US federal government research institute whose mission includes “bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction,”has officially admitted that marijuana extracts can kill cancer cells.
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