Marijuana Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth In Half

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Apr 22 2007, 9:18 am
Apr 22 2007, 10:07 am
Yess....finally some treatment for my "lung cancer". Hahaha just kiddin, drugs suck.
Apr 22 2007, 10:53 am
Interesting, the article stated that it also reduced the sizes/occurances of tumors/lesions. If it pans out it would definitely be a nice alternative to Radiation/Chemical therapy for cancer patience. On the down side though, it can help other kinds of cancer, so it unfortunately isn't great for treatment of any cancer.
Apr 22 2007, 11:16 am
Yeah, yeah. Just another story about how the herb is legal for mice but not for me. Screw mice.
Apr 22 2007, 11:37 am
In response to Shyyk
Shyyk wrote:
drugs suck.


You suck.
Apr 22 2007, 12:04 pm (Edited on Apr 22 2007, 12:10 pm)
"Preet says much work is needed to clarify the pathway by which THC functions, and cautions that some animal studies have shown that THC can stimulate some cancers. "THC offers some promise, but we have a long way to go before we know what its potential is," she said."

It's also important to point out that it's not marijuana cutting the cancer growth... it's marijuana's active ingredient, THC, being injected. Taking smoke into your lungs is all around a bad thing.
Apr 22 2007, 2:25 pm
In response to Jtgibson
Jtgibson wrote:
Taking smoke into your lungs is all around a bad thing.


It is magic smoke. It is good for you.
Apr 22 2007, 2:38 pm
In response to Cavern
Cavern wrote:
Shyyk wrote:
drugs suck.


You suck.

lol
Apr 22 2007, 3:28 pm
In response to Cavern
no u
Apr 22 2007, 3:59 pm
In response to Jtgibson
Jtgibson wrote:
It's also important to point out that it's not marijuana cutting the cancer growth... it's marijuana's active ingredient, THC, being injected.

Mmm. That headline was really badly worded. Someone just scanning the headlines would think "oh, they mean smoking marijuana" - which is what I thought they meant initially.

They really should have said "THC", not "Marijuana".
Apr 22 2007, 4:01 pm
In response to Shyyk
They Injected it
Medical Marijuana is stupid anyway
You could just extract the medical stuff and drug smokers couldn't use it as a reason to smoke
Apr 22 2007, 7:24 pm
In response to Jtgibson
You can always bake it into brownies

~Kujila
Apr 22 2007, 7:39 pm
In response to Jtgibson
Jtgibson wrote:
It's also important to point out that it's not marijuana cutting the cancer growth... it's marijuana's active ingredient, THC, being injected. Taking smoke into your lungs is all around a bad thing.

Couldn't you vaporise or eat it for the benefits?
Apr 22 2007, 8:24 pm
In response to Smoko
The THC dose would be lower and harder to control (making it less effective) and you'd get burnt crap all over the inside of your lungs. Not a good idea.

Besides, these are only preliminary results, which should not be relied upon when making decisions about medical treatment. More experiments need to be performed first. Even if the experimental result holds up to repeated trials, it's still not confirmed whether THC affects human cancer cells in humans in the same way that it affects human cancer cells in mice. There could be something special about mice that makes it work in them, whereas it doesn't work in humans as-is.

And finally, this only concerns a specific type of lung cancer, of which there are several. There are many many different types of cancer, and what works against one type may not work against another type. Treatments effective against one type of cancer may even be detrimental against other types.

The bottom line is, if you're suffering from cancer, don't try to treat it by yourself... get professional advice.
Apr 23 2007, 7:14 am
In response to Crispy
If somebody had cancer and knew it, I HOPE they get professional advice and let them treat it... I can't think of somebody being THAT stubborn!

"Oh, hey Jack, what's up?"

"Nothing much, I woke up this morning and knew I had cancer."

"Ouch, that must suck!"

"Yeah, but I smoked a joint and it went away! Yay for me and my stubborness!"
Apr 23 2007, 11:58 am
In response to Partner420
of course people forget that just not smoking anything at all cuts out lung cancer tumors altogether since it wouldn't be there in the first place (atleast not there due to smoking).

but then again, common sense seems to be at a premium in the current generation.
Apr 23 2007, 12:30 pm
In response to digitalmouse
digitalmouse wrote:
of course people forget that just not smoking anything at all cuts out lung cancer tumors altogether since it wouldn't be there in the first place (atleast not there due to smoking).

Yeah, I hate how people forget that just not stabbing themselves would cut out wounds altogether since they wouldn't be there in the first place (atleast not there due to stabbing).
Apr 23 2007, 8:42 pm
In response to PirateHead
PirateHead wrote:
digitalmouse wrote:
of course people forget that just not smoking anything at all cuts out lung cancer tumors altogether since it wouldn't be there in the first place (atleast not there due to smoking).

Yeah, I hate how people forget that just not stabbing themselves would cut out wounds altogether since they wouldn't be there in the first place (atleast not there due to stabbing).

yeah! kids these days! sheesh!