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About ritaA twenty something year old British/Libyan based in Istanbul, Turkey. |
What is Marijuana? Marijuana is the name given to the dried buds and leaves of varieties of the Cannabis sativa plant, which can grow wild in warm and tropical climates throughout the world and be cultivated commercially. It goes by many names, including pot, grass, cannabis, weed, hemp, hash, marihuana, ganja, and dozens of others. We all know that marijuana has been used in herbal remedies for a long time. Scientists have identified in marijuana that are called cannabinoids. The two best, and that have been studied well are THC & CBD. The rest are still being studied. In fact, cannabis is included in the 50 fundamental herbs within the cornucopia of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In recent years in the United States, the collective mood is changing in regards to cannabis/hemp (aka “marijuana”). “We observed that when we treated [astrocytoma, a type of brain tumor] cells with cannabinoids, the THC…was killing the cells in our Petri dishes,” Dr. Sanchez says. “We…decided to analyze these components in animal models of breast and brain tumors. The results we are obtaining are telling us that cannabinoids may be useful for the treatment of Breast Cancer.” Sanchez and other researchers have confirmed that the most potent effects against tumor growth occur when THC and CBD are combined. Mirror magazine reported on march last year, that a young boy called Deryn Blackwell 'beat cancer by using Cannabis oil'. This is their article below, Callie Blackwell woke once more expecting to find her son Deryn lying dead next to her.
The pair lay were sleeping just yards apart in the hospice bedroom where Deryn had been sent to spend his final few days. He was in extraordinary pain. His frail body was battered from round after round of chemotherapy and radiotherapy, he was hooked on the painkiller morphine, was unable to eat, covered in sores, nauseous and had lost all his hair. It was 70 days since his last bone marrow transplant and it hadn’t worked. The family knew all too well no transplant had ever grafted after more than 50 days. There was no hope left. And, after a relentless four year battle with a one in a billion form of cancer , even Deryn was losing his previously indefatigable spirit. “The doctors had said there was nothing more they could do,” says Callie, 37, who lives in a small Norfolk village near Bury St Edmunds. “We celebrated Deryn’s 14th birthday in hospital and then went to the hospice to wait.” Then, as Deryn hovered between life and death, Callie and husband Simon took a huge decision. Unbeknown to medical staff, they decided to give their son cannabis to ease his pain and anxiety. Deryn with mum Callie, who has written about his amazing caseThe couple tracked down a dealer, met him at a service station, who gave them some cannabis which they took home and cooked on the family hob in a pressure cooker following instructions they’d found online. From it they created an oil and it was Callie who placed a tiny amount of it in Deryn’s mouth. It worked and calmed him immediately. But what is truly extraordinary happened next. Because the family’s hospice wait went on and on. And on. Until very slowly Deryn’s condition improved. And today he is a happy and healthy 17-year-old studying catering, with friends, a girlfriend and enjoying everything life has to offer. The total transformation in her once so sick son still seems to bewilder Callie. But it is testament to the ferocious love and determination of one extraordinary mother. "I’m not here to say cannabis can cure cancer or is a miracle drug", says Callie, a thoughtful and intelligent woman who was studying to become a nurse before Deryn’s last illness. "But it did help Deryn and so I think we need to ask, ‘could it help others too?' _____________________________________________________________________ So I guess the answer is yes, cannabis cures cancer (in some cases) but is it healthy to smoke it? Or is it good for you? Unfortunately it isn't. There are a number of short term effects loss of coordination and distortions in the sense of time, vision and hearing, sleepiness, reddening of the eyes, increased appetite and relaxed muscles. Heart rate can speed up. In fact, in the first hour of smoking marijuana, a user’s risk of a heart attack could increase fivefold. School performance is reduced through impaired memory and lessened ability to solve problems. Well then, unless you got a prescription from a doctor, then for your own sake, don't smoke it. Because any smoke that enters the body isn't really good for you.
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Danny brooke
21/1/2018 04:24:44 pm
So glad someone finally wrote about this!!
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