The National Institute Of Health On Cannabis

[wingnut]

The National Institute of Health updated its summary on Cannabis and Cannabinoids (PDQ®) on March 17. The summary, available at cancer.gov, gives us yet another example of one agency of our government

DEA,telling us there is no such thing as medical marijuana while another agency tells us how medically beneficial it is.

Cannabis has been used for medicinal purposes for thousands of years

prior to its current status as an illegal substance.

 

Chemical components of Cannabis, called cannabinoids, activate specific receptors found throughout the body to produce pharmacologic effects, particularly in the central nervous system and the immune system.

 

Cannabinoids may have benefits in the treatment of cancer-related side effects.

 

The potential benefits of medicinal Cannabis for people living with cancer include antiemetic effects, appetite stimulation, pain relief, and improved sleep. In the practice of integrative oncology, the health care provider may recommend medicinal Cannabis not only for symptom management but also for its

possible direct antitumor effect.

 

Cannabinoids may cause antitumor effects by various mechanisms, including induction of cell death, inhibition of cell growth, and inhibition of tumor angiogenesis and metastasis. [9-11]

Cannabinoids appear to kill tumor cells but do not affect their nontransformed counterparts and may even protect them from cell death.

These compounds have been shown to induce apoptosis in glioma cells in culture and induce regression of glioma tumors in mice and rats.

 

Cancer.gov

 

[wingnut]

I sent this to the President and all in Michigan Congress, I think it will be helpful when they are considering bills on MMJ. Will you do it too? PLEASE!

[Guest 1TokeOverLine]

Once again, regurgitated study results and old news, nothing the politicians haven't already seen.

 

"Adams IB, Martin BR: Cannabis: pharmacology and toxicology in animals and humans. Addiction 91 (11): 1585-614, 1996"

 

 

References

 

Abel EL: Marihuana, The First Twelve Thousand Years. New York: Plenum Press, 1980. Also available online. Last accessed March 17, 2011.

 

Joy JE, Watson SJ, Benson JA, eds.: Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 1999. Also available online. Last accessed March 17, 2011.

 

Mack A, Joy J: Marijuana As Medicine? The Science Beyond the Controversy. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2001. Also available online. Last accessed March 17, 2011.

 

Booth M: Cannabis: A History. New York, NY: St Martin's Press, 2003.

 

Russo EB, Jiang HE, Li X, et al.: Phytochemical and genetic analyses of ancient cannabis from Central Asia. J Exp Bot 59 (15): 4171-82, 2008. [PUBMED Abstract]

 

Schaffer Library of Drug Policy.: The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937: Taxation of Marihuana. Washington, DC: House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means, 1937. Available online. Last accessed March 17, 2011.

 

Sallan SE, Zinberg NE, Frei E 3rd: Antiemetic effect of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in patients receiving cancer chemotherapy. N Engl J Med 293 (16): 795-7, 1975. [PUBMED Abstract]

 

Gorter R, Seefried M, Volberding P: Dronabinol effects on weight in patients with HIV infection. AIDS 6 (1): 127, 1992. [PUBMED Abstract]

 

Beal JE, Olson R, Laubenstein L, et al.: Dronabinol as a treatment for anorexia associated with weight loss in patients with AIDS. J Pain Symptom Manage 10 (2): 89-97, 1995. [PUBMED Abstract]

 

Devane WA, Dysarz FA 3rd, Johnson MR, et al.: Determination and characterization of a cannabinoid receptor in rat brain. Mol Pharmacol 34 (5): 605-13, 1988. [PUBMED Abstract]

 

Devane WA, Hanus L, Breuer A, et al.: Isolation and structure of a brain constituent that binds to the cannabinoid receptor. Science 258 (5090): 1946-9, 1992. [PUBMED Abstract]

 

Pertwee RG: Pharmacology of cannabinoid CB1 and CB2 receptors. Pharmacol Ther 74 (2): 129-80, 1997. [PUBMED Abstract]

 

Felder CC, Glass M: Cannabinoid receptors and their endogenous agonists. Annu Rev Pharmacol Toxicol 38: 179-200, 1998. [PUBMED Abstract]

 

Politicians need new studies and scientific facts for which they have no rational rebuttal argument. For every old study we cite, they present a newer study to refute.

 

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[Uncle Bud]

But this is the first time in a long time that a Government Agency has said Cannabis is anything other than evil.

 

And this is also the Government admitting that there known medical uses for Cannabis so it should not be a schedule 1 drug.

[bobandtorey]

The National Institute of Health updated its summary on Cannabis and Cannabinoids (PDQ®) on March 17. The summary, available at cancer.gov, gives us yet another example of one agency of our government

DEA,telling us there is no such thing as medical marijuana while another agency tells us how medically beneficial it is.

Cannabis has been used for medicinal purposes for thousands of years

prior to its current status as an illegal substance.

 

Chemical components of Cannabis, called cannabinoids, activate specific receptors found throughout the body to produce pharmacologic effects, particularly in the central nervous system and the immune system.

 

Cannabinoids may have benefits in the treatment of cancer-related side effects.

 

The potential benefits of medicinal Cannabis for people living with cancer include antiemetic effects, appetite stimulation, pain relief, and improved sleep. In the practice of integrative oncology, the health care provider may recommend medicinal Cannabis not only for symptom management but also for its

possible direct antitumor effect.

 

Cannabinoids may cause antitumor effects by various mechanisms, including induction of cell death, inhibition of cell growth, and inhibition of tumor angiogenesis and metastasis. [9-11]

Cannabinoids appear to kill tumor cells but do not affect their nontransformed counterparts and may even protect them from cell death.

These compounds have been shown to induce apoptosis in glioma cells in culture and induce regression of glioma tumors in mice and rats.

 

Cancer.gov

 

 

Thanks i will send them out and have sent them to some already

[wingnut]

That is great Bob, the people need to keep hammering them with information . I like how one agency is saying how bad Cannabis is( the DEA) and (the NIOH) is saying how it can help kill cancer cells .It is about

time for the GOV. to stop the B.S and tell the truth .