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Cannabis saved my son’s life
By Hannah Deacon
Monday 13 Jul 2020 5:23 pm
I used to dream of being a normal mother. I would see other mums dropping their kids off at school, waving them goodbye and I’d want to be them. Not the parent with a chronically ill child.
For years, this scenario felt unattainable, but since my son Alfie Dingley became the first patient in the UK to receive a permanent cannabis licence [sic], our family has been given hope.
There’s a lot of fear around the word ‘cannabis’. But for Alfie and my family, it changed our lives.
When he was five years old, my son was diagnosed with a rare form of epilepsy, called PCDH19, which caused up to 150 seizures a month.
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https://metro.co.uk/2020/07/13/cannabis-treatment-saved-sons-life-12983294/
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in2herbs
(3,176 posts)why big pharma wants it kept illegal. Medical MJ in AZ (where I live) is legal with dr. approval and recreational MJ is gathering petition signatures to be on the ballot come November. I honestly don't know what I'd use to relieve my pain if MJ was denied to me.
AmyStrange
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it literally blew me away when I learned about all it's medical benefits, especially with epilepsy.
Biden doesn't want to legalize it, but I at least hope that when we take over, we get rid of this banking problem and make access to medical marijuana easier for EVERYONE!!!
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in2herbs
(3,176 posts)the epileptic girl who benefitted from CBD. Unfortunately she recently passed.
Under Teddy R the mounted soldiers were given a bottle of colic medicine to administer to their horses -- it contained MJ.
AmyStrange
(7,989 posts)Last edited Sat Aug 15, 2020, 01:21 PM - Edit history (1)
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thanks for sharing.
I really do believe that the way CBD helped some epileptics (especially children) is what really got the tables turned on marijuana prohibition.
And it doesn't just work on epilepsy either:
https://www.leafly.com/news/cannabis-101/what-is-rick-simpson-oil
https://www.leafly.com/news/health/cannabis-and-cancer
THE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH:
A 1996 study discovered the protective effects of cannabinoids on the development of certain types of tumors. Cannabinoids were observed causing cell death, blocking cell growth, and preventing the development of the blood vessels tumors needed to grow — suggesting cannabinoids may be able to kill cancer cells while protecting normal cells.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8662742/
In 2011, the American Association for Cancer Research revealed CBD kills cells associated with breast cancer while having little to no effect on normal breast cells. When studied in mice, CBD reduced the growth, number, and spread of tumors.
https://mct.aacrjournals.org/content/10/7/1161.full
The National Institute of Health published a study in 2011, Cell Death & Differentiation, that demonstrates THC and JWH-015 (a cannabinoid receptor), decreased the viability of liver cancer cells. Cannabinoids were also shown to inhibit tumor growth and the accumulation of fluid in the abdomen. These are significant findings as they may be helpful in the design of therapeutic strategies to manage liver cancer.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3131949/
A study published in February 2015 found rates of bladder cancer are 45% lower in cannabis users, compared to those who do not use it.
https://www.goldjournal.net/article/S0090-4295%2814%2901206-0/fulltext
According to the National Cancer Institute (NCI), preclinical studies demonstrate the efficacy of cannabinoids to inhibit tumor growth by protecting healthy cells while killing cancer cells and obstructing the growth of cells and blood vessels needed for tumors to grow. The NCI also claims that a lab study of THC killed or damaged cancer cells, and when the study was repeated in mouse models, showed it had anti-tumor effects that could aid in the fight against lung and breast cancer.
https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/patient/cannabis-pdq#link/_13
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in2herbs
(3,176 posts)that MJ contains properties that, if they don't kill cancer cells, they put cancer in remission --- and that is better than progression. My horse has been "cured" of his cancer going on 5 years.
MJ, Golden Paste and an antioxidant -- the cancer treatment of the future, IMO. But first the minds of all the naysayers have to be righted.
AmyStrange
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I ever heard of it being used on a horse.
What's his name, and thank you for sharing.
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in2herbs
(3,176 posts)first animal I used it on was one of my dogs -- almost 17 years ago. I had no idea what I was doing but I knew if I didn't do something he was going to die of cancer. I established a routine for feeding him MJ, it was the first time I made MJ butter, but that's how I fed it to him. He improved very quickly so I stopped feeding MJ to him. Mistake. He didn't get a long enuf MJ treatment regimen and died. In the years since and because I've treated other animals, I've learned that MJ will appear to have cured but you must keep taking it for several weeks after symptoms are gone and then, over the course of the next few months, watch signs for recurrence and retreat if necessary. IMO MJ shrinks cancer to remission, but never cures. Even conventional medicine can't guarantee a cancer cure.
Legalization and clinical trials are needed so that indivduals don't have to guess about a treatment.
BTW: CBD oil is good for autoimmune diseases.
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FROM: https://www.leafly.com/news/health/cannabis-and-cancer
Cannabinoid receptors have been discovered in the brain, spinal cord, and nerve endings throughout the body, suggesting cannabis may play a larger role in immunity as well.
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