Not that I ever needed an excuse before, but, according to this article, it is. And whats more important is that this little known nugget of information has been supported for more than 25 years!
Is this another cover up by the powers that be? Including the strong arm of the DEA and the lobbyists for certain drug manufacturers’ (rhymes with dupe-aunt) and insurance companies?
How much more scientific proof do we need before we decriminalize the advantages of theraputic marijuana!?
Errr . . . so has Guzman or any other researcher publushed these results in any of the international medical journals?
projectcensored.org is not exactly an unbiased source.
(and I won’t even touch the irony of your post’s subject coupled with your sig ;))
andros I am glad you brough that up because of a matter of fact they did
I am not one of those flaming libertarians (uhh…no offense Libertarian) that want to legalize everything. However I think that there are manny manny legitimate reasons why this plant should not be illegal to grow.
So they did. Sorry, I obviously didn’t read your link closely enough.
Antineoplastic activity of cannabinoids.
Munson AE, Harris LS, Friedman MA, Dewey WL, Carchman RA.
From the abstract:
Gotta love PubMed.
I don’t see any followup papers, though, supporting or challenging Munson et al.
I’ll keep looking.
I dont know…but it does wonders for herpes!
peace,
JB
YMMV
I always thought that THC relieves the nausea associated with chemotherapy, and increases appetite.