Cannabis warning

This article is so lacking it reminds me when I first told people I had cancer and they'd respond..... "Don't eat any sugar! It feeds cancer!!!!!!!"

While well-meaning, it was based on faulty science applied to broadly and drawing the wrong conclusion.

This is one 'study' that hasn't even gained traction in what I'd consider respectable publications. Do I really need to point out all the studies that proved to be patently false or so bias as to be totally useless?

My experience is anecdotal, but I'll take it over this.

When I was first diagnosed with stage three head and neck cancer of HPV origin, I was prescribed a laundry list of all kinds of very dangerous drugs. The first things I suffered from were lack of appetite, depression, fatigue and horrible constipation. Most of which was a direct result of the medications I was on.

I immediately drove to Colorado (where pot was legal recreationally) and picked up a supply of patches, creams and edibles.

Within a week of its use, virtually all of my symptoms went away. I could take in my calories again, zero nausea, my depression and anxiety were gone and the constipation was no more. Made treatment so much more bearable. Plus, no worries of addiction.

I'm 3 years post treatment and you'd never know I suffered a day at the hands of cancer.

I still mentor people locally on a regular basis who are newly diagnosed. Luckily medical marijuana is legal now in my state (Oklahoma) and I highly recommend it to those in treatment who do not like the side effects and potential addictive nature of opioids.

Do what works for you, but I see nothing in this study that would change my mind.

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 The THC helps the body eliminate cancer but has the halliucinative side effect. The CBD helps ease pain and the THC effects plus aids in increased food desire.

I learned this from alot of research.

I would love to see aresearch about CBD oil first and then agree or not with such a bold statement.

I would rather ingest a God made plant then a man made chemical

OKCnative said:

I call BS.

This article is so lacking it reminds me when I first told people I had cancer and they'd respond..... "Don't eat any sugar! It feeds cancer!!!!!!!"

While well-meaning, it was based on faulty science applied to broadly and drawing the wrong conclusion.

This is one 'study' that hasn't even gained traction in what I'd consider respectable publications. Do I really need to point out all the studies that proved to be patently false or so bias as to be totally useless?

My experience is anecdotal, but I'll take it over this.

When I was first diagnosed with stage three head and neck cancer of HPV origin, I was prescribed a laundry list of all kinds of very dangerous drugs. The first things I suffered from were lack of appetite, depression, fatigue and horrible constipation. Most of which was a direct result of the medications I was on.

I immediately drove to Colorado (where pot was legal recreationally) and picked up a supply of patches, creams and edibles.

Within a week of its use, virtually all of my symptoms went away. I could take in my calories again, zero nausea, my depression and anxiety were gone and the constipation was no more. Made treatment so much more bearable. Plus, no worries of addiction.

I'm 3 years post treatment and you'd never know I suffered a day at the hands of cancer.

I still mentor people locally on a regular basis who are newly diagnosed. Luckily medical marijuana is legal now in my state (Oklahoma) and I highly recommend it to those in treatment who do not like the side effects and potential addictive nature of opioids.

Do what works for you, but I see nothing in this study that would change my mind.

 

Would you mind sharing your regimine with me?  I will be starting 35 radiation treatments and 7 cisplatin chemo treatments in about 3 weeks.  My doctor is going to put a regimine togher for me to use the thc/cbd but, I would like to hear from someone who has gone thru it themselves.

Thanks in advance

i'm a retired probation officer in washington state. while i voted to legalize it here i do not use it.

i read some time ago that cbd works best when it's used with THC. i don't recall the ratios.

here's the problem - are you buying what is on the label in terms of dose? not here in this state. the washington state patrol bought several different brands and had them analyzed and they did not match what was on the label. some were more and some were less. i don't know what if anything has been done about this here in the state or how other states manage this if they do. this applies to edibles.

as a side note, this is a common problem with supplements as well. consumerlab.com buys many different supplements and tests and posts the results. kind of like consumer reports for supplements, they also post research on the items which i find very helpful. clearly the referenced study for thc & cancer should be followed up with, to determine if it's an issue or not.