ASCO is as reputable a medical organization as there is. Its not an industry trade group. It is where the leading oncologists, scientists, and research bodies meet to discuss the progress of clinical trials in all stages, and new academic and commercial research activities. Its the largest gathering on oncology in the world. Every significant current and future clinical trial is reviewed there.
Real discovery is now occurring at breakthrough rates. Hpwever, The ONLY usage for marijuana in all forms is palliative. There is not a single clinical trial investigating cannibas for anything other than that. No responsible researcher or regulatory body would permit a dual arm trial of cannanis vs chemo/rad/hormone/checkpoint/surgery.
There is no doubt it has palliative value. But claims of curative effects are scoentifically unsubstantiated at best. My fear is that someone who is desperate who doesnot have access to good oncological care would get derailed and try one of these concoctions instead of the traditional route. Sometimes a delay of weeks in getting care can make all of the difference. And some of the threads in this topic endorse cannabis as curative. IT IS NOT CURATIVE.
I have zero financial stake in this, I am a donor and caregiver- thats all. It would be pretty ridiculous and ineffective to use a 420 growing site as some industry rube. I just don't want to see people die prematurely or maybe now unnecessarily.
Cannabis has demonstrated efficacy in motor diseases such as epilepsy, and Parkinson's. It appears to help with wasting, and of course the old standby glaucoma. It may privide pain relief similar to nsaids. Its good. But a cure for cancer, NO.
We ALL should be careful about using the word "Cure", no matter the treatment. While I believe that cannabis can and has actually cured cancer, that can only be known with time... like the end of the patients time.
Which brings me to another point...
No matter if one treats with cannabis oil or chemo, if the conditions in which the disease developed are not changed, the likelihood of it returning are great.
I have a great deal more respect for those active in promoting cannabis oil and providing care and assistance than I do most physicians and oncologists. Those I've dealt with acknowledge that chemo decimates the immune system, yet their treatment protocols are void of any focus upon diet and nutrition. I was actually told by one that there isn't anything they can do about the immune system... it will come back on its own eventually. She didn't even seem to care about sugar... cancers favorite food. "Anything in moderation", she said. That's insane!
We encourage dietary and lifestyle changes along with a continued lifetime maintenance dose of cannabis oil to keep the disease in remission. But we laymen just don't understand, right?
My last point before putting this to bed is that just because science hasn't yet proven every aspect of the effects of the various cannabinoids for the myriad of different conditions, doesn't mean it doesn't work. This is what you seem to imply.
Your argument is a prime example of how the ego works to support defend and protect that which ones identity is wrapped around. We build our belief systems and the ego fights to defend them as if we are our beliefs. That's inherent in the human condition. And for some reason it's getting worse over time to the point where even in our institutions of higher learning, seeking truth has taken a back seat to political correctness and blindly defending the particular narrative ones been bamboozled into adopting. It's sad.
Open your mind. Seek truth. Use your scientific bent to actually research more than just what supports your pre-conceived ideas. You might be surprised by what you'll learn.
Its apparent that you either haven't paid any attention to the ever expanding body of anecdotal evidence that exists, or you dismiss it off hand. I'll tell you what, watching a bedridden elderly man get up and walk two days after starting cannabis oil, after being sent home to die by the doctors, is all the evidence I need. After one week on the oil he drove himself to the grocery store. This, after being told to put his affairs in order.
Then there's the man who dealt with a diabetic sore on his leg for over five years. His doctors tried everything under the sun with no effect. After we had treated it with cannabis oil infused coconut oil for three weeks it went from golf ball sized to the size of a nickel. After another month... completely scabbed over.
And then there's the man with Parkinson's so bad he looked like a break dancer. He's spent a decade like this and had to lock his head between his arms with elbows on the table to have a discussion. He'd stopped taking the prescribed meds because no matter what they gave him it didn't help and gave him even more adverse symptoms than the disease itself. We didn't see him for about a month after he began treatment and when he pulled up, walked up the driveway, and stood before us, all we could do is thank the good Lord for this precious gift called cannabis.
Skin cancer? A walk in the park for cannabis oil. Two people close to me both sent their skin cancer packing with the oil. One made the recommended dietary changes, used the oil both topically and internally, and continued with a maintenance dose. His skin cancer has not returned in three years. This, after a decade in and out of the surgeons revolving door. The other was afraid to take it internally, and slacked off on dietary changes, and the cancer returned. She treated it again and again put it in remission. Time will tell if she keeps with the protocol.
I've heard the stories over and over again of people who have gone the chemo and radiation route and if their cancer was put in remission, it returned. And it's appears common that the second or third time it kills them. Sometimes the treatment itself kills them. And in most cases they suffer worse from the devastating effects of the toxic chemicals than from the disease itself.
These are real people not just numbers. Don't think for a second that we take lightly our recommendations. It would seem to me we take it more serious than the "professionals".
And BTW, cannabis oil does not provide pain relief similar to nsaids. There's no comparison. I used to live on them and they barely touched my back pain. Cannabis oil kicks pains ass! Ask the Alaska Spine Institute... they haven't seen me nor written me an opioids prescription in close to five years. I'm no longer helping the chiropractor pay for his Hummer either!
Thank you for the concerned input. We have no desire to convince anyone to abandon traditional approaches to follow a cannabinoid therapy. Incoming data points to the possibility of potentiating chemo drugs by including cannabis into the regimen. Hopefully we can find a workable middle ground that doesn't take patients to the brink of death in an attempt to save them. 
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