What if Cannabis Oil Cured Cancer?

By Larry Gabriel
Photo: The Erwin family after Alysa's diognosis, License: N/A
THE ERWIN FAMILY AFTER ALYSA’S DIOGNOSIS
 
IN JANUARY 2011, then-4-year-old Alysa Erwin began having intense, debilitating headaches. By that spring she was diagnosed with Grade 3 Anaplastic Astrocytoma — brain cancer — at University of Michigan Medical Center.
According to information at mdguidelines.com, “Individuals with grade 3 astrocytoma have a median survival time of 18 months with treatment (radiation and chemotherapy). … Even with aggressive treatment, astrocytomas of all types tend to recur, making the prognosis generally poor.”
 
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http://metrotimes.com/higherground/what-if-cannabis-oil-cured-cancer-1.1601913

Review: Stay warm in Gramicci’s NPT Winter Wonder organic cotton/hemp baselayer pants

Sara Davidson 
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This winter, retire your old bulky baselayer and replace it with Gramicci’s Winter Wonder pants, new this season from the company’s NPT (natural performance technology) athletic line.
The Tahoe (men) and Aquarius (women) pants are made from a blend of hemp, organic cotton and Spandex to give them an athletic, trim fit that goes under just about any pants without bunching.
 
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http://blogs.militarytimes.com/pt365/2013/12/17/review-stay-warm-in-gramiccis-npt-winter-wonder-organic-cottonhemp-baselayer-pants/

NY Lawmaker Steve Katz, Who Voted Against Medical Marijuana, Invests In Pot

by David Downs

New York Assemblyman Steve Katz (R-94) will invest in the medical cannabis industry.
Republican New York Assemblyman Steve Katz, who voted against a medical marijuana bill in 2012, and was arrested for pot possession in March, will invest up to $10 million in the coming years in cannabis-related businesses, Smell the Truth has learned.
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Pedaling for Cancer: The Medical Cannabis Bike Tour

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Cancer patients often use medicinal cannabis to ease pain and increase appetite, yet Guzman and Velasco’s studies are finding that cannabis does much more than relieve side effects. Both professors have discovered that the cannabis plant actually causes some types of tumors to auto-digest themselves, while normal cells remain healthy.
 
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Holy Smoke! Medical Marijuana About to Become Legal in Illinois

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On January 1, 2014, usage of marijuana for medicinal purposes will become legal inIllinois. The Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program Act creates a four-year pilot program that will allow patients diagnosed with one of a list of specific, debilitating medical conditions to use medicinal marijuana.
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Why Isn’t Marijuana Used to Treat Eating Disorders?


Why Isn’t Marijuana Used to Treat Eating Disorders?
 
At least 24 million Americans of all ages and genders are currently suffering from an eating disorder, and research shows that eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of ANY mental illness. In light of these statistics, it amazes me that eating disorders are often still not considered a “qualifying condition” under state medical marijuana laws.
 
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http://www.ladybud.com/2013/12/16/why-isnt-marijuana-used-to-treat-eating-disorders/

Pot plays big on TV in ‘Glee,’ ‘Parenthood,’ and ‘Mad Men’

By Joanne Ostrow | The Denver Post

Mary-Louise Parker played a suburban widow selling pot to support her lifestyle in “Weeds.” Courtesy Showtime
The abundance of marijuana on television suggests that a long-subterranean appreciation for the plant is growing, even thriving, above ground.
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