Currently there are 340,000 people that are stricken with cancer yearly and are suffering from the ravages of cancer in America alone. Globally in 2012, the number of chronic cases of leprosy was 189,000 and the number of new cases was 230,000. Yes leprosy….the disease where your body parts just fall off. Leper colonies are still in existence in parts of the world. In the United States the obese outnumber those with a healthy body mass. And the number of people diagnosed with diabetes is astounding. In 2012, 29.1 million Americans, or 9.3% of the population, had diabetes. Approximately 1.25 million American children and adults have type 1 diabetes. According to the American Diabetes Association.
And there is no end in sight to the amount of people stricken with life altering medical issues. When someone gets hurt in a car accident or breaks a leg skiing we generally think of the persons pain and agony, how they are going to get around and pay their doctor bills. And we usually know they are most likely, going to be fine in the long run, medically. The other part of the equation is the loss of income. Even a few weeks without pay can result in life altering circumstances for some families. A domino effect that trickles down to the children in these families, resulting in homelessness for the most vulnerable in our midst.
Then we can imagine the horror that a family must endure when one or both of the breadwinners are stricken with cancer or other diseases. When do we ask, does Marijuana cure cancer?
So lets examine the case of the 85 year old man who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer this year. This is a man who for many decades has taken great care of himself. He does not smoke. He drinks in moderation and eats a very healthy diet rich in fish and vegetables. On top of that he walks daily. Not the kind of walks you imagine someone of his advanced wisdom would walk. But rather miles long hikes, up steep hills and on uneven, unpaved ground with his beloved dogs. He drank fresh squeezed orange juice from his trees on a daily basis and did a lions share of the ranch work on his multi acre property. Another interesting fact is that he spent most of his career working in Saudi Arabia and trained himself to not drink water, he never drank water, even on his long hikes.
This is a family man who raised three girls and has lived his life like most of us, in a honest and straightforward fashion. And I am sure he had the obligatory brain washing we all had.
Training which involved teaching his children how to hide under their desk in case of a nuclear bomb drop. Or how everyone would jump off of tall buildings in an attempt to fly if they so much as took one puff of loco-weed. Just that word is testament to the anti cannabis sentiment that has pervaded our society. The implication is that if you smoke ganja you are loco or crazy or will go insane.
And our children were taught to never, under any circumstances, take drugs. Unless they were prescribed by your family doctor. The youth were never told why they shouldn’t take drugs. They were simply instructed to ‘Just Say No To Drugs’.
The problem with that approach is that when you preface instructions (Don’t smoke marijuana), with a lie (Reefer Madness the kids know you are full of it, and you lose all credibility.
And kids can handle simple lies from their parents, lies like the Easter Bunny poops marshmallows. But when you tell a lie about drugs, and the kids know you are lying. You are basically telling your kids or any kid, that you think they are stupid.
Excerpt from the movie Reefer Madness:
Marihuana is that drug-a violent narcotic-an unspeakable scourge-The Real Public Enemy Number One!
Its first effect is violent uncontrollable laughter; then come dangerous hallucinations – space expands – time slows down, almost stands still….fixed ideas come next, conjuring up monstrous extravagances – followed by emotional disturbances, the total inability to direct thoughts, the loss of all power to resist physical emotions….leading finally to acts of shocking violence….ending often in incurable insanity.
In picturing its soul destroying effects no attempt was made to equivocate. The scenes and incidents, while fictionalized for the purposes of this story, are based on actual research into the results of Marahuana addiction. If their stark reality will make you think, will make you aware that something must be done to wipe out this ghastly menace, then this picture will not have failed in its purpose…
Because the dread Marihuana may be reaching forth next for your son or daughter…..or yours….OR YOURS!
Ghastly menace or Cancer cure? After being lied to for 70 years, people tend to believe Cannabis is a ghastly menace. Even when their lovely children come home, stoned, carrying flowers and a smile.
In light of this life history, how do you convince an 85 year old cancer patient to consider Marijuana as an alternative treatment. Even in conjunction with traditional medicine, it’s a hard sell. Even though this generation has been making home brew and drinking for many years.
So the question we should all ask is, if we had cancer would we be brave enough to try Cannabis for a cancer cure? Or would we put our faith in chemotherapy and the like?
And along with that question is the real question, does Cannabis cure cancer? Does Cannabis work in treating medical issues? Does it stabilize your weight? Will it work for virtually any medical issue?
If the answer were yes, Marijuana does cure cancer. Then what would we say? What would you do?
Would you insist that your mother be treated with Marijuana (Rick Simpson Oil)?
Or would you listen to the doctors and commence with radiation treatments?
I have researched the subject and have concluded that this many people could not be this deceptive on such a subject as life or death. In short I believe Rick Simpson and the many people who have testified that Marijuana cured their cancer. If this were a lie, spread by hippies. What would they have to gain?
And at what cost? Would any of us risk the lives of the people we love just to decriminalize a plant?
Let us hope Cannabis Cures Cancer. And if it does, lets export the cure to the world and save as many people a humanly possible!