--- F R E N D Z of martian --- This was mailed to me, very interesting stuff. ----- Original Message ----- From: Fraser Clark - The Parallel YOUniversity <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <truth seekers of every shape> Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 10:04 PM Subject: file://YOU DELIVERS THE FACTS > Allen Cohen has forwarded an AlterNet report by Raymond Cushing titled POT > SHRINKS TUMORS to the Parallel YOUniversity, describing it as "interesting > work that should be passed around widely." > > Deeply shocked that the overground media have failed to report such clearly > historical findings, we hereby spread the word with our own slightly edited > report. > > > POT SHRINKS CANCER TUMOURS. GOVERNMENT KNEW IN 1974 > The term medical marijuana took on dramatic new meaning in February 2000 > when Madrid researchers announced they had destroyed incurable brain cancer > tumors in rats by injecting them with THC, the active ingredient in cannabis. > > For such a historical finding, it seems incredible that the story ran only > once on the AP and UPI news wires, on Feb. 29, and was picked up by > virtually no U.S. or UK newspapers. Please inform us if we are wrong on this. > > Even more ominous is that this isn't the first time scientists have > discovered that THC shrinks tumors. In 1974 Medical College of Virginia > researchers, funded by the National Institute of Health to prove that > marijuana damages the immune system, found instead that THC slowed the > growth of three kinds of cancer in mice -- lung and breast cancer, and a > virus-induced leukemia. > > On that occasion the DEA quickly shut down the Virginia study and all > further cannabis/tumor research. Are we going to let this happen again?! > Not with the internet! In 1976 President Ford ended all public cannabis > research and granted exclusive research rights to major pharmaceutical > companies, who set out - unsuccessfully - to develop synthetic forms of THC. > Why? In order to deliver the medical benefits without the "high". As if > the high wouldn't have further increased the benefits! :-) > > In the March issue of "Nature Medicine" the Madrid researchers reported > that, on the twelfth day after injecting the brains of 45 rats with cancer > cells, producing tumors whose presence were confirmed by magnetic resonance > imaging (MRI), they then injected 15 of the rats with THC and 15 with > Win-55,212-2 a synthetic compound similar to THC. > > "All the rats left untreated uniformly died 12-18 days after glioma (brain > cancer) cell inoculation ... Cannabinoid (THC)-treated rats survived > significantly longer than control rats. THC administration was ineffective > in 3 rats, which died by days 16-18. 9 of the THC-treated rats surpassed > the time of death of untreated rats, and survived up to 19-35 days. > Moreover, the tumor was completely eradicated in 3 of the treated rats." > > To test for harmful biochemical or neurological effects, the Spanish > researchers, led by Dr. Manuel Guzman of Complutense University, also > irrigated healthy rats' brains with large doses of THC for seven days. They > found none. > > "Careful MRI analysis of all those tumor-free rats showed no sign of damage > related to necrosis, edema, infection or trauma We also examined other > potential side effects of cannabinoid administration. In both tumor-free > and tumor-bearing rats, cannabinoid administration induced no substantial > change in behavioral parameters such as motor coordination or physical > activity. Food and water intake as well as body weight gain were unaffected > during and after cannabinoid delivery. Likewise, the general hematological > profiles of cannabinoid-treated rats were normal. Thus, neither biochemical > parameters nor markers of tissue damage changed substantially during the > 7-day delivery period or for at least 2 months after cannabinoid treatment > ended." > > > BENIGN NATURAL SUBSTANCE DESTROYS DEADLY BRAIN TUMORS. > Such should have been the headlines. Did you see any? > > In an email interview for this story, Dr Guzman said that, though he had > heard of the Virginia study, his "many attempts to obtain the journal > article on the original investigation have proven impossible" Hence, the > Nature Medicine article characterises the new study as the first on > tumor-laden animals. > > Jack Herer claims in "The Emperor Has No Clothes" that , in 1983 the > Reagan/Bush Administration tried to persuade American universities and > researchers to destroy all 1966-76 cannabis research work, including > compendiums in libraries, reports. "Large amounts of information have since > disappeared." > > The primary writer of this article then visited the UC medical school > library in Davis and managed to obtain a copy of the 1975 article, titled > "Antineoplastic activity of cannabinoids" and published in the Journal of > the National Cancer Institute. He faxed this to Dr Guzman to Madrid. > > The summary begins, "Lewis lung adenocarcinoma growth was retarded by the > oral administration of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabinol (CBN)" -- > two types of cannabinoids, a family of active components in marijuana. "Mice > treated for 20 consecutive days with THC and CBN had reduced primary tumor > size." > > The journal article makes no mention of the breast cancer tumors featured in > the only newspaper story ever to appear about the 1974 study - in the Local > section of the Washington Post on August 18, 1974. Under the headline, > "CANCER CURB IS STUDIED," it reads in part: > > "The active chemical agent in marijuana curbs the growth of three kinds of > cancer in mice and may also suppress the immunity reaction that causes > rejection of organ transplants, a Medical College of Virginia team has > discovered." The researchers "found that THC slowed the growth of lung > cancers, breast cancers and a virus-induced leukemia in laboratory mice, and > prolonged their lives by as much as 36 percent." > > When the writer faxed him the Washington Post clipping, Dr Guzman's response > was eloquent: > > "It is extremely interesting to me, the hope that the project seemed to > awaken at that moment, and the sad evolution of events during the years > following the discovery, until now we once again draw back the veil over the > anti-tumoral power of THC, twenty-five years later. Unfortunately, the world > bumps along between such moments of hope and long periods of intellectual > castration." > > News coverage of the Madrid discovery has been virtually nonexistent. > Raymond Cushing stumbled on a single run of a report on the Nature Medicine > article on the UPI through a link that appeared briefly on the Drudge Report > web page. The New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times all > ignored the story, even though its newsworthiness is indisputable: a benign > substance occurring in nature destroys deadly brain tumors. > -- Sent to you via the frendz list at marsbard.com The archive is at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
