Granny's links to cannabis/health-related abstracts

im in absolute awe.
this thread is amazing.
happy birthday.
thank you so so much.
:jointsmile:

I love you!

poiuyt, Love you too, hon! Glad you enjoyed it! :D Hope you find it useful. Spread it around to whoever needs it.

I see that you are Canadian. Have you ever been over to treatingyourself.com ? I have this posted there too. TY is a Canadian medical site, and as such, might be more acceptable if you decide to gift a doctor with it, or point a straight relative towards. - Granny:hippy:

Hi Granny, thanks for inviting me! :) Happy growing!:)

Granny you have no idea how thankful I am that you posted this.
My mom has suffered from severe Headaches/Migraine her entire life and has gone through numerous useless treatments for it. Last week she woke up with a migraine so bad that she wanted to kill herself and I had to call an ambulance to rush her to the hospital. Needless to say, that was the last straw and its about time she became educated.

Give your mom this from me-

Hi hon, I'm Granny- I'm 60 years old and am employed in Special Education. I've used cannabis medically and for pleasure for 40 years. You could pass me on the street and you'd never think "She uses pot." Besides my job, I quilt, sculpt, paint and keep up a lively "cyberlife". The second time around in college (in my mid50s), I wrote most of my papers high and graduated with honors. I have never been arrested. I am well liked and respected and that's enough about me.

I can really sympathize with you about the migraine. I get migraines and recurrent waves of pain through my head. And it always feels like there is a hand inside my skull pressing down on my right eyeball at a 45 degree angle. I can't really remember life before the migraines. This is the result of almost being murdered as a very young child- another child took a hammer to my head in a fit of rage. I survived, but with migraines.

When I was 19, I started getting high like many American kids in the 60s and 70s. For me, there was one major difference. The migraines stopped when I had cannabis. I don't know if it will work this way for you or not. But as long as I have a daily smoke or vape, I don't get migraines or the waves (just "normal" headaches caused by stress or too much sun- we both know the difference between them and a migraine!) My migraines are due to a head trauma, so it might just be a fluke that it stops them. However, considering all the studies done on migraines being prevented or even stopped by cannabis, it would seem logical to give it a fair trial!

No one has ever died from using cannabis. The main dangers are getting arrested (which is avoidable for the most part by using only at home), and lung irritation. Both of these problems can also be addressed by the use of a vaporizer. Your child can explain its use to you. The odor of burning cannabis is very distinctive and can lead to arrest- vaporizers eliminate most of the odor, making it far easier to hide the smell.

Your child has likely shown you some studies from my "Birthday post". I want you to look at the whole thing. Cannabis is a wonder herb! Alzheimer's, ALS, Parkinson's, stroke, MS, fibromyalgia and even cancer can be treated with cannabis. If it were any other herb, it would be being hailed as a panacea, because it is one!

Hon, try a joint or pipeful. If it works- HURRAH! If it doesn't, you are no worse off than you were yesterday. It's worth a try, the doctor's remedies aren't working- maybe cannabis will work for you as well as it has for me. I hope so, no one should ever have migraines! It has been more than 3 years since my last one. - Granny:hippy:

This thread is breathe taking.. wow
Lots of info here! that is pretty phenomenal right there

wish you the best birthday yet granny, and many more to come!
blessed be! ;)

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS INFO.I'm suprised Crohns disease isn't there...Marijuana saved my intestines.Reason I will be moving to Cali :jointsmile:

I just don't really think a lot of this information is from "unbiased" sources. Sorry to break your bubble, but I don't honestly think it has this many beneficial effects. People saying cannabis will "save the human race" have a serious problem, unbiased studies thats are performed correctly are quite rare. Fuel?, Medicine?, building materials?!? seriously, it can replace certain minimal requirements in every one of these fields, but it will not "save" the human race.

Prairie, we are all allowed our opinions! You have yours. I have mine. :)

All I know is that I don't get the migraines that have plagued me since early childhood, as long as I use cannabis. My first "California legal" harvest was about 3 years ago. I have not had a single migraine in those 3 years. I quit cannabis for almost 3 years before I "got legal", because of my job. I wanted to see if I could survive without cannabis. It was 3 years of hell. It hurt so bad that my doctor finally had my head scanned for tumors or other abnormalities. Nothing. Got a baggie. Migraines stopped. I got my medical records and ""got legal". No more migraines since then. For me, that is the simple truth. You can have your own opinion about it, but for me, the difference in the quality of my life is quite clear.

Knickerbka- MY BAD! :o So to make up for it, you get a "sneak peek" at part of my update which I plan to let loose around New Year's! (I have over 100 new studies on various subjects)

Crohnâ??s / IBS / Ulcerative Colitis

*Cannabis-based drugs could offer new hope for inflammatory bowel disease patients
Cannabis-based drugs could offer new hope for inflammatory bowel disease patients

*Cannabis may soothe inflamed bowels
Cannabis may soothe inflamed bowels - Current medical events - Hemp and Medicine - Welcome to www.hemp-info.ch! The specialist for hemp (Cannabis) in Switzerland

*In the Human Colon: Cannabinoids Promote Epithelial Wound Healing
Elsevier

*Crohn's Patients Report Symptomatic Relief From Cannabis
Crohn's Patients Report Symptomatic Relief From Cannabis: The Hempire - [cannabis, legalise]

*Cannabis Helps Ulcers And Crohn's Disease
Cannabis Helps Ulcers And Crohn's Disease: The Hempire - [cannabis, legalise]

*Bowel Study Backs Cannabis Drugs
Bowel Study Backs Cannabis Drugs: The Hempire - [cannabis, britain]

*Cannabis use by patients with inflammatory bowel disease
ScienceDirect - The Journal of Pain : (919): Cannabis use by patients with inflammatory bowel disease


*Endocannabinoids and the gastrointestinal tract: what are the key questions?
British Journal of Pharmacology - Abstract of article: Endocannabinoids and the gastrointestinal tract: what are the key questions?

*MARIJUANA AND IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME (IBS) (anecdotal)
MARIHUANA AND IRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME by Christine

*Marijuana and Crohnâ??s Disease (anecdotal)
Crohn’s Disease by Marilyn Loskot

I have this all in word on my computer. It would be really cool if some of you copy my post into word and then add the new stuff in as I do my updates and add your own discoveries! More is good! :thumbsup: I really want this knowledge to spread.

And thumbing through my paper copy, I'm noting just WHERE most of these studies originally came from- if PubMed, Nature, University of Israel, Sutter Health, Neuroendrocrinology Letters, and Medscape aren't good enough sources, then I don't know what are good sources!

Granny:hippy:

Please don't get me wrong here, I agree cannabis has many benefits and of course many studies have been done by impartial groups and many articles exist on such sites as pubmed, or articles in the magazine nature which I do believe as quite credible. The balance of negative vs. positive effects of legalisation is definately in the positive side by a long shot. I just think your list is very exhaustive and most likely many of the ailments you state do not have very factual proof that cannabis can "cure" them or alieviate the symptoms. Do what works best by all means, but I believe you must show a little skepticism in regards to all these benefits. In my opinion cannabis will alieviate symptoms, but will not help "cure" anything, it will stop your body from feeling the symptoms though.


Also I was wondering what up with your name and your avatar? Did you get this from M:tg? Check this out Storm Crow information and rulings

I have always had a knack of walking into people's lives just before the "sh*t hits the fan". I could see what was about to happen and would tell them- usually they didn't listen (at least, not the first time :cool: ). It got me down when I was young- telling folks about the brick walls that they are about to hit. I made the best of it. I am about 1 semester away from a BA in psychology. I work in Special Education.

Folks have the wrong idea about the term "Storm Crow". The storm crow is not the cause of the storm. The crow flies before the storm- getting it's little tail feathers out of there. The crow is smart enough to see what's coming. Along the way, the crow gives warnings of what is to come- even if it is unpleasant. You listen, or you don't. You take shelter, or you don't. Your choice.

I've had crows as "pets" and I admire them. Caw was my favorite. He would steal stuff, come when called (usually), and was an all around trip with a wicked sense of humor. We lived in an area where the crows would nest in the tall yew trees. Occasionally, a crow chick would be pushed from the nest by it's siblings and survive the fall. We would adopt them and let them stay with us until they decided to be adults and free. (Crow chicks love scrambled eggs!)

As for the avatar, a kid from the boards turned me on to it. I had no idea where it came from. It was beautiful, I loved it, so I used it. Thank you for showing me where it came from.

And I still believe that cannabis is for the healing of nations, and what are nations, but people?- Granny:hippy:

thankyou very much, I have always wondered why I love cannabis so much, - I have a Hyperactivity Disorder

Edit: I have IBS too.. this is starting to make a lot of sense to me, thanks granny! :D

Edit: I also suffer from serious migraineous neuralga.. oh man.

Thanks!
denial103

Keep reading, kid! :D LOL- Granny:hippy:

i love u granny thank u so much for the info

Random, I love you, too! Now go and spread the info! Your doctor needs educating! - Granny:hippy:

Yay I get to rate the thread! The higher the rating, the more people will see it immediately upon entering the forums. With such a load of invaluable information we have here, I cant think of a better thread for people to see right up front.

I love you granny!

Thank you for rating my thread! :) And I love you, too!
Have you seen my latest bit of "mischief"?

http://boards.cannabis.com/medicinal...ical-post.html

Granny:hippy:

The more I learn about cannabis, the more I am amazed that I can be put in jail for using it, and I emphasize "USING". The only problem with having this information here is that it's like preaching to the chior. I have a feeling that sending the contents of one of these pages to my(?) congressperson would be a waste of paper, and a stamp to boot. The only thing that gets thier attention is if they think thier job is in jepordy. The only way we could pull that off is with numbers. The only way numbers do any good is if we all act. Registered VOTERS write ALL of your government officials from the mayor to the president. To do this you need to tell them who you are, name, address, phone #. Don't be afraid, I have been doing it for quite some time, and nobody has arrested me. If you realy care about the cause register to vote, AND VOTE WHEN THE TIME COMES.

This post was for Mseerob. I eliminated the original post, because it didn't belong here:(

Mseerob use a vaporizer, this eliminates the bad, and keeps the good.:vap_rasta:. Using a bong will not help with your condition. Sad but true. Foxtrot, India, I give up

I know that posting it here is "preaching to the choir", but my little compendium has also popped up in a medical college to be shown around to future doctors, random pages are in a laundromat back east, I just sent it to a pro-cannabis veteran's group, and it's in the hands of a few "crazy activists" to be spread around. If we keep spreading it, educating people one by one,-maybe that 70 to 80% of the public who support medical cannabis, will eventually grow to 100%. Then, we will either have a change in the heart and laws of our government, or change our government!

Yeah, if ONE person sends a copy in, well, in all probability, it won't even get to the politico it's aimed at. Some little flapper (read the original Gulliver's Travels) will toss it- the first time. But what if ten, or a hundred, came in? It gets a LOT harder to ignore! It might "slip through". ;)

:D Might be a nice party/project for some bored tokers to do some snowy evening- get stoned, put together some letters, get stoned-er, call friends, turn them on to the post and get them to send it in, too. And get them to call friends! Wouldn't be THAT hard to get 100 copies all coming in within a few days! Or everyone send it in to arrive April 20th. You don't have to be out there "singin' songs and carrying signs" to be an activist. A stamp is 41 cents.

How about everyone doing ONE "Activist act" a month? There are over 20,000 ACTIVE members at C.com. So get ACTIVE! Make it a late New Year's resolution- to make up for the one(s) you have already broken! - Granny:hippy:

Wow, this is truly an amazing thread :)

I will definitely send this to some friends and family :)

Thank you, Jose! Be sure to hit the link in reply #59! It has about 100+ new studies. - Granny:hippy:

I know now why those post for Mseerob are the way they are. 1st I didn't read every post, or I would have known he had already had that suggested to him:asskick:. 2nd I haven't smoked a thing all day:eek:. That's about to change:S5:.

The Inflamatory Bowl study. I can, from 1st hand experience, vouch for the validity of that one. You don't want to know. Let us just say it involved bodily fluids, and 3 days in the hospital.:(

Happy Birthday! Thanks for the incredible reading list. I must say its gonna take a while to figure out what to read first then reading. You have done quite a bit of research. Thank you.

THANK YOU!!!!! :thumbsup:

Marijuana Ingredient May Prevent Mad Cow Disease

Sunday, September 16 2007 @ 11:05 AM EDT
Edited by: Michael Hess

Cannabidiol May be Effective in Preventing Bovine Spongiforme Enzephalopathy (Mad Cow Disease)

BBSNews 2007-09-16 â?? (IACM) According to basic research of scientists of the National Centre for Scientific Research in Valbonne, France, cannabidiol (CBD) may prevent the development of prion diseases, the most known being BSE (bovine spongiforme enzephalopathy), which is often called mad cow disease. It is believed that the BSE may be transmitted to human beings. In humans, it is known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

Huge Dairy Cow under blue sky.

The infectious agent in prion diseases is believed to be a specific type of misfolded protein called prion. Misfolded prion proteins carry the disease between individuals and cause deterioration of the brain. The French researchers reported that the non- psychoactive cannabis constituent CBD inhibited the accumulation of prion proteins in both mouse and sheep prion- infected cells, whereas other cannabinoids were either weak or not effective. Moreover, after infection with mouse scrapie, a prion disease, CBD limited accumulation of the prion protein in the brain and significantly increased the survival time of infected mice. CBD inhibited the nerve damaging effects of prions in a concentration-dependent manner. Researchers noted that CBD may be a promising agent for the treatment of prion diseases.

(Source: Dirikoc S, Priola SA, Marella M, Zsuerger N, Chabry J. Nonpsychoactive cannabidiol prevents prion accumulation and protects neurons against prion toxicity. J Neurosci 2007;27(36):9537-44.)

Itâ??s an exciting development, to the best of our knowledge this is among the first substances discovered that has the potential to alter the invariably fatal course of bovine spongiforme enzephalopathy.

heres alittle info on mad cow and mmj.
im sorry if its a double mrs storm crow

great info in here!!! thanks granny:thumbsup:
:smokebong:
whiskeytango

Glad someone else has caught on about what an earthshaking study this is! There is NO cure for Mad Cow disease in modern medical science! This is the first thing that I've seen that even touches those misfolded little buggers! I also read that some poor dudes had apparently gotten the porcine equivalent of MCD. Pig brain is an Asian delicacy :wtf:


The Argus Observer | Online - News


Anyway, here's the update site for those of you who are interested.

My "Happy New Year" Medical post - TreatingYourself.COM Online Community

- Granny:hippy:

Why can't you be me grandma? this list is amazing....

I have found more positive points about marijuana in your list than anything, it truly has inspired me to spread the word.

I plan on making hundreds of copies of the 10 things every parent should know about marijuana and anonymously put them in mailboxes. That alone is enough info to considerably change the opinion of many people IMO.

Thank you for the inspiration and knowledge

Does anyone here have any clinical research studies about marijuana and helping minor turrets syndrome? or nervousness and ticking?

My little brother suffers from nervous ticks and minor turrets from what i believe leads back to my parents divorce. He is 15 years old turning 16 in less than a month and i have tried to talk to him about the benefits of marijuana and how i KNOW it will help him but he has been brainwashed by society and never wants the touch cannabis. so please, anything, will help.

thank you and toke on

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http://boards.cannabis.com/grow-log/...ys-needed.html

Treatment of Tourette's Syndrome With Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol
Treatment of Tourette's Syndrome With Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol -- MÃ?LLER-VAHL et al. 156 (3): 495 -- Am J Psychiatry

THC is effective in the treatment of tics in Tourette syndrome
Clinical Studies and Case Reports

Treatment of Tourette's syndrome with Delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol
Clinical Studies and Case Reports

Cannabinoids: possible role in patho-physiology and therapy of Gilles de la Tourette syndrome.
Clinical Studies and Case Reports

THC effective in Tourette-Syndrome
AAMC: THC effective in Tourette-Syndrome

THC effective in Tourette syndrome in a 6-week trial
IACM-Bulletin

Give your brother the print outs. Then take him either here or to treatingyourself.com (a nice little medical site). My posts are there, too. Tell him all he needs to do is just read the titles- he'll start calling up articles all by himself long before he finishes the first post.

And I'm everybody's "granny"- some of the kids at the school where I work even call me "granma". Consider yourself "adopted"! :hippy:

And as a child of divorce (a real nasty one), I want him (and you) to know this.... The trick is to remember what caused the hurt (I know I can never forget), and NEVER do that to anyone else. Hate and anger are poisonous- If you keep them inside, they will screw you up. Let them go, and be the person you are supposed to be. The divorce was your parents' fault, don't let it mess up YOUR life.

Give him a hug from me. - Granny:hippy:

Thank you so much Granny....you really dont know how much i appreciate everything you said, i will see him in a week and a half and im printing out the information youve given to me as im typing...

Thanks again you have helped me in ways i cannot describe, and ill be sure to give him a big 'ol hug from ya!

peace, love, dodo

No one mentions the fact that MMJ controls nausea and vomiting better and safer than any other drug we have. I surf waves of nausea from Diabetic Neuropathic Gastro Paresis, which is much worse than nausea related from chemo. I live in a non MMJ state rather than the land of the free. Yet I have found that Orange Kush is most effective in controlling nausea and vomiting. Yet at $370 an oz I can't afford daily doses. Since MMJ is illegal my Dr has me on 5 mg Marinol and I top that off with good quality schwag. Not as good as real MMJ like the Orange Kush but it's more economical. Oh well, until I move to the free part of America I'm stuck with this. The USA will break up into states that allow MMJ and states that don't, if Barney Franks bill doesn't pass. Gives a whole new meaning to "Civil War." Peace...:smokin:

Marinol isn't ideal, but it's better than nothing. Does anyone know if it could be vaporized? Perhaps put the sesame/thc oil on a bit of cotton cloth? Just a thought. Look into vaporizing- way better for your health! I have a Vapor Brothers and love it.

Be sure to give your doctor the link to this post either here, or at treating yourself .com (all one word), or international cannagraphic (in case you don't want to risk being I"D"ed) It's stickied in the medical section of both sites.

Hope you make it to a sane state or yours comes to its senses soon! With the economy the way it is going, folks are having to choose between food, medication, gas, and rent. If they grew cannabis, they could possibly cut down on their expensive meds! The first two real MMJ users I knew both made exactly the same comment "I can cut my meds in half when I have pot!"

-Granny:hippy:

i gave someone a link to your profile and told her to seek you out

here is a copy of her intro on Green Passion, i think she needs to talk to someone like you



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Hello all, my name is strawberry.cough, you can call me berry. I am 48 year old female from northern new england, somewhere between kittery and calais. In 1994 I was diagnosed with angranular sarcoma of the left nostril. I had surgery, chemo and radiation, and left it in the dust...or so I thought. About a month ago I notices that I was having a harder time moving air through that side of my nose, and a little trip to the doc confirmed what I thought, the sarcoma had returned and this time it is up in the sinus too.

I had surgery this morning, and I am at the airport waiting to get the first part of the flight back home. I have had to have the docs write a letter to get me on the flight. Boy have things changed a lot since 9/11. I have black eyes and a nasal tampon in, and well even I would probably scream if I looked in the mirror. I am picky and like the bulk head seats because I have long legs and hate folks rocking there seats back into me, but...I guess I will be ummm "helped" to board and my seat will be way in the back. guess we must not scare the other passangers.

I guess I am lucky, it wasn't as invasive as first thought, so I still have the majority of my septum. The bonus is it hasn't spread, still confined to just my left side. I am also a moose, so for me to just get up and walk out of the hospital after surgery is no big deal.

What is a big deal is the chemo and the radiation. I am a puker big time. I am suppose to go to my local hospital when I get back home so the oncologist can have a look at me. I have the surgeons radiologists, and pathologists reports safely with me so she will be well informed. I already started the chemo on monday, so I guess I will find out what is what fairly quickly. There may be a chance I will escape the radiation, and boy oh boy that would make my day.

Well oddly enough I have a head ache, so I will call this good. This will be the first time I have tried herbal chemo to ease the chemical chemo vomiting.

Ummm this looks good. If I get out of the radiation they will let me infuse the chemo myself at home, and umm umm ummm do I like panny cakes when my tummy is upset.

Glad to find the sight, last time was helliacious, this time I want to be a little more comfy and not so pukey.

berry'



and here is the link, and thanks, i think she needs someone to talk to
howdy - Dedicated to Cannabis Education. Medicinal, Recreational, and Cultivation.

Looking for info about an Israeli study on endocannibinoids as an anti-allergen.