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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:22 PM Original message |
Medical THC is suppressed by PhRMA. Is cure for Cancer? |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. ok i'll bite - medical use of natural THC does have chemical |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:42 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. They have a bigger stake in finding a cure and marketing it. |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Not when it is easily attainable by the masses in its pure form |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Rubbish. The drug would be marketed for its purity |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. People don't have to suck hot smoke to get the benefits |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. Or you can throw it in the crock pot with butter, or toss it into some vodka |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:51 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. You are mistaken |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. We are talking about pure THC here, keep up |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:03 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. There may be a variety of Cannabinoids involved in the action |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. When I refer to the pure form of thc I do not mean chemically synthesized |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. The synthetic form and the natural form are the exact same thing. |
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Gravel Democrat (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Nope they are not. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:18 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Yeah, they are. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:13 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. In the natural form, it is most normally accompanied by other cannabinoids |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:14 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Anecdotal evidence overwhelmingly suggests there is |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:17 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Oh, anecdotal evidence. |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:23 AM Response to Reply #22 |
31. Anecdotal evidence is what we have when objective studies |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:24 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Well, that and all the chemtrails. |
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spacelady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:30 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. What do chemtrails have to do with the medical marijauna discussion? |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 01:24 AM Response to Reply #21 |
41. Probably exaimining the two types of marijuana under an |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:36 AM Response to Reply #16 |
38. only on paper. In tests they exhibit different properties. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. They can't patent THC. nt |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:17 AM Response to Reply #15 |
23. Aren't natural legal substances covered under the dietary supplement act? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:20 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. You can patent natural substances. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:22 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Thanks. So if a tomato plant could do that...well...how would that work? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:24 AM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Is this some sort of joke? Really? |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:25 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. "then you'd have to license the patent from the holder" |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:35 AM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Sure! Just look at all the patents for different vitamins..... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 05:18 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Can you demonstrate a novel use for a vitamin? |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. You are misinformed, disinformed, and uninformed |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
9. "THC doesn't cure cancer" |
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Gravel Democrat (598 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:10 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. "misinformed, disinformed and uninformed" indeed RE: THC and Cancer |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:11 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Curing cancer and killing cultured cancer cells are two different things. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:19 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. In vitro results are a strong basis to begin comprehensive in vivo research |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:21 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Preliminary in vitro results are a strong basis for more in vitro research. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:23 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Oh I agree as far as the claim. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Thank you for your input, but you may want to read my OP. |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:42 AM Response to Reply #30 |
39. Read the link |
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havocmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-19-10 11:45 PM Response to Original message |
4. Apircot seeds rang a bell: Laetrile, ah yes, I recall the controversy |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
45. "Big Pharma is not looking for cures but profits." |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:02 AM Response to Original message |
11. Your nutritionist's a dangerous, stupid tinfoil nut. Get a new nutritionist. |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:32 AM Response to Reply #11 |
36. Actually, she only confirmed many things I have read and helped |
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inna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 12:56 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. LOL |
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andym (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
42. As a researcher in biomedicine, IMHO if THC has strong anti-cancer activity |
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slay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 02:54 AM Response to Original message |
43. It will never be in the best interest of PhRMA to cure cancer - they want to TREAT it |
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busymom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-20-10 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
44. OK Seriously... |
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