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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIsraeli researchers say more doctors should recommend marijuana to cancer patients
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israeli-researchers-say-more-doctors-should-recommend-marijuana-to-cancer-patients-1.409918Most cancer patients currently being treated with medical marijuana are advised of the option only in the advanced stages of the illness, according to researchers.
More than two-thirds of cancer patients who were prescribed medical marijuana to combat pain are reportedly satisfied with the treatment, according to a comprehensive study conducted for the first time in Israel.
The study - conducted recently at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, in conjunction with the Israel Cancer Association - involved 264 cancer patients who were treated with medical marijuana for a full year.
Researchers found that an average of 325 days passed between the time that patients were diagnosed with cancer and the time that they submitted permit requests to grow or possess medical marijuana. About 81 percent of those requests cited pain resulting from the illness. Some 8 percent of patients requested medical marijuana to combat nausea, while another 8 percent complained of weakness.
The study shows that 39 percent of respondents were initially advised of the treatment by friends, other patients or the media, rather than by their doctors. According to the study, "The treatment should be offered to patients by trained medical teams because we are dealing with an effective treatment."
The study - conducted recently at Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, in conjunction with the Israel Cancer Association - involved 264 cancer patients who were treated with medical marijuana for a full year.
Researchers found that an average of 325 days passed between the time that patients were diagnosed with cancer and the time that they submitted permit requests to grow or possess medical marijuana. About 81 percent of those requests cited pain resulting from the illness. Some 8 percent of patients requested medical marijuana to combat nausea, while another 8 percent complained of weakness.
The study shows that 39 percent of respondents were initially advised of the treatment by friends, other patients or the media, rather than by their doctors. According to the study, "The treatment should be offered to patients by trained medical teams because we are dealing with an effective treatment."
The evidence continues to grow from all around the world that indicates marijuana should be legal and available to people NO MATTER where they live as part of pain treatment.
How much more evidence does the DEA need before it moves to correct its mistaken classification of marijuana as a substance with no medical value? How many more years? It's past time for this agency to stop its war on Americans with medical issues who may benefit from cannabis.
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Israeli researchers say more doctors should recommend marijuana to cancer patients (Original Post)
RainDog
Feb 2012
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Liberal Veteran
(22,239 posts)1. I'm good with that. In fact, I'll go one better...
More doctor's should recommend marijuana to republicans so they can relax enough to pull the stick out of their asses.
RainDog
(28,784 posts)2. I would say that having a stick up your butt would produce pain
and cannabis is a valuable substance to alleviate pain - and, for most, it certainly does help them to relax.
sounds like a good idea to me!
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)3. Marijuana should be used on more than cancer
It has many, many values.
Thank you to whoever sent me this heart
RainDog
(28,784 posts)4. MS and CP and epilepsy are three important uses
and any type of neuropathic pain, too.
It would be really stunning if the experiments with cannabinoids removing cancerous cells proved out. I hope we'll see more research in this direction in the future - beyond the people who have experimented on themselves. We need more controlled studies like the ones in Spain.
T S Justly
(884 posts)5. K&R (nt)
RainDog
(28,784 posts)6. thank you kindly! n/t