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16. Yup. Read Gorski at Scienceblogs all the time...

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Mom Chooses Medical Marijuana Over Chemo As Treatment For 3-Year-Old Son's Cancer - HuffPo [View all] WillyT Oct 2013 OP

k & r! n/t wildbilln864 Oct 2013 #1

Doctors couldn't understand why?! Really?! So glad the kids are being helped. nt Mnemosyne Oct 2013 #2

If it is CBD rich she is making the right decision Taverner Oct 2013 #3

Successful treatment or not, sometimes that's the right choice. nt Demo_Chris Oct 2013 #4

Good for her Politicalboi Oct 2013 #5

reminds me of.... wildbilln864 Oct 2013 #6

I sincerely doubt that marijuana is a cure for leukemia. longship Oct 2013 #7

Maybe... Yet... WillyT Oct 2013 #9

But there's almost no epidemiology on this. longship Oct 2013 #13

We know pot helps glaucoma.... MADem Oct 2013 #27

Glaucoma is NOT cancer. longship Oct 2013 #28

Hello?? Did I say glaucoma was cancer? No, I did not! MADem Oct 2013 #31

Glaucoma is not cancer. longship Oct 2013 #38

Please stop calling me ignorant. I already told you that I know that glaucoma is not cancer once. MADem Oct 2013 #61

Most of the research is being done overseas. As usual, juajen Oct 2013 #37

I'm all for legalization. longship Oct 2013 #41

actually lots of research has been done in the US- see this list of cannabis related patents solarhydrocan Oct 2013 #45

People haven't been ALLOWED to do the actual science. Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #42

That's a problem, but it doesn't mean people then get to make up the science. longship Oct 2013 #44

And what's the percentage prognosis for that traditional treatment? Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #47

Well, I am not an oncologist. longship Oct 2013 #50

I'm not either. But if the prognosis is spectactularly, statistically bad or unlikely Warren DeMontague Oct 2013 #51

I'll be stoned when I go. Whenever that is. longship Oct 2013 #53

I know a man whose sister was supposed to die from her cancer within weeks. IdaBriggs Oct 2013 #67

I agree. Pot should be taken with chemo, not instead. SunSeeker Oct 2013 #10

There's fairly good evidence for that. longship Oct 2013 #14

+1,000,000! n/t backscatter712 Oct 2013 #60

+1 Supersedeas Oct 2013 #71

Exactly... SidDithers Oct 2013 #26

Pot made one of my in-law's mother comfortable during her chemo. MADem Oct 2013 #32

Pot helped me during chemo. HappyMe Oct 2013 #70

chemo is not a cure either noiretextatique Oct 2013 #18

Well, there's no cure for cancer. longship Oct 2013 #21

Since we know it does no harm, and can alleviate some side effects of juajen Oct 2013 #39

"There is almost zero plausibility that Cannibis can stop cancer" not according to cancer.gov solarhydrocan Oct 2013 #43

Fine. I've seen all those. longship Oct 2013 #46

thank you!!!!! noiretextatique Oct 2013 #63

cannot disagree...there is no cure noiretextatique Oct 2013 #62

Why not give it a chance instead of poo-pooing? xfundy Oct 2013 #20

I am all for it... Except... longship Oct 2013 #22

The mother is observing the results, you're not. And there is this: Comrade Grumpy Oct 2013 #29

well, ya think Supersedeas Oct 2013 #64

Medical woo from HuffPo?... SidDithers Oct 2013 #8

Did Not Realize Just How Conservative You Are... Til Just Now... WillyT Oct 2013 #11

Science based medicine, saving lives for hundreds of years, is Conservative?... SidDithers Oct 2013 #12

Thread win! longship Oct 2013 #15

Yup. Read Gorski at Scienceblogs all the time... SidDithers Oct 2013 #16

Also killing a lot of people. It is hit or miss. juajen Oct 2013 #40

I'm sorry, but unless you've been living in a cave since the mid-1970s...... DeSwiss Oct 2013 #59

have you done chemo? noiretextatique Oct 2013 #19

My mother did the same. longship Oct 2013 #23

you ignore the research noiretextatique Oct 2013 #65

Not everyone can tolerate chemo. This isn't Medical woo, it's a fact. pnwmom Oct 2013 #24

Sorry, the "marijuana cures cancer" narrative is utter woo woo. longship Oct 2013 #34

The boy had chemo and radiation, and then he went without food for 25 days. pnwmom Oct 2013 #36

The Cannobis would likely help him. longship Oct 2013 #48

Maybe he was just getting nutrition through tubes. pnwmom Oct 2013 #49

I am all for that. longship Oct 2013 #52

We don't know enough about the particulars of this case. pnwmom Oct 2013 #54

Yes! My dad took the whole course. longship Oct 2013 #55

As hard as it was for us to watch our parents pnwmom Oct 2013 #56

Especially the HuffPo. longship Oct 2013 #57

... WillyT Oct 2013 #68

Maybe a relative who is not a fucking moron could take the kid in. nt Deep13 Oct 2013 #17

If you'd read the article you'd see the boy HAD the treatment. pnwmom Oct 2013 #25

Maybe a poster who actually has a clue could comment. nt Comrade Grumpy Oct 2013 #30

Go forth, Deep13, educate thyself. Th1onein Oct 2013 #35

LOL !!! - Fat Chance... WillyT Oct 2013 #69

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I'd approve of using cannabis to treat the side-effects to the chemo... backscatter712 Oct 2013 #58

I had a friend die of cancer at age 37. When he was getting chemo I would B Calm Oct 2013 #66