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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:37 PM Original message |
Boy, two, with brain cancer is 'cured' after secretly being fed medical marijuana by his father |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
1. Well, "cured" after intense chemo and marijuana to control the side effects. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. +1...nt |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. My friend had intense chemo before dying of brain cancer. |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
12. "We already know chemo isn't a "cure" for anything" |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. We don't know it. The other poster heard it somewhere, though. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Because it just increases the odds of survival, it doesn't cure cancer. |
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Teaser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. well... |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #19 |
36. I believe you confuse treatment with cure |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:22 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I think you responded to the wrong post, I stated it wasn't a cure. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. We know nothing of the sort. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. A "cure" would have worked for my friend too. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:49 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. She did beat the odds. She would not have without the chemo. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #5 |
35. Until valid correlation is made, it's little more than post hoc ergo prompter hoc. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Unfortunately clinical studies are illegal in the United States because of politics. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. I imagine there are valid, peer-reviewed trial in Western Europe... |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 09:39 AM Response to Reply #5 |
43. I'm sorry about your friend. No one deserves that. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yowsa, it was the dope that cured him... |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:09 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. he couldnt eat 40 days? how did the chemo help that? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:26 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. Having seen someone who was on chemo, I'm not surprised that |
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meow mix (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 04:08 PM Response to Reply #11 |
30. to bad your such pot haters, coulda helped her out. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Did dope really used to mean pot? |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:23 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Yes, n/t |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Why do you think they call it dope? |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Right, but today when somebody talks about dope I look for track marks |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Yabbut, I'm an old geezer, and I use old geezer words. |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #6 |
20. here ya go |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:40 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Wow -- who's that young Chevy Chase impersonator? |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. He didn't have any trouble rolling one |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Oh, it had lots of pet names in those ancient times. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
7. I saw this earlier - was going to post it, but figured someone probably already had. |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
8. arduous chemotherapy treatment eom |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. interesting |
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pintobean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
18. Some 2-bit preacher "laid hands" on the pot and made Jesus Weed |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Bethlehem Brown, eh? |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. There wasn't all that much weed in the Holy Land back in the day, |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
25. Sounds like it was the chemotherapy rather than the marijuana. |
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Rageneau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:09 PM Response to Original message |
31. I used Chemo AND Cannabis (and still use one of them) |
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Dark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
32. Can I point out that cannabis has a history of successfully treating some cancers BY ITSELF. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
33. Misleading headline (from the daily mail) as the MMJ had no part in "curing" the boy. |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
34. The good news is, the kid seems to have gotten better |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
40. I wouldn't say the cannabis cured the cancer. Did help with the nausea & appetite thing. |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:22 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Cannabis slows and possibly shrinks tumors. |
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donheld (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
41. Love that story |
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