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What Government Knows About Cannabis And Cancer - NewsGrabs 29 June 2008

_http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2008/06/29/what_government_knows_about_c

annabis_and_cancer_newsgrabs_29_june_2008.htm_

(http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2008/06/29/what_government_knows_about_can\

nabis_and_cancer_newsgrabs_29

_june_2008.htm)

 

_What Your Government Knows About Cannabis And Cancer -- And Isn't Telling

You_ (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-ar

mentano/what-your-government-know_b_108712.html)

In 2007, I reviewed over 150 published preclinical and clinical studies

assessing the therapeutic potential of marijuana and several of its active

compounds, known as cannabinoids. I summarized these numerous studies in a book,

now in its third edition, entitled _Emerging Clinical Applications for Cannabis

and Cannabinoids: A Review of the Scientific Literature_

(http://www.norml.org//index.cfm?Group_ID=7002) . (NORML Foundation, 2008) One

chapter in this

book, which summarized the findings of more than 30 separate trials and

literature reviews, was dedicated to the use of cannabinoids as potential

anti-cancer agents, particularly in the treatment of gliomas. Not familiar with

this

scientific research? Your government is.

Also check out this video: _'The Hemp Cure'_

(http://healthfreedomnet.ning.com/video/video/show?id=2014308:Video:74)

 

_Get some sun: Risk of Dying Linked to Low Vitamin D_

(http://xenophilius.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/risk-of-dying-linked-to-low-vitamin\

-d/)

In an article accompanying the research, the researchers report that on

average both older and younger people around the world may not be getting

enough

vitamin D.

They speculate that it may be due to air pollution, a lack of outdoor

activities, and increased urbanization, with more people staying and working

indoors.

Vitamin D is naturally produced by your body when it is exposed to the sun,

although sunscreens interfere with this process. As we age, vitamin D

production slows down as well.

 

_Common Cooking Spice Found to Combat Diabetes, Obesity_

(http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jun2008/2008-06-20-091.asp)

, June 20, 2008 (ENS) - Turmeric, a common Asian spice that gives curries

their bright yellow color, has a long history of use in reducing inflammation,

healing wounds and relieving pain. This week at a medical conference in San

Francisco, participants heard that tumeric also is effective at combating two

health problems that many Americans suffer - diabetes and obesity.

 

_The Prime Cause Of Diabetes Discovered 30 Years Ago: Gross Chromium

Deficiency_

(http://www.healthtruthrevealed.com/full-page.php?id=12055713005 & & page=article)

Gross chromium deficiency was concluded to be the specific problem at that

time approaching half a century ago through extensive research by Dr. Henry

Alfred Schroeder by way of Columbia, Yale and Dartmouth universities. The U.S.

government helped fund his research...

 

_Healthy lifestyle triggers genetic changes_

(http://news./s/nm/20080618/sc_nm/genes_lifestyle_dc;_ylt=AgM8MzXxZe05e\

xXsSN8dGxAiANEA)

The men underwent three months of major lifestyle changes, including eating

a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes and soy products,

moderate exercise such as walking for half an hour a day, and an hour of daily

stress management methods such as meditation.

As expected, they lost weight, lowered their blood pressure and saw other

health improvements. But the researchers found more profound changes when they

compared prostate biopsies taken before and after the lifestyle changes.

After the three months, the men had changes in activity in about 500 genes

-- including 48 that were turned on and 453 genes that were turned off.

 

_Our genome changes over lifetime, Johns Hopkins experts say_

(http://www.physorg.com/news133577554.html)

" Inappropriate methylation levels can contribute to disease - too much might

turn necessary genes off, too little might turn genes on at the wrong time

or in the wrong cell, " says Vilmundur Gudnason, MD, PhD, professor of

cardiovascular genetics at the University of Iceland director of the Icelandic

Heart

Association's Heart Preventive Clinic and Research Institute. " Methylation

levels can vary subtly from one person to the next, so the best way to get a

handle on significant changes is to study the same individuals over time. "

Extremely interesting, especially in the light of information that

methylation apparently plays a significant role in the _expression of

" retroviruses " _

(http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2006/05/18/aids_retrovirus_expression_re

gulated_by_methylation.htm) and consequently in AIDS.

 

_Latest Big Pharma Attacks on Natural Medicine: Take Action_

(http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_13134.cfm)

Two recent cases have emerged that have shown the hand of Pharma.

- Medicure Pharma’s attempt to ban the natural, bioactive form of vitamin B6

- Glaxosmithkline’s attempt to shut down competition from natural products

industry in weight loss field

If you are a US citizen, or you represent a company, non-profit

organisation, association or clinic and are concerned about either of these

petitions,

please download read them and make your comments as soon as you can!

 

_Canada: We Are The Government And We Are Here To Protect You!_

(http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/chris/2008/06/24/we_are_the_government_and_we_a\

re_here_to_

protect_you_bills_c51_52.htm)

Helke Ferrie's superb letter to the Prime Minister is an absolute must read

no matter which country you are from. Helke's incredible writing skills and

depth of knowledge have articulated what many of us should like to say but

simply are not able to. Very educational to say the least.

 

_Canadians beat Bill C-51 — but watch the back door!_

(http://www.anhcampaign.org/news/canadians-beat-bill-c-51-—-watch-back-door)

Around a million Canadians made their feelings known about Bill C-51, an

amendment introduced by the Harper government to the Canadian Food & Drugs Act.

The mass opposition to this Bill forced the Canadian Parliament to call off

the second reading last Friday. The Bill, having been successfully through

first reading on 8 April 2008, is now dead.

But ... If you are a Canadian citizen, please don't rest on your laurels for

a second. The chess game is still running. The backdoor is open—don’t let

them make that move...

 

_Fluoride's Glory May Be Cresting_

(http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_13140.cfm)

The belated questioning of fluoride in the most unlikely of places stems

partly from unsettled questions-some new, some old-about possible links to

cancer and thyroid and kidney problems if too much fluoride is ingested. But

the

push here mirrors a spreading nationwide awareness and re-examination of the

health impact of a wide variety of chemicals added to food, health-care

products and water, as well as the use of pesticides.

 

_Missing guidelines for the reporting of health research_

(http://www.physorg.com/news133492274.html)

Although reporting guidelines can improve the accuracy and reliability of

research reports, there is little funding available for developing such

guidelines, according to a new survey published in the open access journal PLoS

Medicine this week.

 

_The Final Solution: campaign to stop ECT_

(http://www.wellbeingfoundation.com/index.html)

Electro Convulsive Therapy (ECT) is the deliberate administration of

electric shocks to the brain.

“In the presence of an anaesthetist and psychiatrist, electrodes are

attached to the patient’s head and the electrical voltage is administered

until the

psychiatrist observes the patient’s toe twitch. This is a sign that the

patient, despite the relaxant drugs, is convulsing. Up to 400 volts are

used.†It

is better described as a Holocaust of the brain: a brutal Final Solution

which must be stopped. The time to abolish electric shock treatment is now.

This is an Irish campaign. I wonder where other countries are on abolishing

this utterly barbaric " medical " practice.

 

_The Cholesterol Craze: Statin Use Skyrocketed_ (http://www.

pharmalot.com/2008/06/the-cholesterol-craze-statin-use-skyrocketed/)

the use of cholesterol-lowering pills - otherwise known as statins - rose by

156 percent between 2000 and 2005, according to the US Agency for Healthcare

Research and Quality. The number of people obtaining a prescription for a

statin nearly doubled, from 15.8 milllion to 29.7 million.

Along with the usage, the register rang innumerable times - spending jumped

during that period to $19.7 billion from $7.7 billion.

No wonder there is no way health expenditures can be paid by the state.

We're in unrestrained medical consumerism. Hopefully that trend will soon

reverse. For sure the actual use value is dismal. Certainly the side effects

are

appalling. Hail Pharma!

 

_Pharma Reputation in downward spiral_

(http://ahrp.blogspot.com/2008/06/pharma-reputation-in-downward-spiral.html)

Were it not for the US government helping the pharmaceutical industry

maintain its obscene profit-margins through uncompetitive government license

and

underwriting the unsupportable high cost of prescription drugs--which is more

than double anywhere else in the world--this industry might have reconsidered

its corrupt marketing practices as a response to the low reputation it has

earned with the American public.

But the pharmaceutical industry has no competition and it can count on

multi-billion blockbuster sales even for its defective, lethal drugs that

disable

and kill--simply because such drugs are routinely approved by the FDA.

 

Video: _Drug Companies Paying Doctors?_

(http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/i_video/main500251.shtml?id=4214033n)

CBS News: A study estimates drug companies pay doctors $57 billion a year in

fees and services, causing some to worry that decisions on prescription are

being unduly influenced. Wyatt Andrews reports.

 

_Key opinion leaders: independent experts or drug representatives in

disguise?_

(http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/336/7658/1402?ijkey=914vdwBBxz8uGID & keytype\

=ref)

In the world of medicine, " key opinion leader " is the somewhat Orwellian

term used to describe the senior doctors who help drug companies sell drugs.1

These influential doctors are engaged by industry to advise on marketing and

help boost sales of new medicines. Across all specialties, in hospitals and

universities everywhere, many leading specialists are being paid generous fees

to peddle influence on behalf of the world’s biggest drug companies.

 

_Pharma Sets Spending Record Lobbying Congress_

(http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/06/pharma-sets-spending-record-lobbying-congress/\

)

The $168 million thrown at lobbyists amounted to a 32 percent jump over

2006, according to an analysis by the Center for Public Integrity, which was

based on data obtained from the Senate Office of Public Records. In all, the

group says that drugmakers have spent more than $1 billion lobbying the federal

government over the past decade.

“As the biggest lobby on the Hill, the pharmaceutical industry wields

tremendous influence that impacts everything from prescriptions to patents,â€

Bill

Buzenberg, the group’s director, says in a statement. “The central point is

that their massive spending has been highly successful, largely producing the

political results the drug industry wants.â€

 

_USA: Florida may limit paying for some kids' drugs_

(http://www.miamiherald.com/458/story/583416.html)

Since late April, the Agency for Health Care Administration has required

doctors to obtain permission before the state's Medicaid program will pay for

drugs prescribed to children under the age of six for autism, bipolar disorder

or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Any new prescriptions must be

evaluated by psychiatrists at the University of South Florida in Tampa.

The reason for the change: the increase in the number of children prescribed

the drugs in the past several years, especially since the U.S. Food and Drug

Administration does not recommend anymore the use of what are known as

''atypical antipsychotic'' drugs in young children.

Way to go!

 

_Congress Wants To Restrict Some Internet Sales_

(http://www.pharmalot.com/2008/06/congress-wants-to-restrict-some-internet-sales\

/)

In announcing the Ryan Haight Online Pharmacy Consumer Protection Act, the

lawmakers pointed to a Government Accountability Office study that obtained 68

samples of 11 different drugs from different web sites, and found that 45

online pharmacies provided a prescription based on their own medical

questionnaire or had no prescription requirement at all. Among the drugs GAO

obtained

without a prescription were those with special safety restrictions and highly

addictive narcotic painkillers.

Perhaps this will reduce the number of spam emails we get every day?

Pharmaceuticals account for a good portion of our daily dose of spam, from

addictive

psych meds to viagra to cholesterol lowering Rx. Ever paid attention to

that?

And have you noticed that those are the absolute " best sellers " for the

pharmaceutical companies? Hmmm - they must at least know that spam sells their

wares, if not be outright complicit in putting it into our mailboxes ...

 

_New York Times: Doctors Criticizing Antipsychotic Use In Elderly_

(http://www.furiousseasons.com/archives/2008/06/new_york_times_doctors_criticizi\

ng_antip

sychotic_use_in_elderly.html)

.... now the paper of record has discovered the wild overmedication of the

elderly in nursing homes, many months after the Wall Street Journal, St.

Petersburg Times and CBC took it on, and well after I started hammering on the

use

of antipsychotics for dementia and their connection with sudden deaths and so

on. But now that the Times has gone after it, they've done a good job.

Many doctors say misuse of the drugs is widespread. 'These antipsychotics

can be overused and abused,' said Dr. Johnny Matson, a professor of psychology

at Louisiana State University. 'And there’s a lot of abuse going on in a lot

of these places.'

 

_Rebel Scientist Battles Dangerous Vaccines and Antibiotics_

(http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_13112.cfm)

Chopra observes that despite vaccinations, some childhood diseases are

appearing with increasing frequency in the very populations that have been

vaccinated for several generations. He finds it alarming that " the list of

vaccines

being administered to young children has been enlarged to include many more

viral and bacterial infections with little or no scientific rationale.â€

The U.S. Center for Disease Control continues to argue that 36,000 people

die annually of the flu, even though available statistics show that the true

number is less than 100. Meanwhile, current research has shown that merely

increasing vitamin D levels reduces the incidence of the flu by more than 70

percent.

 

Book: _Animal Pharm by Mark Purdey_

(http://www.amazon.com/Animal-Pharm-Struggle-Discover-Disease/dp/1905570112)

 

One Mans Struggle to Discover the Truth about Mad Cow Disease and Variant

CJD

Mark Purdey's life changed one day in 1984 when a Ministry of Agriculture

inspector told him he must administer a toxic organophosphate pesticide to his

dairy herd.

Passionately committed to organic farming and convinced of the harmful

effects of chemicals in the environment, he refused to comply.

'It was as if my whole life became focused,' he explained later. Before they

had a chance to prosecute, Purdey took the Ministry to Court and won his

case.

These experiences caused him to challenge the orthodox line on the origins

of Mad Cow Disease and its human counterpart, variant CJD. Could the

insecticide used in the official programme have precipitated the disease?

(_http://www.markpurdey.com/_

(http://www.markpurdey.com/mark_purdey_the_book_animal_pharm

..htm) )

 

_Ending 10 000 Years of Conflict between Agriculture and Nature_

(http://www.i-sis.org.uk/Ending10000YearsOfConflict.php)

Since its inception, agriculture has relied on annual plants that are grown

from seed every year and harvested for their seed. That requires tilling of

the soil, which can be done on a small scale without causing great harm, as in

small, intensively hand-managed plots or on annually flooded land along a

river. But every civilization that has practised tillage on a large scale has

suffered the often catastrophic consequences of soil erosion.

Industrialization has compounded the problem through burning fossil fuels and

chemical

contamination.

 

_Supreme Court weighs whales vs war preparation_

(http://www.physorg.com/news133495487.html)

Sonar, which the Navy relies on to locate enemy submarines, can interfere

with whales' ability to navigate and communicate. There is also evidence that

the technology has caused whales to strand themselves on shore.

The Navy argues that the decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

in San Francisco jeopardizes its ability to train sailors and Marines for

service in wartime in exchange for a limited environmental benefit. The Navy

says

it has already taken steps to protect beaked whales, dolphins and other

creatures in balancing war training and environmental protections, officials

said.

The sonar we are talking about is so " noisy " that it practically makes the

habitat of whales and dolphins in its vicinity untenable for the animals. Our

technology is slowly but surely turning the planet into an uninhabitable hell

hole for fish, animal, insect, bird and man.

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More information out there...

There is much I cannot cover but other sources for this kind of information

exist and are active.

You can to the Zeus Newsletter _here_

(http://www.internetwebdezines.com/Zeus/_entry.htm) . Appears twice

monthly. If you would like to

see some samples of Louise's collection of informative links, here are the

_archives_ (http://www.zeusinfoservice.com/archive.htm) .

Dr Mercola's _health blog_ (http://v.mercola.com/) and Mike Adams' _Natural

News_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/) have great health information.

The _Alternative Medicine Group_

(http://health./) is a place

where you can discuss and exchange

information on what is happening in the world of natural health.

For the influence of electromagnetic waves from radio, mobile phones and

other radio emitting devices, check out the _emfrefugee group_

(http://health.emfrefugee/) on .

If you are interested in a different take on the news that isn't health

centered but is certainly fun, check out _Robin Good TV News_

(http://www.robingood.tv/rgtvnews/) .

A few sites to keep up to date with the other side of world affairs, the

stuff you won't necessarily find on your tv or in the papers:

_http://therealnews.com/_ (http://therealnews.com/)

_http://www.whatreallyhappened.com_ (http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/)

_http://www.commondreams.org_ (http://www.commondreams.org/)

_http://www.globalresearch.ca/_ (http://www.globalresearch.ca/)

_http://rawstory.com/_ (http://rawstory.com/)

_http://www.truthout.org/_ (http://www.truthout.org/)

.... and remember:

The individual is supreme and finds its way through intuition

 

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posted by Sepp Hasslberger on Sunday June 29 2008