PBS documentary sheds light on marijuana’s cancer-killing properties

[Playinghardball]

Source: RawReplay
By Stephen C. Webster

The cancer-killing properties of marijuana were the subject of discussion in a PBS documentary that aired this week to little media fanfare.

While using marijuana to kill cancer may sound like a wild claim to some, it struck Dr. Prakash Nagarkatti as a great idea. In his studies as professor of pathology and microbiology for the University of South Carolina, he tested synthetic cannabis drugs on cancer cells and developed a formula that was able to completely eradicate cancer cells in a test tube.

A follow-up on mice afflicted with cancer found that up to 30 percent in the test group completely rejected their disease, while others had their tumors significantly reduced. The same drug is now being tested on humans with Leukemia.

But it’s not just Dr. Nagarkatti who sees the medical value of marijuana: it’s the whole pharmaceutical industry. And that’s another point the documentary makes, examining the patents various companies have filed, and what they claim marijuana-based drugs could one day be used to treat.

The video below is just an excerpt from the full documentary, which originally aired in Montana amid a debate about repealing that state’s medical marijuana law. The full, nearly hour-long film is available to watch online for free.

This video is from PBS

http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/08/pbs-documentary-sheds-light-on-marijuanas-cancer-killing-properties/

[Fumesucker]

1. There's a significant portion of the population that would rather see a loved one die of cancer..

Than see pot legalized..

[Occulus]

4. Some of them post on DU.

Every time the topic arises we get the same laundry of tired-out, scientifically incorrect, out-and-out lies from Certain Posters.

[tuckessee]

7. Some of them are in the White House too. n/t

[Fly by night]

6. Fortunately, that "significant" number is around 20%, and getting smaller by the day, at least ...

... when it comes to opposing medical marijuana.

Who knows, maybe one day only our President and Attorney General will be left in that "significant" category. However, by then, both of them will likely be insignificant.

[Fumesucker]

8. Trouble is that most of them are in Congress..

Try to find the federal level politician in favor of legalization, they are conspicuous by their rarity and their claimed lack of sanity.

[bemildred]

2. I dunno, a cancer cell with the blind munchies is a scary thought. nt

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Playinghardball.:thumbsup:

[Sarah Ibarruri]

5. Good. My sister, who is a Bible-loving person (unlike me), is looking seriously at this research

I think we have an uphill battle against the right wing religious nutjobs, and the pharmaceutical companies. Whatever can't be patented (like pot) will surely be propagandized off the earth by the pharma companies, so that only their toxic products will be used instead.