A study published Sunday by the journal Phytomedicine reports that the cannabis compound cannabidiol (CBD) demonstrated strong anti-tumor activity against melanoma by activating an epigenetic pathway that promotes cancer cell death and limits metastasis. The research was conducted by scientists from Kunming Medical University and the National University of Defense Technology. Melanoma remains one of … Continue reading
Science really flip flops around cannabis. I feel like every other article about it is like “cannabis linked to bad health”, “cannabis linked to lowering bad thing”.
Now it’s possibly helping cure cancer? I’m spinning.
There are a lot of people invested in trying to make their drug of choice ‘safe’, while others are invested in making it ‘unsafe’. Thus a lot of studies are done and any result that fits a narrative is amplified by those who care. meanwhile real science is mostly lost in thd noise. I take all studeis with evtra salt.
Same. I’m starting to feel like the older I get the more aware I become of how difficult it is to trust that people’s actions and thinking are or will be correct.
It’s important to evaluate the original sources in those cases. Oftentimes the “cannabis linked to bad health”-esque studies are epidemiological or sociological studies that are linking health or mental health outcomes with cannabis use - regardless of the source of the cannabis (recreational/medical/illegal etc) or the method of consumption. The studies that link certain cannabinoids (usually not cannabis as a whole flower) to assistive health outcomes are medical studies where the usage is determined and administered by medical professionals.
I used to self-medicate with cannabis and it was really bad for me. I ended up getting onto medical cannabis though a doctor and both my physical and mental health outcomes have improved, while my overall consumption has drastically decreased. I used to smoke 1-1.5g of flower a day, usually through a bong, where now I use around 3-4g of flower a month in a dry herb vaporiser as well as using a daily CBD/CBG/CBN oil. My experience is not universal and is only a single data point, but helps explain the differences between the conclusions from both types of studies, based upon what they’re actually studying.
Science really flip flops around cannabis. I feel like every other article about it is like “cannabis linked to bad health”, “cannabis linked to lowering bad thing”.
Now it’s possibly helping cure cancer? I’m spinning.
There are a lot of people invested in trying to make their drug of choice ‘safe’, while others are invested in making it ‘unsafe’. Thus a lot of studies are done and any result that fits a narrative is amplified by those who care. meanwhile real science is mostly lost in thd noise. I take all studeis with evtra salt.
Same. I’m starting to feel like the older I get the more aware I become of how difficult it is to trust that people’s actions and thinking are or will be correct.
It’s important to evaluate the original sources in those cases. Oftentimes the “cannabis linked to bad health”-esque studies are epidemiological or sociological studies that are linking health or mental health outcomes with cannabis use - regardless of the source of the cannabis (recreational/medical/illegal etc) or the method of consumption. The studies that link certain cannabinoids (usually not cannabis as a whole flower) to assistive health outcomes are medical studies where the usage is determined and administered by medical professionals.
I used to self-medicate with cannabis and it was really bad for me. I ended up getting onto medical cannabis though a doctor and both my physical and mental health outcomes have improved, while my overall consumption has drastically decreased. I used to smoke 1-1.5g of flower a day, usually through a bong, where now I use around 3-4g of flower a month in a dry herb vaporiser as well as using a daily CBD/CBG/CBN oil. My experience is not universal and is only a single data point, but helps explain the differences between the conclusions from both types of studies, based upon what they’re actually studying.