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Identifying the Cannabis Compounds that Kill Cancer

In our latest CannMed speaker interview, David Meiri provides some amazing insight into how he and his team are working to understand the specific cannabis compounds that can be used to kill cancer cells. What they have found so far is fascinating.

By testing different cannabis extracts on cancer cells with specific genetic mutations, they can identify which cannabis strains are effective in killing a certain type of cancer cell. From there, they dig deeper into the cell’s mechanisms to figure out how the cannabis compounds block, activate, or change the pathways and determine the minimum compounds needed to produce the effect.

Using this approach Dr. Meiri and his team have found a specific combination of three compounds that kills leukemia cells. Interestingly, if one of those compounds is excluded from the extract, it will not kill the cell. This finding seems to confirm the theory of an entourage effect; however, all 100+ compounds found in the cannabis plant are not needed in this case. What’s even more interesting is that the effective compounds they identified are not the major cannabinoids or terpenes we are all familiar with. In fact, one compound hasn’t even been named in the literature!

Watch the video above to learn more about Dr. Meiri’s work

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Dr David Allen, Cardiac & Trauma Surgeon-Retired / Cannabis Activist and Educator, USA

Topic: When Cannabis is legalized, the war on drugs is won! About: The discovery of the Endocannabinoid Signaling System or ECS is the single most important discovery in human history. The science of the ECS will save more lives than the discovery and application of sterile surgical technique. More humans will be saved by manipulation of the ECS than are currently saved by surgical procedures!

Bio: David Allen began his career as a heart surgeon in the state of Mississippi. During the tenure of his practice he offered his services free of charge to those who did not have medical insurance coverage. He spent most of his career as an advocate for healthy living, and as a medical marijuana proponent. In 2008 David moved to California to become an independent medical cannabis physician. Shorty after opening his practice, the local drug task force targeted and arrested Dr. Allen, who served 14 months in a pre trial prison. He was acquitted by jury nullification in 2011. David has retired from his medical practice under duress. He now spends his time educating others on the endocannabinoid signalling system, medical marijuana, and treating PTSD with Psilocybin.

Nimbin MardiGrass Hemposium
Saturday 5 May 2018
Nimbin Town Hall
NSW Australia
http://nimbinmardigrass.com/

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The Scientist

“The Scientist” is a documentary that traces the story of Dr Mechoulam from his early days……as a child of the Holocaust in Bulgaria, through his immigration to Israel, and his career as the chief investigator into the chemistry and biology of the world’s most misunderstood plant. Dr. Mechoulam ascertained that THC interacts with the largest receptor system in the human body, the endocannabinoid system (ECS).

For further information please visit: http://mechoulamthescientist.com/

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Dr Sanjay Gupta: Weed – CNN Special Documentary

Sanjay Gupta MD is an American neurosurgeon and an assistant professor of neurosurgery at Emory University School of Medicine and associate chief of the neurosurgery service at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.

A media personality on health-related issues, he is best known as CNN’s multiple Emmy award winning chief medical correspondent, hosting the network’s weekend health program Sanjay Gupta, M.D., and making frequent appearances on their American Morning, Larry King Live and Anderson Cooper 360° programs.

…From 1997 to 1998, he served as one of fifteen White House Fellows, primarily as an advisor to Hillary Clinton. In January 2009, it was reported that Gupta was offered the position of Surgeon General of the United States in the Obama administration, but he withdrew his name from consideration. In January 2011, he was named “one of the 10 most influential celebrities” by Forbes magazine.

…Gupta is an Emory Healthcare general neurosurgeon at Grady Memorial Hospital and has worked on spine, trauma and 3‑D‑image-guided operations. He has published medical journal articles on percutaneous pedicle screw placement, brain tumors, and spinal cord abnormalities. He is licensed to practice medicine in New York, Michigan, Georgia and South Carolina.

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Cannabidiol Science, For Doctors, For Patients

Many physicians refrain from approving Cannabis use by patients because they learned nothing about Cannabis in medical school and cannot knowledgeably advise patients about dosage, side effects, mechanism of action, etc. This talk by UCSF oncologist/AIDS specialist Donald Abrams, M.D. to residents at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center is an exceptionally clear overview of the medical Cannabis field. Rolando Tringale, MD, invited Dr. Abrams on behalf of the Family Medicine Residency Program. O’Shaughnessy’s arranged for videographer Chad Rea to tape the event.

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Dr. David Allen Explains Medical Cannabis

Dr. David Allen discusses how the rules of engagement in the war on drugs are being violated by the U.S. government, and how the body of science that now uses cannabinoid-based medicines should be used throughout America as well, not just in emergency rooms and through prescriptions, but through the ingestion of the whole plant, daily, as a supplement to their diet.