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The Effects of Marijuana on a Cancer ...

Tags: Medical Marijuana, Personal Stories

For the last 4 decades we have seen an explosion of cancer-related deaths.  Is it something in the water?  The foods that we choose to eat?  Our own genetic makeup possibly is to blame?  Well, doctors think it might be a combination of many factors.  Cancer is a horrible thing to deal with.  Believe me, I know – I watched as both of my parents were diagnosed with it, at different times.   It makes one nauseous, weak, and hungry for ever-changing food.  A cancer patient’s taste and preferences change with the counteracting chemotherapy and/or radiation. 
Medical marijuana can alleviate the harshest of nausea.  It can make a person want to eat something to get strength back and help with headache, backache, tight/sore muscles, and many other ailments.  This wonderful plant can do more good than all of those pharmaceuticals combined.  There are no lingering negative side effects from marijuana.  The long-lasting negative externalities of using pharmaceuticals is ever-lasting and, sometimes, one might not know until years later how those drugs interfered with natural processes in the body. 
I have seen cancer patients go from a measly 85 pounds to a healthy 120 pounds.  This was done by switching from various doctor-recommended pills to medical marijuana, restoring sleep, appetite, and a balance back in these patient’s lives.  It’s time doctors are compassionate and honest with their patient’s considering incorporating marijuana into their daily routine.  Ingested twice a day versus every 4 hours of Percocet regimen, this natural plant will aid in the discomforts and mask the truer pain, all while costing less, and injuring one’s body less. 
I believe that so many people in the medical systems across the country would be scared to be labeled as a “drug user” if they decided to self-medicate with marijuana.  The stigma needs to be lifted!  Doctors across the country have already been prescribing medical marijuana for different cases and illnesses.  It’s time our government bureaucracy changes this plant from a Schedule 1 drug to a medical option for treatment of some illnesses nationwide. 
 
By:  Benjamin JantzenBensNugs@gmail.com

To Cure or Not Cure

Tags: Personal Stories, Tutorial

To Cure or Not Cure…Wait what was the question?…by Dena420
 
I don’t claim to be an expert grower and I realize the risk of writing an article about growing that can be the catalyst of constant threads/responses from all the “experts”. I'm not one but I can claim to an expert on selecting a well trimmed, manicured and in some cases cured bud.  When a budtender is selecting a patient’s meds, there are certain factors that come into play…not too leafy, not too dense, no veg smell, no seeds, sticks etc.  These are the obvious attributes you look for (or not) when selecting flower. What happens when those so-called experts walk in and start asking questions about when the buds were flushed or what types of nutes were used.  Nutes and flushing methods are usually collective held secrets and the question regarding curing is becoming more and more prevalent even amongst the neophyte medical patient.
 
What is curing all about, Is it as simple as just placing dried nugs in a jar and waiting a few weeks (or months) or is they’re a delicate biochemical reaction taking place, or both. I know from 1st and 2nd hand experience that curing is not always necessary, even for dank strains on the top shelf.  I wont get into the science of the curing process (that’s another article). However discussing how curing affects the flavor, burn, and potency is important to any seasoned medicator.
 
Some collectives choose to cure their buds for as long as 3 months in order to get that perfect mixture of flavor and smoothness. Some prefer a nice trim and manicure and let their buds cure on the shelves.  Savvy budtenders even tell patients to come back in a week when the flowers will be more cured and more potent.  This is a risky move because some detest that chlorophyll or veggie smell and may not be willing to come back…Lets get one thing straight as much marijuana is photographed, smoked, vaped, concentrated, extracted, its still just a plant.  Sorry to burst your bubble but top shelf meds are still going to smell like plants.  The trick of course is in the right genetics and the right grow environment.  A veggie smelling OG just put on the shelves can smell like a danky delight a few weeks if the genetics are strong.  The time curing takes also directly correlates with the economy of a collective.  If you just harvested and properly dried a dank strain that is popular with patients, some wont mind taking it early if the strain is top shelf and then go home and put it in a jar to finish curing.  If the strain is popular and dank enough then curing is not always the right answer.  The richness and potency of the bud does increase but if its dank enough already, in some cases the patient doesn’t mind.  It also benefits the collective in that they are able to harvest and put more product on the shelves without waiti ...

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Introducing: MarijuanaNewsSource.com

Tag: Medical Marijuana

 
By Comfortably Numb
 
“Knowledge without education is but armed injustice. “ - Horace (BC 65-8) Latin lyric poet
 
MarijuanaNewsSource.com is a site dedicated to the education and dissemination of the true facts concerning marijuana and its medical benefits.    The site can only be viewed by adults, 18 and over.
 
This site is a great source for the latest U.S. and Global news concerning marijuana and medical marijuana legalization in an organized and easy to read fashion.  One does not have to browse hundreds of articles to find out what is going on in a particular state or country or a particular issue, it has all been laid out for the benefit of person seeking information.
 
Let’s face it, there is much misinformation and outright lies that have been disseminated to the public concerning the herb marijuana, and as a result of the ignorance of people in positions of influence, marijuana and it use is stigmatized and according to the federal government is illegal.   In order to better educate the public and distinguish truth from outright lies, MarijuanaNewsSource.com has forums dedicated to marijuana myths debunked, as well as medical marijuana facts confirmed by physicians and medical research in both text and videos.
 
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