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To: DuckTapeSunroof who wrote (19171)	4/9/2008 8:29:21 PM
From: Gersh Avery	Read Replies (2) of 25737

An open letter to the medical community. My name is Gersh Avery. I’m a resident of Dexter. I’m also a member of Michigan NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) I’m a medical marijuana activist. Perhaps we can bring our two worlds together for good. I believe that I have information that may be of value to the medical community. There are many anecdotal cases of people claiming to have been cured of cancer with marijuana extracts. A common theme with these cases is that the extract is eaten rather than smoked. The theory is that combustion destroys most of the anti-cancer effect. The anti-cancer properties of THC, I believe, have been well documented. THC seems to target cancer cells without harming other cells. The first study documenting this effect was reported in the Washington Post in 1974. THC, as I’m sure you know, has been approved by the FDA for treating the side effects of chemotherapy. It’s called Marinol. There are some side effects of THC that I’m concerned about for cancer patients. Nervous agitation, paranoia, depression are some of these. These can be partially avoided by ramping up dosage rather than hitting a patient with a maximum dose from the start. For instance starting with 5mg 2x per day for the first couple of days. Then shifting to 7.5mg then 10mg. At some point the anti-cancer properties of the THC may enhance ongoing chemotherapy. Marijuana, in it’s natural form, contains 76 cannabinoids that have been identified so far. Most of these are non-psychoactive. Yet they temper the side effects of THC. The most well known of these is CBD. CBD has also been shown to have strong anti-cancer properties. Perhaps stronger than THC. Recently a BBC reporter subjected herself to an experiment where she was injected first with a combination of CBD and THC. Then the next day with just THC. She then took a test which looked for psychosis. This test had a level of four as a threshold to be concerned about. The first day she giggled and reported she felt peaceful. She scored a one on the test. This was with the THC+CBD. The next day she was injected with just the THC. She scored 14 on the psychosis test. Strains of marijuana that are likely to contain high content of CBD can be identified by the duration of effects when smoked. Typically these strains are called “creeper.” CBD moderates the rate that THC is metabolized in the body. This results in slower uptake and longer duration. I can’t deliver marijuana. But I can convey a lot of information.

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