Mother Treats Her Son's Cancer With Medical Marijuana...Good for Both of Them!

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This mom has decided to treat her son's leukemia with medical marijuana, and he is now in remission. Social services have been called on her, and threatened to take her son away. I think it's her right to give her son the treatment of her choice.

A Colorado Springs mom is catching heat from social services for treating her son's cancer with cannabis instead of chemotherapy. The thing is, she says, it seems to be working.

Sierra Riddle learned a year ago that her son Landon, 3, had an aggressive form of leukemia. Doctors in their hometown of Salt Lake City began the standard treatment of radiation and chemotherapy, which took a heavy toll on his little body.

Landon became violently ill, vomiting multiple times a day, and suffered nerve damage in his legs, Riddle told CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta in July. At one point, the boy went 25 days without eating.

"Around the clock, he's usually on liquid morphine, Ativan, Promethexane. And it just really didn't seem to be helping," Riddle said.

Though she didn't know much about medical marijuana, Riddle decided to try it because "we didn't have anything else to lose." She and Landon moved to Colorado, where medical marijuana is legal, in order to obtain the drug.

In January Landon began taking liquid forms of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) and CBD (cannabidiol), two compounds found in cannabis. Miraculously, his cancer began to retreat.

"As soon as we started taking the oil, his platelets have been a regular healthy person's level and they can't understand why," Riddle told CNN.


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Landon, 3, is now in remission, his mother told news outlets.


Landon went off chemotherapy in early July, and continues to take his four liquid capsules of the cannabis compounds per day. Last week, local news reports showed Landon as a happy, healthy-looking little boy, running and playing as any three-year-old would.

But doctors are concerned that stopping Landon's chemo treatments may put his life in danger. After a Colorado doctor threatened to report Riddle for refusing chemotherapy for Landon, a human services agent showed up on her doorstep last week, CBS Local Denver reported.

Another sit-down with the doctor and child protective services was reportedly scheduled for Wednesday, October 2.
Riddle told CBS she has not missed any of Landon's scheduled appointments, but refuses to put him back on chemo unless his situation turns dire again.


“I just want to say, no matter what I am not going to give him chemo, but I’m not going to risk losing him either,” she said. “I’m not going to push it that far.”
Riddle isn't the first parent on record to use medical marijuana to combat a child's cancer. Last year, a 7 year old girl in Oregon was given the drug by her mother to ease leukemia symptoms.

Others, such as the Echols family of Oregon, have attempted to treat their children's seizure disorders.

Because of laws in most states, as well as a lack of precedent for treating children with cannabis, there is almost no guidance for parents who wish to do so.
The CBD compound seems to have an ability to combat cancer in human cells and in mice according to lab experiments, researchers from California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute told CNN.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/life-sty...on-cancer-medical-marijuana-article-1.1474237
 

It IS her right, and she's doing the right thing. But this illustrates how this damned government works - try to help your child and they kick in your door, take the kid away and hook them up to tubes and shove them into machines in the name of medical science.

This really ticks me off. :mad:
 
Actually it's legal for medicinal purposes in 21 states already. CO and WA are the only two states that allow recreational usage as well.

And I believe this lady did move to CO so that she could legally use it ...

She and Landon moved to Colorado, where medical marijuana is legal, in order to obtain the drug.
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Bad enough they push these poor mothers to poke their babies with toxic vaccinations from the minute they're born, now they want to control the treatment methods they use when their child is sick. They don't want the pocket linings of those big pharmaceutical corporations to thin any, by not using all their drugs and equipment...they don't want to cure cancer, they just want to treat it as long as they can to rake in the profits. :dollar:
 
I was just reading an article about cannabis for medical usage, and ........surprise ! ........the government got patents for using it medicinally over 10 YEARS ago ! !
So, at the same time that they are trying to stop this family from treating their child, they already KNOW how beneficial it can be.
Probably they will manage to have it regulated and sold by the government so they can make more money from it.
This article also explains why there are not more tests showing the benefits of marijuana for healing, and keeping the information that it is even a good possibility of a cancer treatment.

http://www.realfarmacy.com/u-s-government-has-patents-on-cannabis/
 
Excellent article, Happy, and good find.

Nothing new to me, though - the government used to pay farmers to grow hemp (marijuana's ugly cousin) for use in making rope, clothing, fuel, etc. way back in the teens and '20's. Marijuana was also a constituent in several OTC medications.
 
When I had my first cancer opperation at 19, my Dr. introduced me to a small baggy of the green stuff for the very bad nausea I was having. I've been a believer every sinse. What better recommendation could there be. That was 43 years ago, and I've seen no reason to change now. :devilish: :applause:
 
Ina said:
When I had my first cancer opperation at 19, my Dr. introduced me to a small baggy of the green stuff for the very bad nausea I was having. I've been a believer every sinse. What better recommendation could there be. That was 43 years ago, and I've seen no reason to change now. :devilish: :applause:
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Good for you, Ina! :encouragement:

Just as a little in-joke - I noticed the "sinse" in your reply - short for "sinsemilla", the seedless form of pot, no doubt? ;)

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Thanks for the article and website Happyflowerlady! It's "bad for you", until they completely control it and reap the inflated profits from it, by prescribing it themselves ONLY...then, it's "good for you", because the FDA said so. :rolleyes:
 
I wasn't aware marijuana cured cancer. I have seen much news about it's benefits to stop nausea and increase appetite. Cancer patients going through Chemo therapy suffer horribly from those side effects. My dear sister is going through Chemo at this time for lung cancer which is inoperable. I learned she is dealing with much more than nausea and hair loss as a result of the Chemo. She is so weak she can barely walk. She sleeps almost 24 hours a day. She is so confused she thinks our father and brother are alive (they both died many years ago). She is no longer continent of her bladder & bowels. The doctors say when the Chemo treatments end and her body has after a time flushed the poison from her system, she will be back to her old self again. I find it insane that it is an established fact that marijuana can ease much of the suffering from Chemo treatments, but we allow people to suffer, because of antiquated laws and propaganda by the government. That is a disgracefulness fact.
 
i_am_Lois said:
I wasn't aware marijuana cured cancer.
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I don't think anyone here made that claim, Lois - I know I've seen it on other forums, but I doubt it's true. It DOES help to ameliorate the symptoms from those OTHER treatments, though.

I have seen much news about it's benefits to stop nausea and increase appetite. Cancer patients going through Chemo therapy suffer horribly from those side effects. My dear sister is going through Chemo at this time for lung cancer which is inoperable. I learned she is dealing with much more than nausea and hair loss as a result of the Chemo. She is so weak she can barely walk. She sleeps almost 24 hours a day. She is so confused she thinks our father and brother are alive (they both died many years ago). She is no longer continent of her bladder & bowels. The doctors say when the Chemo treatments end and her body has after a time flushed the poison from her system, she will be back to her old self again. I find it insane that it is an established fact that marijuana can ease much of the suffering from Chemo treatments, but we allow people to suffer, because of antiquated laws and propaganda by the government. That is a disgracefulness fact.
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I totally agree, and I hope your sister stays strong.
 
RE:it's legal for medicinal purposes .

That wording to me is nothing but a joke since everyone,anyone can get it without a prescription.
Eventutually Walmart will be selling it too.
The Mom did the right thing, she thought nothing else works so lets try this stuff,I woud do the same thing.
 
Lois, I am so sorry to hear about everything that your sister is going through. I don't think that they have allowed enough tests on any of the natural products that might help cancer, to announce cannabis (or anything else) as a cancer cure. They look for synthetic methods, since those can be patented, and the money made from marketing those medicines.

Pretty much, with the natural things that people have used that helped them get well, all we have is word-of-mouth, since natural cures are not worth the money it costs to do the tests, from the perspective of the big pharma companies.
However, there IS a lot of testimonials from people who have used natural healers, either in conjunction with the chemotherapy, or on their own (when doctors have given up on them), and had remarkable results.

I firmly believe in doctors, and they can do so much to help us where just using natural products would not come close; but at the same time, there is only so much that a doctor can do in some cases, so I believe in reading and searching, and doing whatever natural healing remedies that I can find that might help heal, and will do no harm.

I was surprised to read that cannabinoids are something that our body manufactures, and it is naturally in a mothers milk. Apparently, it helps bond the baby to the nursing procedure, and stimulates the natural feeding instinct, as well as the muscles used for the baby to nurse. ( I was so chuckling when I read that..... no wonder people get munchies from smoking pot ! )
So, I can see why it would help a cancer patient have a better appetite.
It is a shame that the government keeps this kind of information from people who are suffering from cancer and other diseases that could help alleviate that pain, and possibly even help them recover.

DMSO is also being used along with chemotherapy, and it helps relieve some of the symptoms of the chemo. There is an e-book called DMSO Handbook for Doctors on amazon for $3, and it explains the use of DMSO in cancer therapy treatment. It is a short book, but well worth the $3 in my opinion.
 
i_am_Lois said:
Cancer patients going through Chemo therapy suffer horribly from those side effects. My dear sister is going through Chemo at this time for lung cancer which is inoperable. I learned she is dealing with much more than nausea and hair loss as a result of the Chemo. She is so weak she can barely walk. She sleeps almost 24 hours a day. She is so confused she thinks our father and brother are alive (they both died many years ago).
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Lois, I'm so sorry to hear that your sister is going through this...very sad indeed, and so painful for the sufferer. I lost my oldest sister to lung cancer, which spread throughout her body. She was a mere skeleton at her passing, at the age of 42. Sending hugs, prayers and loving thoughts your way. :rose:
 
Figure THIS one out -

Marijuana is a Schedule I Controlled Substance - "no medicinal value"

Marinol - a patented synthetic marijuana compound, is a Schedule III Controlled Substance and has "currently accepted medical use".


YOUR government - not MINE. :mad:
 
SifuPhil said:
I don't think anyone here made that claim, Lois - I know I've seen it on other forums, but I doubt it's true. It DOES help to ameliorate the symptoms from those OTHER treatments, though.
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Phil, I mentioned that because of what the article posted says:

[ treating her son's cancer with cannabis instead of chemotherapy ]

[ In January Landon began taking liquid forms of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) and CBD (cannabidiol), two compounds found in cannabis. Miraculously, his cancer began to retreat. "As soon as we started taking the oil, his platelets have been a regular healthy person's level and they can't understand why," ]

[ Landon went off chemotherapy in early July, and continues to take his four liquid capsules of the cannabis compounds per day. ]

[ Riddle isn't the first parent on record to use medical marijuana to combat a child's cancer. ]

Phil, this article is about how the child's mother is now refusing Chemo treatments for her son (against doctor's advice). Instead she is using marijuana as the cure. As a result mom is catching heat from social services for treating her son's cancer with cannabis instead of chemotherapy.

For me the article was much more about this mother's belief that marijuana was a cancer cure, and not about the use of marijuana as a treatment along with chemo to end much of the discomfort from the chemo's side effects.

This was the first time I've ever heard anyone claim that marijuana cured cancer. I don't believe it. I personally think this mother is being foolish by refusing conventional treatment.
 
Okay, I see what you're saying.

They said the platelet count was back to "normal", which is essentially saying he was cured - they just didn't use that word, even though that's what appears to have happened.

I still wouldn't be too quick to credit the Marinol (or whatever) he's taking. He could have just gone into remission on his own, maybe the chemo kicked in - until there's a lot more research I would just see this event as a happy coincidence and certainly never advertise it as a "cure". That would set up too many expectations in people's minds that would be dashed.
 
So sad to see one so young suffering like that, I ask myself often, why is cancer so prevalent in children these days.? Whatever gives him or anyone else relief, has to be worthwhile.
 
I am not sure it is more prevalent Fern; better treatment means more survive for longer. One of my cousins died at the age of 2 from leukaemia in 1956...... Nobody really understood it then..
 
I think they use 5 years as a guide line. When my wife's cancer cure reached 5 years the doctor told her she had probably beat the disease but to have a monitored breast exam each year. Same when she had thyroid cancer back in 70s.
 

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