THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND CANNABIS - WHY IS THE MEDICAL PROFESSION RELUCTANT TO SUPPORT THE USE OF CANNABIS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER

THE MEDICAL PROFESSION AND CANNABIS

WHY IS THE MEDICAL PROFESSION RELUCTANT TO SUPPORT THE USE OF CANNABIS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER

Stes de Necker

Most medical practitioners are  apprehensive to their patients utilizing cancer treatments that are not considered “standard of care.”

But not for the reasons you may think…

Most physicians interviewed in the research done by Dr. Ivy Lynn Bourgeault’s ( from the Canada Medical Association) said they opposed the use of alternative cancer therapies for their patients.

Yet, according to Dr. Bourgeault, “54% of people with cancer use alternative therapies and up to half of those patients completely abandon standard medical treatments in exchange for alternative methods.”

But the question remains…if standard medical methods were working, why are more than HALF of cancer patients turning to alternative medicine for healing?

It has to be due to the failure of conventional cancer treatments, or at least ineffective in the eyes of the patients. [Cassileth BR, Brown H. Unorthodox cancer medicine. CA Cancer J Clin 1988; 38:176-86]

In the survey done by Dr. Ivy Lynn Bourgeault of cancer patients, 39% reported that their doctors reacted with disapproval concerning their request for alternative therapy and 4% refused to  continue as their physician because they chose natural medicine.

Still, in that same survey, it was reported that 30% of oncologists supported the use of alternative cancer treatments, while 12% were neutral.

It is unnerving to discover that some doctors refuse to consider alternative cancer treatments when their patients clearly want to discuss and pursue those options.

Interestingly enough, most physicians report being opposed to the alternatives by reason of insufficient knowledge, not because they’re ineffective.

However, 83% of the doctors surveyed reported that continuing education about alternative health services was of interest…but the source of information was primarily from their patients, not from peers or medical research.

A survey from Ontario and Alberta, Canada, concluded with remarkable results namely:  54% of practitioners felt conventional medicine could benefit from the concepts and methods of alternative medicine for the following reasons: most patients were not responding to conventional treatment, their patients requested it and admittedly, alternative medicine is proven effective in treating particular disorders.

Finally, whether medical practitioners believe in alternative treatments or not, research supports the fact that patients find them helpful.  

So the question is, if doctors are open and willing to learn about alternative medicine to treat cancer, and their patients are turning to non-conventional cancer treatments, why isn’t more education recommended to oncologists?

Two main reasons:

1. The Flexner Report.

Due to an alliance between the American Medical Association (AMA) and big business (the Rockefellers and Carnegies) over 100 years ago, the medical schools in the USA focus solely on prescription drugs for cancer treatment while actively turning people away from natural remedies.

 How can we counteract this policy?  One solution is to enthusiastically support the patient’s right of choice when it comes to their bodies, as long as all the information has been presented and discussed openly between the doctor and patient.

Research has shown that there is clearly a need for more openness between doctors and their patients with regard to alternative cancer treatments.

This is particularly important because many cancer patients are rejecting conventional treatments, sometimes permanently, in favour of alternative treatments. 

 Interestingly, according to a poll at McGill Cancer Centre, in a poll of 64 oncologists, 58 indicated that they would not utilize chemotherapy for themselves or their families, due to the fact that this archaic, barbaric form of treatment is “too toxic.”

Long ago, medical doctors believed that draining an ailing person’s blood would purge the “evil” infection out of the body. And worse, medical doctors ignorantly recommended cigarettes to their patients using the mantra, “a pack a day keeps lung cancer away.”!

Both of these ridiculous suggestions have been proven to be pure quackery, but they were widely accepted by the “medical establishment” of their day.

2. The billion dollar industry

No one in the cancer  ‘industry’ wants to end cancer because they are all making a killing on the ‘big business’ of treatment, while ordinary people go broke, suffer horribly, and die.

There will never be a “cure” brought to market because there just isn’t enough profit in eradicating the disease entirely.  

There will never be a governing body that protects consumers from being subjected to known carcinogens, because that too, will stop the cash from rolling in. A great deal of research is covered up and many potential cures are ignored and discredited because there is far more money in perpetuating illness than in curing it.

In 2012, the reported spending on cancer treatment was 124.6 billion dollars.  Blood money.

Just the word “cancer” sends a frisson of fear down the spine of the most stalwart optimist. 

Terrifyingly, almost one in two people will get the dreaded disease, and the numbers are only getting worse.  Here are some quick stats for background:

1. Nearly half of all Americans will develop cancer in their lifetime. Quick math tells us that is an astonishing 157 million victims.

2. Over half a million people in America died of cancer in 2012.

3. In 2011, cancer was the number 1 cause of death in the Western world, and number 2 in developing countries.

4. Cancer is the number 1 cause of childhood death in the United States.

These are the recent statistics.  A hundred years ago, the number was far different.  At that time, 1 in 33 people were stricken with the disease.

Despite billions of dollars being spent to find “the cure” for cancer, the World Health Organization predicts that deaths from cancer will DOUBLE by the year 2030.

The news is full of photos of babies who are missing an eye, of beautiful bald children who have lost their hair to chemo, and of people who have had to have body parts removed in order to survive a few more years.  

But cancer is NOT normal. It isn’t something that “just happens”.  How did we go from a  3% chance of contracting cancer to a 41% chance?

Researchers know the things that cause cancer.  Government protection agencies do too, but they do nothing to limit these toxins in the marketplace. Why?

Because, cancer is big business and those who are profiting have great financial interest in seeing the deadly trend continue to increase.

It’s the advent of Big Pharma, Big Agri and Big Business.  They are getting rich off of poisoning Americans through the manufacture of toxic elements that we are exposed to on a daily basis:

Paraffin Wax

Mineral Oil

Toluene

Benzene

Phenoxyethanol

Anything with PEG (polyethylene glycol)

Anything ending in ‘eth’ indicates that it required ethylene oxide (a petrochemical) to produce e.g. myreth, oleth, laureth, ceteareth

Anything with DEA (diethanolamine) or MEA (ethanolamine)

Butanol and any word with ‘butyl’ – butyl alcohol, butylparaben,butylene glycol

Ethanol and word with ‘ethyl’ – ethyl alcohol, ethylene glycol, ethylene dichloride, EDTA (ethylene-diamine-tetracetatic acid), ethylhexylglycerin

Any word with “propyl” – isopropyl alcohol, propylene glycol, propylalcohol, cocamidopropyl betaine

Methanol and any word with ‘methyl’ –  methyl alcohol, methylparaben,methylcellulose

Parfum or fragrance – 95% of chemicals used in fragrance are from petroleum.

Unless you live in a bubble and have no contact with manufactured items, outside air, or the sun, you are exposed to a staggering number of known and suspected carcinogens every day. 

It is mind boggling that that those who strictly avoiding carcinogens and toxins are labelled “crazy” or “hysterical”.  

The statistics support that the cumulative build up of all these different toxins in the human body eventually results in cancer in many people.

First, the manufacturers and the “food” producers profit when we buy their poisoned goods.

Then the medical system and pharmaceutical companies profit when we become ill and must fight cancer.

The drugs alone can cost over $100,000 per year, and that is on top of exorbitant costs for radiation, chemotherapy, and physician’s bills.

In the United States, cancer is the number 1 most expensive illness to treat, per person.

Why would those who profit want to prevent cancer when 95.5 BILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR is spent on treating it? There is a vested interest in this increase in illness and the people benefiting from it have no intention of reducing the cases of cancer.

Now is the time to openly discuss alternative cancer treatments as a real solution to conventional medicine.