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.
