The following are my notes from speaking with an MIT engineer who has done a vast amount of research on the topic of cannabis as a cancer treatment. Included below are links to several doctors and protocols, and there is a lot of other information on this topic available on the internet. Because the individual who downloaded this information to us is not a licensed doctor, he was reticent about making any scientific or medical claims, so there is still research that needs to be done on this topic for this forum if anyone has the time and interest to do it. While there are many testimonials and success stories these days, we're primarily interested in the theory, rationale and scientific evidence to accompany the claims.
1. There's no question cannabis is a cancer cure, but there are some misconceptions worth researching and understanding. CBDs are NOT the magic bullet that Rick Simpson put forth with his protocol. They're excellent for seizures and other applications but don't do much for cancer. The main reason to include CBDs in medical oil for cancer is that they reduce the psychotropic effects of the Delta 9 THC. Any other benefits are probable and even likely but unknown and unproven.
2. THCA (THC acid), the raw form in the plant, is the most important component of cannabis for cancer medicine. That's why mastic juicing of the raw plant works best. Dr. William Courtney's protocol.
http://www.cannabisinternational.org/video.php. Also look at Robert Melamede Ph.D. There are two main problems with mastic juicing: It requires juicing a full grown flowering plant ($1000 worth of cannabis) a day for 30 to 60 days to get an ounce of juice each day, and if you're going to grow it yourself to save cost, it will take 9 weeks just to get the first full sized plant from seed or clones, and that's too long to wait to get started (you could be finished with the treatment by then if you start it now instead of waiting 9 weeks to start). Therefore, while mastic juicing is clearly highly beneficial medicine and possibly the best regimen, it's not really a viable initial cure. Need to get the THCA another way.
3. When THCA is introduced to heat, you get Delta 9 THC which has the psychotropic effects pot smokers are looking for. That's why it's smoked, and that's why it's cooked at a certain temperature and made into a butter to make psychotropic edibles. If you just eat the raw THCA you don't get high. But that's where the most important cancer medicine is.
4. Almost all extraction processes for oils use heat, which converts the THCA to Delta 9. Most extraction processes use high heat, which converts nearly all THCA to Delta 9. The key is cold extraction of the THCA, starting well below ambient temperature and working up to it, rather than increasing temperatures above natural levels. The ideal medicine is a complex blend of THCA, Delta 9 and CBDs, with as many different cannabinoids as possible and as high a component of THCA as possible, which means the oil saw as little heat as possible in the extraction process. The ideal blend appears to be about 96% THCA, 2% Delta 9, 2% CBDs. Note: this ideal is nowhere to be found. And then supplement with juicing of other leafy green plants to get the other benefits of juicing that are missing by administration by extracted oil instead of mastic juicing.
5. Raw oil extraction is yet rare to find and very expensive relative to heat extraction because it requires higher amounts of expertise, higher cost equipment and a lot more cannabis to make it. It wholesales for $30/gram (the daily dose) and retails for $90-100/gram.
6. Treatment is 30 to 60 days. (Some sources say 30 to 90 days).
7. While a ratio of 96/2/2 as described above is ideal, it's almost impossible to make, especially while it remains entirely illegal. If you could obtain 96/2/2 you could take it daily and get the desired medicinal effects without being too high all the time. Realistically, anything that's 50% THCA content or better is what you want and will do the trick, and with the rest being Delta 9 and CBDs you're going to be unavoidably quite high from the Delta 9 throughout the 30 to 60 day treatment. Might remind you of the college days. Only difference is that you were looking for that effect back then. ;-)
8. The CBDs in the oil ameliorate the effects of the Delta 9, as does Citicoline (vitamin), which can be taken 1 hour before the oil. You'll still be high, but it can be made manageable.
9. Suppository method might be effective for the location of the cancer as well, especially colon cancer and rectal cancer.
10. THC oil helps chemotherapy and is not contraindicated. Google for it for your own assurances.
11. You will want to start out slowly and build a tolerance to the psychotropic effects. Dosage is high, about a gram a day, and it's important to work up to it. Taken improperly this treatment can put you in a rough spot. Puking on way too much cannabis is a really horrible and persistent state. Dosed correctly, though, this treatment is far less painful, intrusive and problematic than chemo. You might even enjoy the buzz some of the time, which is more than I can say for chemotherapy.
This is the download we got. If you have anything to add, please do! And if you follow the links, please report your findings in this topic thread.
There's also more information here:
http://drsircus.com/medicine/cannabis-cures-cancer