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Apply Medical Marijuana / Hemp / Cannabis Sativa To
World Trade Center Illnesses
By: J. Nayer Hardin,

Everyone involved in Medical Hemp will enjoy this museum tour in print.

HEMP FOR VICTORY: THE WONDER HERB
   
By: Founder/Curator, Richard M. Davis

DUST TO DUST

The best film on World Trade Center Illness we've seen yet.

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WORLD TRADE CENTER ILLNESS IS HAPPENING NOW.

WTC ILLNESS INCLUDES RESPIRATORY AND DIGESTIVE PROBLEMS, I.E. CANCERS.

MARIJUANA / HEMP / CANNABIS / MARY JANE / WEED, ETC.
HAS BEEN USED FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS TO TREAT
RESPIRATORY, DIGESTIVE AND OTHER
WORLD TRADE CENTER ILLNESS STYLE DISEASES.

STRESS KILLS AND MEDICAL MARIJUANA REDUCES STRESS.

LEGALIZE HEMP, TAX IT AT 20%

World Trade Center Illness is a body's response to dealing with the toxic soup created when WTC 1, 2 & 7 exploded.  Multiple myeloma and many other cancers are and will result. 

Though it was reported that the toxic dust reached as far as 14th Street, given a  WTC piece of paper was found on Long Island, it's logical to assume that many more than those below 14th Street were exposed.  After many years of being in denial of the problem, the City of New York has set up a great resource center for traditional medicine's response to this crisis. 

Traditional medicine's response to this crisis is to study the problem and treat the symptoms.  What's proposed here, in addition to traditional medicine when affordable, is using both medical marijuana to reduce stress and fortify your body; combined with hydrotherapy, the water cure found in the book BACK TO EDEN (and other sites listed in this article) to help the body clean itself of some of the toxic material it was exposed to on 9/11.  Not everything washes out, i.e. asbestos, yet, hemp's relaxing capability helps open respiratory passages .

Dr. Tod Mikuriya (1933-2007) has a list of documented illnesses hemp can help heal.  From the late, great Dr. Tod:

"Cannabis therapeutic effects five categories. 

The author, confronted with a myriad of conditions and diseases,
seeks to categorize therapeutic actions of cannabis.
The five categories represent an arbitrary attempt.

1. Psychotherapeutic: Antidepressant/Anxiolytic Easement
2. Antispasmodic Anticonvulsant Appetite Stimulant
3. Analgesic Immunomodulator
4. Harm Reduction Substitute
5. Hypothermogenic"

Anyone who experienced the chronic exposure in the years since should take note also.  I'm not saying a joint and a glass of water will fix this, especially this late in the process.  I am saying relaxing our bodies, fortifying our immune systems with hemp and washing out the toxins as much as possible may help.  

PART ONE - MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Medical marijuana is an effective, though illegal, tool for our 9/11 health recovery strategy.  If you were exposed to WTC dust and have not yet increased your hemp intake, now would be a great time to start.  You don't have to smoke hemp.  You can eat, drink or vaporize the plant to receive its benefits.  If you have heavy health drama (like addictions) going on, of course check hemps effects on your condition.  But for most folks get hemped.

Hemp is one of nature's healers and many folks in the city have already upped their intake. The City of New York's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene reported in "City Health Information:  Clinical Guidelines for Adults Exposed To The World Trade Center Disaster: "During the weeks and months following the  WTC attack, there was an increase in cigarette and marijuana use in NYC adults..."  Cigarettes with their toxic chemicals are not a good thing.  Those who increased their hemp intake, took strong steps to disarm the trigger of stress, one of the largest killers in the nation, stress.

Hemp is well documented as a healing agent. 

The entire section from the book and other valuable information on hemp is posted on the HEMP FOR VICTORY NOW! blog and can be found at the USA Hemp Museum.

To understand how hemp can help heal World Trade Center Illness, we must begin with understanding the problem.

THE PROBLEM

The dust from the exploded World Trade Center buildings was reported as toxic as drain cleaner.  The death toll is already rising. with the addition of "Felicia Dunn-Jones, a 42-year-old attorney who was caught in the dust cloud while fleeing the collapsing towers on Sept. 11, 2001, (who) died of sarcoidosis, a disease that causes inflammation and scarring in the lungs, on Feb. 10, 2002."

What we are now calling “World Trade Center Illness” (or syndrome or cough) - sickness that results from exposure to the toxic dust of the WTC - can also manifest as squamous cell cancer (SCC) or mesothelioma asbestos lung or stomach CANCER. Both cancers result from chronic chemical, petroleum by-products or asbestos exposure. The resulting toxic synergy has never been experienced before. Exposure increases risk, and folks have been exposed to large quantities of toxic material for years now, stressed by a government that until recently denied there was even a problem.

Another dangerous element from the dust is the asbestos. Asbestos inhalation increases ones risk for Mesothelioma Asbestos Lung Cancer. There was, as estimated by the NRDC, between 300-400 tons of asbestos released into the air, pulverized, when the buildings fell.  From the mesothelioma-net.org site:“ Pleural mesothelioma or cancer of the lung lining is the most common form of mesothelioma cancer. Peritoneal mesothelioma is stomach lining cancer and is the next most common form of mesothelioma.”

I still question the fast death of Peter Jennings and wonder was it squamous cell cancer, which comes from chemical exposure, or the more traditional lung cancer non-squamous cell, from cigarettes. If it was World Trade Center Illness, then Jennings death would do for WTC Illness what Rock Hudson did for AIDS.  If not, then the next question is who will be the poster child?

According to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) report, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER ATTACKS - A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT "At least 10,000 New Yorkers have suffered short-term health ailments from Trade Center generated air contaminants." 

 WTC TOXIC MATERIAL LIST FROM NRDC REPORT

NRDC has estimated that there were approximately 50,000 pc's  in the World Trade Center with 4 lbs of lead each.  50,000 X 4  = 200,000 lbs of lead just from the pc's.  Office furniture, fabrics and human remains were transformed into dust in the time it took for the two towers to fall.  Rescue workers report that they didn't find a computer, desk or chair.   This pulverized material can not only cause cancer, but we must be prepared for new types of cancers from consuming so many toxic substances at the same time plus chronic exposure since the dust never did get completely cleaned up in New York. 

HEMP, A HEALING TOOL

Medical hemp, marijuana, cannabis, (by whatever name) can be an effective agent in addressing this crisis.  Stress is a trigger for many diseases and medical grade hemp reduces stress while help the body heal.  The nutritional benefits of hemp strengthen the immune system by helping cells communicate what they need to be healthy. 

Richard M. Davis of the USA Hemp Museum and author of HEMP FOR VICTORY: A GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTION wrote:  "...we live in such synthetic times that stress is the number one killer of Americans. Implicated in heart disease, cancers, arthritis, MS, addiction, mental illness, accidents, and on and on, stress can be relieved by Cannabis/hemp/marijuana. Stress related illnesses including mental illnesses are taxing our health care system when a safe, sane, non-toxic medication and prevention exists that could mellow out millions of people and save millions of lives." 

Stress kills and medical marijuana reduces stress.  Hemp also contains many essential nutrients that help balance our toxic lives. Since many of the toxic materials do not wash out of clothing, furnishings, etc., a conversion to hemp clothes and housing furnishings would be a smart move too, since hemp fabric can be free of toxic chemicals via freshly grown crops.  New environmentally friendly buildings constructed with hemp board and cement could cut down on exposure too.

An application of hemp salve for inflammation and bronchitis is recommended by Dr. Bill Courtney (who has not reviewed this material yet).  Dr. Courtney's evolutionary views on hemp and healing should be required reading for all medical professionals and others involved in their own health maintenance.

Dr. Courtney has the rap down about how the cannabinoids (fatty molecules that communicate harm between cells) help in healing.   This material has not been reviewed by a doctor, though I'm trying to find Dr. Courtney for not only his opinion on World Trade Center Illness, but to call together a team of healers to help address this and other 'crisis in healing.'

WE MUST ACT NOW

Here's a few pieces from Web MD on marijuana and healing.

"Marijuana's Active Ingredient Targets Deadly Brain Cancer

WebMD Medical News

http://www.webmd.com/news/20000228/marijuanas-active-ingredient-targets-deadly-brain-cancer

Feb. 28, 2000 (Atlanta) -- If results of a recent rat study hold true in human trials, marijuana could be the treatment of choice for patients with malignant glioma -- an especially aggressive and often fatal form of brain cancer. No, rats haven't started smoking pot. But when researchers injected tumorous animals with cannabinoids -- the drug's active ingredient -- about a third of them went into remission, and another third lived significantly longer than untreated rats. The findings appear in the March issue of the journal Nature Medicine.

The study does not mean that smoking pot will cure cancer in humans, says Daniele Piomelli, PhD, author of an editorial accompanying the paper. "What it does show is that in about one-third of animals injected with a potent cannabis mimic, the cancer disappears and in another one third, it is reduced. Given the seriousness of malignant glioma, it's a very important observation that deserves to be followed up," he tells WebMD. Piomelli is professor of pharmacology at the University of California in Irvine"

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http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/features/mary-jane-medicine-regulations-clash

"Given the legal hazards, why do many doctors continue to suggest marijuana? The answer is that it can stop the nausea and retching that torments patients after chemotherapy, as well as halt the disastrous weight slide of the AIDS wasting syndrome. Smoking marijuana is also believed to possibly help lower eye pressure in glaucoma patients, control spasms due to multiple sclerosis, and relieve chronic pain, according to Lester Grinspoon, an associate clinical professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School who has written two books on the medicinal use of marijuana.

For patients wracked by nausea and vomiting, some doctors prescribe Marinol, a legal synthetic version of delts-9 THC (an active ingredient in marijuana). But patients often complain of being disoriented on Marinol, and many doctors say that smoked marijuana acts more quickly and its dosage is easier to adjust. "If you take too much Marinol, you nod off; a patient with AIDS dementia might fall down the stairs," Conant says.

Many doctors say that the best solution would be for the federal government both to allow physicians to advise cannabis use without fear of penalty and to supply marijuana for clinical research, as it did during the 1970s."

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 Links to information on the Medical Marijuana Solution
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Hemp For Victory: A Global Warming Solution

To Clean The Soil Hemp Should Be Planted throughout New York

Hemp's 6' Root System aerates soil as it absorbs excess CO2 while growing, helpful for New York Tri State Area.

PART TWO:  HYDROTHERAPY

Another side note in healing.  Hydrotherapy.  Drink clean water.  I drink distilled water because I feel better when I do.

In Back To Eden by Jethro Klauss is the Water Cure.  Visit the links below for more on hydrotherapy.

Books to consider for further research on hydrotherapy include: 

The Complete Book of Water Healing
by Dian Dincin Buchman

Manual of Hydrotherapy and Massage
by Fred B. Moor

The Healing Energies of Water
by Charlie Ryrie

Jethro Kloss's book, BACK TO EDEN has a chapter on the subject covering the How To.

Know that people are dying now from World Trade Center Illness.

So are the dogs who served.

Unsung Heroes:1/3 of 911 Rescue Dogs Dead, Many More Dying

Click here to watch it from it's original broadcast location.

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