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(STILL) RUNNING
FROM THE CURE
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RICK SIMPSON
(STILL) RUNNING FROM THE CURE
A simple question to the medical
establishment:
Does Cannabis
Cure Cancer?
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RICK
SIMPSON
(STILL) RUNNING
FROM THE CURE
By Joe Klare
Cancer is a devastating disease that affects tens of millions of people
in the United States alone. It consumes lives and destroys families. It
causes many to seek alternative treatments, and to try things they may
not have considered under less dire circumstances.
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“ ...from that point on
I went on a crusade to
bring this knowledge
foreword.”
Many of these alternative treatment seekers have
gone down a road that has led them to a man named
Rick Simpson. Formerly of Nova Scotia in Canada,
Rick now lives in an undisclosed location in Europe
due to legal entanglements with the Canadian
government.
Many of you may have heard of Rick Simpson; his
documentary, Run From The Cure, has been viewed
hundreds of thousands of times on the internet.
Dozens attest to the healing power of the cannabis
oil he taught them how to make. And untold
numbers around the globe consider him a visionary
and cannabis freedom fighter of the highest caliber.
The 420 Times was fortunate enough to get into
contact with Mr. Simpson, and our conversation
was as interesting as it was informative. He was very
forthcoming, up to and including sending us the
latest instructions on making hemp oil, which are
printed at the end of this article.
A “late bloomer” in terms of cannabis use, Rick
preferred alcohol to weed. “My parents never really
said much about cannabis and since I didn’t use
the substance at the time no one tried to preach
to me. When I was young a great number of my
friends were smoking cannabis, but me in all my
wisdom stuck to alcohol as my drug of choice. From
all the propaganda we had been fed by our trusted
government, I thought the use of cannabis must
be harmful in some way. But watching the effect it
had on all my friends that were smoking it seemed
to go against all I had been told. After smoking
cannabis in the evening they all awoke the next
morning feeling fine and unharmed, while myself
after drinking awoke with a nasty hangover. When
I was young I tried to smoke it with friends a couple
of times, but I didn’t like its effects at the time so I
stuck with booze. They say hindsight is 20/20 and I
wish I had known then what I do today, for if I had
I would have smoked cannabis and drank a whole
lot less alcohol.”
As happens with many, Rick didn’t discover the
medical benefits of cannabis until after he had been
using it recreationally. “I was a late starter when
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police vs. Rick Simpson
Rick is currently in Europe because of problems with the
Canadian government; as he told The 420 Times: “I never
had a drug charge in my life until the RCMP staged the raid
on my property in 2005. Of course in reality this raid was
staged simply to prevent me from supplying the medicine
and spreading the truth about the medicinal value of the
hemp plant. The legal system tried to paint me as some type
of drug dealer, but how many drug dealers do you know that
openly grew cannabis and produced the essential oil from
the plant and then gave this oil away free of charge to those
in need? On my fifty eighth birthday November 30th 2007
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I was put in jail for four days supposedly for trafficking an
illegal substance. I had supplied 5 grams of oil again free of
charge to a woman in her early twenties who was suffering
from a back condition that had put her off work. Her mother
who it seems considered herself to be an upstanding citizen,
reported it to the local police and I was arrested. When the
case was heard in court in early 2008 I was sentenced to time
served. In other words the legal system considered the four
days I had already served as just punishment for the terrible
crime I had committed by helping this woman and giving
her the medicine free.”
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it comes to the use of cannabis and I was in my
mid thirties before I started to use it recreationally.
Like most other people I had no idea of this plants
potential as a medicine and I remained that way until
about a year after I had suffered the head injury that
ended my working career.”
Rick Simpson’s documentary
– Run From The Cure has been seen by hundreds
of thousands of people
worldwide, and can be
seen at the site of Rick’s
foundation, phoenixtears.ca
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“I have to admit that it took me quite some time to
realize the healing potential of this amazing oil,” Rick
said when we discussed the cannabis oil he has been
teaching people how to make for a decade. “When
the medical system told me in 2001 that there was
nothing more they could do for me, I had no option
other than to turn to the oil for relief. The chemical
medications that they had been giving me for years
had badly damaged my thinking ability to the point
that I couldn’t seem to remember anything. But once
I started ingesting the oil on a regular basis it began
to work its magic and in a short time it lifted me out
of the chemically induced haze that I had been in. As
this was taking place I became quite alarmed because
I started loosing a lot of weight, of course I didn’t
know at the time that the oil was simply detoxifying
my body of excess fat and toxins that had built up
over the years. It wasn’t until I had cured my own
skin cancer, that I really became aware of the healing
potential of this substance. Shortly after I had cured
the last of the skin cancers with the oil, it suddenly
dawned on me what this amazing substance was all
about. Not only had it cured my cancer and brought
my thinking ability back to normal. It had also cured
the arthritis in my knees that I had been suffering
from for years. Another truly amazing thing it had
done was completely heal a severe third degree burn
that occurred when I first tried to produce the oil. Of
course at the time my thinking was badly impaired by
all the chemical medications the doctors had given
me, so I blame these so called medications for the
injury that I suffered. When I say that I had suffered
a severe burn I do mean severe. Three quarters of my
right hand had literally melted and was hanging in big
gobs from what was left of my hand. Eleven days after
this injury my hand was completely healed leaving no
scars, it was almost as if it had never happened. But
at the time my thinking was so impaired by all the
chemicals I had taken, I simply wrote it off by telling
myself that I must be a good healer. Finally after I had
cured my cancers I put all the oil had done for me
into perspective and thought what have I stumbled
upon. It then became more than obvious to me what
this wonderful substance could do and from that
point on I went on a crusade to bring this knowledge
foreword. In the beginning I never really thought
that the miraculous healing ability of this oil would
be rejected. But I was soon to find out differently and
in a few short months I came to realize the sad state
of the world in which we live.”
Youtube is full of video testimonials of people who
say they have used Rick’s oil and that it has done
amazing things. Obviously The 420 Times cannot
claim knowledge of the oil’s ability to cure cancer; we
can only say we have viewed the testimonials, and
there are many who have been pushed to what many
would consider an extreme treatment to help them
with a horrific and soul-crushing disease, and they say
it works. In the final analysis, there are many with
cancer that come to the “what do I have to lose?”
moment. It is something you should discuss with your
family, friends, and doctor.
Rick Simpson is yet another example of the
hideousness of The War on Drugs; it only serves to
hurt good people. It saps the will of those who want
to help others. After all, what is wrong with someone
having the option of cannabis to treat their cancer?
The 420 Times cannot verify that Rick Simpson’s
cannabis oil can cure cancer. We also concur with Mr.
Simpson’s disclaimer that we bear no responsibility for the
misuse of this information. Discuss all treatments with
your doctor or other medical professional before use
of any medicine or alternative.
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A simple question to the medical establishment:
Does Cannabis
Cure Cancer?
A filmmaker’s journey to find some answers
Interview by Jim Carlson
Recently The 420 Times sat down with writer and film maker
Len Richmond (Agony, Everything Bad is Good) to discuss the
motivation behind the movie What if Cannabis Cured Cancer?
420: Okay, so let’s talk about your movie. So what made you do this film? I mean you came from TV
and you have a lot of writing credits and you started directing stuff. What turned you on to medicine and
cannabis?
Len: My mother had been diagnosed with breast cancer and we have a family history of cancer – my
aunts, my grandmother and my stepfather and everybody. They all went for conventional therapy of
chemotherapy and radiation and they all died.
The cancer industry is an absolute scandal. They are hurting more people than they’re helping.
Even the treatments that appear to work, the people frequently come down with cancer five years
later even when they’re supposedly cured. It’s a real scandal. It’s not working, the doctors won’t
admit it and my mother was very aware of this.
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“You know, the
doctors are not
going to touch me.
I’m going to find a
way to heal myself
with nature.”
She said, “You know, the doctors are not going
to touch me. I’m going to find a way to heal
myself with nature.” And we were kind of into
health foods. So she went on the internet and
started researching. Now there was nothing about
cannabis, you know. Nobody knew that you could
use cannabis to treat cancer but there were a hell
of a lot of other herbs including mistletoe and
Asian mushrooms. There are a lot of anti-cancer
elements out there in nature. So she started doing
them all and going on a raw food diet and she
stopped the tumor from growing for four years and
after four years it began to shrink.
Now mind you, during this whole time, my
brothers and sisters and I are going, “Oh my,
Mom, you’re going to kill yourself. You have to go
for radiation and therapy. Doctors, oh we have to
trust the doctors, they’re there to heal you.” And
she’s just a stubborn lady and she said, “No, the
doctors are stupid.” That was her favorite phrase,
“Doctors are stupid. They don’t know what they’re
doing. Nature is there to heal us and I’m going to
find a way.”
And she did. She shrunk her tumor and I was
really impressed by that. It kind of proved to me
that yeah, there is something about herbs and diet
that really is more powerful than all the radiation
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and chemotherapy in the world. And I made a film
about it called Everything Bad Is Good, where I
interviewed a whole group of people who had all
cured themselves of cancer with natural therapies.
420: So from there, what?
Len: I started reading here and there about
cannabis and to tell you the truth I was totally
skeptical. I just thought, “This is too good to be
true; this is a stoner’s dream,” you know. Not
only were you wrong about what we’re doing all
these years but, hey folks, that cancer that your
wife has, your grandma has, your granddad has, if
they had been smoking cannabis, first of all they
might not have got it. And secondly, in highly
concentrated forms, we’re talking about oil here
like Rick Simpson’s oil; it’s been shown to have
curative effects.
Now I’m not going to say it absolutely cures
cancer in all cases but there are certainly other
people out there who have had their cancer
cured who will say that. And there are a lot of
researchers and doctors who are really coming to
believe that we have something really unique in
this earth beyond any other cancer-killing herb
and there are a lot of cancer killing herbs out
there.
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420: Okay, so how did you finance the film?
Len: I didn’t even try to get financing
because, you know, from what I know about this
field, they do not trash doctors and my film was
all about trashing doctors. It basically said doctors
are killing people, and that’s a very radical point
of view. PBS is not ready for that or at least I
certainly didn’t think they were ready for that.
“I have a career, I’m not
sticking my neck out by
coming on a film and saying
that cannabis cures cancer.
No way.”
So I proceeded cautiously and I found some
doctors who had been quoted in some of these
articles and I tried to interview them and they
said absolutely not, you know, “I have a career,
I’m not sticking my neck out by coming on a film
and saying that cannabis cures cancer. No way.”
I mean one of them worked at Cedar-Sinai
Hospital in Los Angeles. I was all set up to do an
interview with him because he had been quoted
in an L.A.Times article and at the last minute
the Cedar-Sinai press people said absolutely no
way can you interview him, we will not allow it.
We’re not having our institution associated with
this cringeyness, you know.
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Len: So this is totally unacceptable in the
medical field, particularly to the people who treat
cancer. They don’t want to know, they don’t
want to know that what they’re doing is hurting
people and that maybe they’ve been ignoring a
cure that’s been out there for thousands of years.
So, anyhow, I found one brave doctor, Jeffrey
Hergenrather who lives in Sebastopol who, again,
had been quoted as treating cancer patients and
having success with cannabis. And, again, I have
to emphasize it’s not just smoking a joint. Because
everybody says, “Well what about all the people
who smoke for chemotherapy and they still die
of cancer?”
420: What did Taskin’s study show?
Len: Smoking may help prevent cancer, that’s
what Taskin’s study has shown; that people who
smoke marijuana have less cancer than people
who smoke nothing at all.
But once you get cancer, I mean we’re talking
about your body being under a lot of stress and
just smoking a joint is not going to do the trick.
You have to bombard it with the cannabinoid
chemical in marijuana, all of them because they
all have slightly different actions, in an oil, in
something that’s way concentrated. And you
have to do it frequently.
I mean Jeffrey was saying that one patient he
had that had been diagnosed with a brain tumor
that should have killed him within a year, that’s
with radiation and chemotherapy.
Had he done that, he would have been dead
within a year probably, but he’s been alive for
seven years. He does cannabis multiple times a
day. He bombards his system with the chemicals.
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420: What else did Dr. Hergenrather teach
you?
420: And you don’t believe prescription
medication can help?
Len: He said, “Well you know you have
marijuana in your body right now Len, whether
you’ve ever smoked it or not.” That was like
totally news to me. He said, “Yeah, we’re
born with the endo-cannabinoid system. It’s a
mirror image of what happens when you smoke
cannabis. It’s virtually the same chemical in
slightly different forms.”
Len: Pharmaceutical drugs are extremely
toxic to our system. And so it can’t always be
a tumor regulator and stop the tumors from
growing when we’re bombarding ourselves
with cancer causing toxins in our food and
pharmaceutical drugs and the air we breathe.
But when you smoke cannabis, it gives it more
power. It’s basically like a little booster shot
saying, “Here, you need some help? Smoke
this cannabis and your endo-cannabinoids
are going to be woken up a little bit and
recharged.” Well, that’s revolutionary; I mean
that’s beyond any other herb on this planet.
It’s like a key fitting into a lock in the body
and the lock is the endo-cannabinoid system
you’re born with and the key is cannabis and it
feeds it, it makes it more powerful.
420: What
system?
What if Cannabis Cured Cancer
The DVD is available at
lenrichmondfilms.com
and Amazon.com
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endo-cannabinoid
Len: It’s there to keep us healthy. It’s a
tumor regulator, it regulates inflammation, it’s
antibacterial, it’s anti-spasmodic – I mean the
list goes on. It’s the system in our body; it’s a
chemical reaction with the neurotransmitters
that is there to try to keep us healthy. And
every cat and dog, every elephant, every fish
has it. And it developed thousands of years ago
as a way to survive. However, in modern times,
our endo-cannabinoid system is just stressed
beyond belief because of all the toxins coming
in our bodies because of the food we eat and
the pollution and you know.
So Jeffrey was talking about this and I just
went, “Oh my God, there is a film here.” This
is beyond anything I realized. We’re talking
about the whole science of medicine and this
would be a revolution.
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420T: What ailments do you use medical
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reduce the pain in lower back & legs; I also use it
for nausea when needed to help me eat.
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420T: What are your favorite strains and
why?
M_P: I prefer sativas during the day & indicas
before bed. Strain wise I love anything with Sour
D genetics, has helped the most. I also prefer wax
over weed for pain relief!! Hits off the Skillet have
made it possible for me to take away most pills I
was taking! Strain not specific with that, they all
seem to help!
420T: What would your life be like without
medical marijuana?
M_P: Painful and depressing!
420T: How hard was it for you to become a
medical marijuana patient?
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candidate due to my continued back pain. Wish I
had known, would have gotten sooner. I’m licensed
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NORML Turns 40
On March 2nd the nation’s oldest and most well-known cannabis
law reform organization celebrated its 40th anniversary. In 1971
the War on Drugs was in its infancy and a young lawyer named
Keith Stroup gathered with some friends in Washington D.C.
to form a non-profit organization dedicated to ending cannabis
prohibition.
Many of our readers prefer to use grinders to break
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The gains our movement has made over the past 40 years have
been incredible, and NORML has been there leading the way.
Some may grumble about the fact that legalization hasn’t come
to be yet, but we stand on the precipice of the biggest gains in the
history of the marijuana law reform movement. This wouldn’t
be possible without NORML, and NORML wouldn’t be possible
without us.
Congratulations to NORML and all their supporters for a
productive 40 years. Hopefully someday soon the organization can
be disbanded for lack of need.
So go to the420times.com and click on the “Exclusive
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“K2,” “Spice,” Officially Become
Illegal Nationwide
The all-powerful DEA has decided to ban 5 chemicals that are
used to make the so-called “synthetic marijuana” products like K2
and Spice. As we have seen, banning a product does nothing to
slow down it’s use; it just makes it cooler to some who will now go
out and search for these products.
And while K2 or Spice may very well be dangerous to your health,
no agency in this country should have the kind of power the DEA
has. We supposedly live in a republic, but bureaucrats at the DEA
can make practically anything illegal. And who will stop them?
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Is The Drug Czar Trying To
Bully The Seattle Times?
According to reports, soon after The Seattle
Times published an editorial in favor of
Washington State House Bill 1550 - a bill
that would legalize cannabis in the state –
the editorial board received a call from The
White House alerting them to the fact that
Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske wanted to fly
to Seattle – at the taxpayers’ expense I’m
sure – to meet with the editorial board in
person; presumably to take issue with their
stance on HB 1550.
Has the Drug Czar never heard of videoconferencing?
Over 200 Medical Marijuana
Dispensaries Apply For Los
Angeles Lottery
After being smacked down by a judge and
having many of their medical marijuana
restrictions thrown out, the L.A. city council
has decided to hold a lottery to choose 100
dispensaries that will get to do business in
the city. A ridiculous way to run the city’s
economy, but that’s what the people of L.A.
have to work with.
229 dispensaries got their applications for the
lottery in before the deadline, but the city
says they believe only about 135 are qualified.
No word yet on when the lottery will be held.
Early Presidential Poll Results
We recently ran a poll at the420times.com, asking our online readers who they
would vote for in the 2012 Presidential Election. The options included those who
have spoken out on marijuana law reform, plus the more obvious candidates.
The winner with 47% was Texas Congressman Ron Paul (R), who has spoken out
often on the failure of The War on Drugs. Second place was taken by President
Obama with 23%, followed by former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson with
21%.
These results not only show Ron Paul’s popularity in the cannabis law reform
movement, but the President’s lack of popularity in the same group. Cannabis users
are tired of hearing about “Change” and not seeing any. “Change” will still be the
watchword in 2012.
Marijuana Legislation Pending In At Least 13 States
Many states currently have cannabis-related bills pending in their state houses and
assemblies. To keep up with the swirling winds of change, here’s a quick rundown of
what’s happening in the states:
Medical marijuana bills are being debated in Hawaii, Delaware, Maryland, and
Idaho. Colorado and Rhode Island are considering changes to their medical
marijuana laws, including a possible ban on cannabis edibles in CO.
California is going to decide on a bill that would prevent employers from firing
medical marijuana users who medicate during off hours, while decriminalization
is on the table in Connecticut, Hawaii, and Rhode Island. Add all this to the
legalization efforts going on across the country, and you can see how busy our
movement is on a daily basis.
Big things are happening. Stay tuned to the website so you don’t miss what’s going
everyday in the world of cannabis activism.
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www.caregiversalliance.org
If you ever have doubts about your collective,
or the safety of your medicine, look for the GLACA logo
— it’s the sign of safety and knowledge in medical cannabis.
The Greater Los Angeles Collectives Alliance (GLACA) is an association of co-ops and collectives that
provides a clean, safe environment for patients in compliance with medical cannabis laws and their
own strict operational guidelines. We are part of a shared desire for a shared solution.
Look for the GLACA logo at these accredited collectives:
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5710 W. Manchester Avenue
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Los Angeles, CA 90045
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4729 Eagle Rock Blvd. North
Los Angeles, CA 90041
LA Wonderland
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4406 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
5817 West Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90019
1649 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles CA 90035
Wellness Center
More and more collectives are being accredited with GLACA every day. If you are a collective, or a medical marijuana patient,
and wish to learn more about GLACA, check out our website at: www.caregiversalliance.org
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Appetite Stimulants
By Joe Klare
Cannabis is often depicted in pop culture as the munchie-producing
favorite of burn-outs and Frito-Lay stockholders. But many medical
marijuana patients rely on cannabis to stimulate their appetites and
allow them to take in life’s nourishment.
Those in cancer treatments are a prime example
of patients who need cannabis to be able to eat and
retain the minerals and vitamins they need to keep
their strength. There are several strains that work
well as appetite stimulants and we will discuss a few
here.
Sour Diesel is a favorite of cannabis smokers the
world over, and it also happens to stimulate the
appetite. A sativa dominant hybrid that has a light
green appearance, SD is covered in THC trichomes
and has a distinct gas-like taste. Casey Jones is
another sativa-dominant hybrid with buds covered
in red hairs. It comes with an energizing high that
will allow you to eat and get on with your day.
Another strain good for the appetite is an indica
strain known as Top 44. It produces a very euphoric
high that can become sedative if vaporized. Its
buds are big and fluffy, and it has a distinct fruity
taste. Another good hybrid is Strawberry Cough,
characterized by its bright orange hairs and fruity
taste/smell. It comes with a motivating high and is
great for increased appetite.
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The infamous Pineapple Express is a sativadominant hybrid that is a helpful appetite stimulant.
With orange hairs much like Strawberry Cough, it
also shares SC’s fruity aroma and won’t leave you
locked to the couch. White Russian is a very potent
strain that is an indica-dominant hybrid. WR has
a noticeable Kush taste and smell and the buds are
bright green and frosted with trichomes.
White Shark is a hybrid with buds covered in
trichomes which provides an uplifting buzz that is
great for pain and lack of appetite. Kush is a very
popular strain with many variations, and is readily
available in many places around the U.S. A heavy
indica, you know Kush is around because the smell
permeates the air around it. A full body high is
accompanied by the “munchie” effect that is so
necessary to medical cannabis patients.
As always, consult your doctor, friends, and your
budtender about what strains are best for your
ailments and symptoms. Finding a strain isn’t an
exact science, and the trial and error process can be
a very enjoyable prelude to finding the strain that’s
right for you.
Do you have a strain
that works for you?
We’d like to hear
your favorite.
Email to us at:
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