@DeezNuts 531978 wrote:
Indeed – as I said they do some shit things but it is thanks to them that we have cures for many of the diseases we do and many painkillers etc.
Yeah, pretty much. I mean, the thing is there will probably never be a ‘cure’ for cancer in the way we think of it, because that’s not how cancer works. What we call “cancer” refers to a group of over 200 different diseases. There are basic similarities among them in terms of how they attack the body, but they often require completely different treatments to be effective:
Cancer Research’s 40th Anniversary: How Far Have We Come? | TIME.com
@Chrispy: Obviously the medicinal companies are going to act in their best interests, but they have to answer to the government, and a lot of studies have to be done to ensure that something is both safe and effective. Independent studies ARE done on “natural remedies” and while some of them (ie. st john’s wort) do have some benefits, a lot of them have been proven not to work. For example here’s a study on an alternative therapy that works:
Finding Science in Acupuncture – WSJ.com
Hence why places like the Mayo Clinic and Duke University Medical Centre now offer acupuncture. It doesn’t cure diseases, but it does relieve stress and help reduce some pains.
Proposed mechanisms for homeopathy are physically impossible – Grimes – 2012 – Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies – Wiley Online Library
Article about it here: Column: Homeopathy isn
A study on how homeopathy is incapable of working, on a physical level.
There will ALWAYS be special interest groups (ie. pharmaceuticals) but alternative remedy businesses are also special interest groups. Medications that pharmaceuticals offer you undergo extensive testing and regulation by independent bodies to ensure they are safe. There are fuckups sometimes but mistakes do unfortunately happen.
If it turns out to be true that marijuana can cure cancer, then it will be definitively published in a peer-reviewed journal, once all the data is collected. If/once that happens, the legality of it is an issue with governments.
