{"id":145623,"date":"2015-04-07T18:19:10","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T18:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/?p=145623"},"modified":"2015-04-07T18:19:10","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T18:19:10","slug":"federal-govt-admits-marijuana-kills-brain-tumors-but-you-still-cant-have-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/latest-news\/federal-govt-admits-marijuana-kills-brain-tumors-but-you-still-cant-have-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Govt Admits Marijuana Kills Brain Tumors, But You Still Can\u2019t Have It"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><strong>The federal government admits in newly funded research that compounds found in marijuana have an unprecedented ability to go in and kill brain tumors without any negative side effects. But you\u2019re still going to jail if you try and use it as a medication.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>And let\u2019s be clear here: we\u2019re not talking about prosecution for those who just \u2018want to get high.\u2019 In fact, as I\u2019ve explained before, the true health effects of marijuana really don\u2019t have to come with its infamous psychoactive effect\u00a0Instead, we look to the non-THC (which is what gets you high) compounds within<a href=\"http:\/\/naturalsociety.com\/why-is-marijuana-illegal-examining-the-health-aspects-of-cannabis\/\" target=\"_blank\">marijuana that are specifically known<\/a> for their anti-cancer and antioxidant effects.<\/p>\n<p>The worst part is that even marijuana without THC is still illegal, despite having zero \u2018high\u2019 effects. But then again, this new study on anti-tumor activity even focuses on extracts of marijuana that often do not cause any high either. As reported by Raw Story on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rawstory.com\/rs\/2015\/04\/feds-admit-medical-pot-works-on-brain-tumors-but-theyre-going-after-users-anyway\/\" target=\"_blank\">latest study<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cIn a report issued by a U.S. government-funded research group tasked with studying drug abuse and addiction, researchers are admitting that marijuana is useful in killing off specific types of brain tumors.\u00a0The report \u2013 coming from a government-backed group with annual budget of over $1 billion \u2013 arrives at an awkward time for the administration following an announcement by the Department of Justice this week that it will continue to\u00a0prosecute medical marijuana cases against individuals in defiance of Congress.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infowars.com\/federal-govt-admits-marijuana-kills-brain-tumors-but-you-still-cant-have-it\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal government admits in newly funded research that compounds found in marijuana have an unprecedented ability to go in and kill brain tumors without any negative side effects. But you\u2019re still going to jail if you try and use it as a medication. And let\u2019s be clear here: we\u2019re not talking about prosecution for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[487,955,18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-145623","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-breaking-news","8":"category-health","9":"category-latest-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145623"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145623\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}