Opinion: Proving there are effective alternative medicines
By Steve Kubby
Two weeks ago, I suffered a mysterious and traumatic onset of violent vomiting. The attack lasted for four days and left me with severe ribcage pains and an inability to take more than a half breath.
Apparently, the cartilage in my rib cage had been badly stretched by all the vomiting, creating an extraordinary level of discomfort. I could not sleep more than an hour and only then in a special position that did not push against my rib cage.
I conferred with my doctor, who diagnosed my issue as costochondritis, an inflammation of the ribs’ junctions to the breastbone or sternum that causes chest pain. No broken ribs, but because it was cartilage, I was told it would take much longer than a fractured rib to heal. Even worse, he diagnosed me with first stage pneumonia as a result of the restricted breathing in my left lung. I’ve had pneumonia three times in my life and each time I had to be hospitalized, so this new development really disturbed me. Worst of all, my cannabis had zero effect upon the illness and I had to endure constant pain and nausea the entire time.
Steve Kubby
Then, I remembered the non-psychoactive CBD lozenges being patented and developed by my biotech research company, KPAL, and decided to give them a try. I had no idea if they would work since smoked cannabis had already failed me.
Within a few hours my pain level went from intense to mild. I could actually sleep in a bed. My lungs, kidneys and bowels quickly returned to normal function. Since then, I’ve been steadily improving on one lozenge a day.
Just a few days after starting the CBD lozenges, I revisited my chiropractor, David Borges, who had examined me when my symptoms were still severe. Borges told me he was stunned by my amazing return to health.
In fact, as the scientific studies about marijuana accumulate, it’s getting harder to understand why CBD, otherwise known as cannabidiol, which is naturally found in marijuana, but can’t get you high, remains illicit. A growing library of data demonstrating the profound health benefits of CBD, including the ability to fend off cancerous tumors, prevent diabetes and epileptic seizures, protect nerve cells from degradation and ward off anxiety. However, it is as an anti-inflammatory that CBD is in a class of its own, because it has few side effects and is extremely powerful in reducing inflammation anywhere in the body.
The U.S. government is not only very aware of the lifesaving powers of CBD, it actually owns the patent. Instead of fast tracking the development of CBD medicines, they’ve taken it off the market and, even though it can’t get you high, the DEA lists CBD as Schedule One Controlled Substance, with “no medical benefits” and a “high potential for abuse”.
Steve Kubby is a resident of South Lake Tahoe and is CEO of Kubby Patents and Licenses (KPAL).
More word needs to spread about CBD and it’s effect on inflammation and pain. Nothing stops the neuropathic pain in my legs better than CBD…
Next time try my witch doctor, he is great. Also have a Shamen or two for referrals if need be.
Sorry Steve, you did go to a witch doctor.
I originally hurt my back while working in 1986. Over the next 7 years, I worked as a fitness trainer, rehabilitation specialist, and as an x-ray tech, occasionally re-injuring my back. By 1993, my back had pretty much given up; advanced degenerative disc disease, arthritis, and spinal stenosis was the diagnosis, and my back became nearly a daily chore of re-injury and rehab.
By 2005, the nerves in my lower back had been crushed and severed so often that I was left with searing pain in my legs at all times. The vicodin, tramadol, and flexeril that I consumed daily did nothing for the pain in my legs, and prescription nsaids and steroids provided very limited help as well. I began to see a pain management practice that decided to burn these nerves off using (radio-frequency ablation, or RFA). It worked wonderfully well, but the procedure cost $20,000.00 and needed to be repeated yearly. Medicare picked up the bill for the 3 years that I had this procedure performed.
While preparing for the fourth installment of RFA, a friend told me about CBD and some studies that were being done concerning it’s effect on neuropathy and inflammation. We cranked the vaporizer up to 400 degrees (to extract the CBD with the THC from cannabis), and the effect was remarkable. I had been smoking cannabis for years to help my back meds be more effective (I have been on the same dosage of narcotic pain relievers since 1996), but it never really helped my legs that much. This was much better, and as days and weeks went by and the CBD had a chance to really work, the pain in my legs virtually disappeared. If I skip CBD treatment for more than a day or two, the pain comes rushing back as bad as ever. I wish we had access to pure CBD tablets or tinctures in Ohio, it would make treating my condition so much easier, and save Medicare 20 grand a year!
Any links to actual clinical studies done on CBD?
One more question. Will the use of CBD show THC in your system when drug testing is administered? And if so at the same levels as smoking it, and would it take as long to disapate from one’s system?
A list of 926 scientific, peer reviewed studies on CBD may be found here: http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/files/926%20PubMed%20Cannabidiol%20Studies.pdf
Maybe you got a hold some old left over Paraquat?
A large majority (93%) of fatalities from paraquat poisoning are cases of intentional self-administration, i.e., suicides. In third world countries, paraquat is a major suicide agent.[20] For instance, in Samoa from 1979–2001, 70% of suicides were by paraquat poisoning. In southern Trinidad from 1996–1997, 76% of suicides were by paraquat.[21]
The reason paraquat is such a widely used suicide agent in third-world countries is due to its widespread availability, low toxic dose (10 ml or 2 teaspoons is enough to kill) and relative low cost. There are campaigns to control or even ban paraquat outright, and there are moves to restrict its availability by requiring user education and the locking up of paraquat stores.
You can never trust what the feds want do people anytime, anywhere, when nothing ever comes back to their door steps.
Well, that was incoherent.
Just because a person is ignorant of the science dosnt mean he doesnt have an opinion.
Please correct me if I’m wrong but did Mr. Kubby just admit to possessing and consuming a schedule 1 controlled substance? Or was this claimed use a controlled experimental approved by the FDA for research purposes?
“Please correct me if I’m wrong but did Mr. Kubby just admit to possessing and consuming a schedule 1 controlled substance?”
Louis, what’s your point? On November 6, 1996, the people of the State of California enacted the Compassionate Use Act of 1996, codified in Section 11362.5 of the Health and Safety Code, thereby making it legal for those with a medical marijuana (which federally is still a a schedule 1 controlled substance under federal statute) prescription that carry a state issued identification card may use and possess marijuana for medical purposes, so he (and all others that have the card) already admitted it when receiving his (and thier) ID card.
My point was ignorance. If I understood the article this was a “drug” derived from medical marijuana. Thus it is not medical marijuana. Thus my question is this, if this is a sch 1 controlled substance, regardless of California law it would illegal under federal law. Am I correct or incorrect that this is illegal? Or was this a misunderstanding?