Headline: March 18.2008 – Hemp Oil Supplier Slams Laws- A man from Nova Scotia, Canada, is attracting world-wide attention from the concentrated medicinal oil he makes from the Cannabis Hemp plant (marijuana). Rick Simpson founded ”Phoenix Tears” to manufacter the concentrated oil - pressed from the female flower tops, not the hemp seed oil now well known for it’s Essential Fatty Acid profile.
“The resin is the medicine”, says Simpson, on “Run From the Cure“, a documentary about the amazing healing herb, his battle with the authorities to continue making the medicine for people with ”incurable” illnesses and some of the three hundred patients who report “miraculous” cures from many conditions, including cancer. ”Run From the Cure – The Rick Simpson Story“, by Tidal Lake Prductions can be viewed in seven parts on You Tube:RUN FROM THE CURE – The Rick Simpson Story (Part 1 of 7)
“Phoenix Tears“, being a natural extract of Cannabis flowers, 
features two key ingredients - ”Trichomes” – tiny Cannabinoid-laden, crystal-clear stalks sometimes refered to as “Kief”, that bristle like hairs on the mature flowers; and “Terpenes” – medicinal oils that coat the surface of the flower. These oils are now recognized to be a very important component of the therapeutic profile of Cannabis.
At the 2002 Cannabis Therapeutics Conference in Portland OR, Dr. Geoffrey Guy, Founder and President of GW Pharmaceuticals, U.K., a company that grows large amounts of high and low THC Cannabis for whole plant extracts, refers to the medicinal value of terpenes and Cannabinoids in his presentation on medicinal strains of Cannabis:Medical Cannabis Strains – Geoffrey Guy, MD
Cannabis Therapeutics Conferences sponsored by Patients Out of Time
Like Rick Simpson, GW Pharmaceuticals is growing Cannabis to extract the concentrated essence of the plant, not a synthetic isolate like Marinol (pure THC). Whole extracts of Cannabis have been trusted for centuries as a safe, effective and amazingly non-toxic herbal medicine. Our ancestors in America knew it well, as Cannabis tinctures and other compounds were in one third of all medical preparations in the 1800’s, making it the most prescribed medicine of that century.
In 21st century, exciting new science has confirmed the miraculous healing powers of the Cannabis Hemp plant, as well as the “Endo-Cannabinoid system” – the mechanism in all mammals that maintains balance in many systems in the body, including immune; respiratory; neuromuscular; gastrointestinal; reproductive and more.
Dr. Robert Melamede, Professor of Biology at the University of Colorado, eloquently explains the intricate workings of the Endo-Cannabinoid system and it’s role as “homeostatic regulator” – facilitating neurotransmission and balance in inbalanced conditions like auto-immune diseases and cancers.Cancer Cure – Cannabis & Cannabinoids,by Robert Melamede,PhD
Calling Cannabis a “Miracle Drug”, Dr. Melamede postulates that Cannabinoids from the plant act as a suppliment to the body’s own Cannabinoids, especially when the Endo-Cannabinoid system is over-taxed by biological or biochemical stresses, like the increasing plethora of toxins in our environment that elevate free-radical production.
Ironically, the first commercial end-product from GW Pharmaceuticals, “Sativex“, has been licensed for trials and distribution in Canada. Like Rick Simpson’s “Phoenix Tears“, Sativex is a whole plant extract with a remarkable safety profile. However, Rick Simpson faced prosecution for providing Cannabis medicine compassionately, while a corporate pharmaceutical company is allowed to market essentially the same thing for profit.
This inbalance in justice bodes ill for Canada, whose citizens would benefit from a safe, economical herbal preparations, made with loving care by people with intimate knowledge and experience with the Cannabis Hemp plant. Expensive products like Sativex will be welcomed by the medical community and will undoubtedly be highly effective. But to deny the people equal access to this precious gift from nature – a birthright like all natural medicines - would be nothing short of a sin.
“And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.” - Genesis 1:29 (KJV)
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C.A.M.P. Citizens Against Marijuana Prohibition is preparing a federal class action for judicial review and injunction against the fraudulent Marijuana prohibition laws enacted since the Marijuana Tax act of 1937. The marijuana prohibition laws are all overbroad because of the arbitrary actions of the DEA and because of the enforced threat of incarceration that sweep away all inalienable rights of everyone who has a compelling need for home grown health and wealth, i.e. pursuit of life liberty and pursuit of happiness.
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i’m really glad to see rick simpson’s plight pop up in many places. really liked that “run from the cure” documentary, and am hoping that many will post the phoenixtears website as a banner to their websites so more people will find out about hemp-resin-oil.
i wonder what else it could cure..
Can anyone tell me where Ricky Simpson is now? Has he had to go to prison? If not can I contact him to help me in my search for a cure against melanoma, a recently diagnosis
Regarding Rick, he did not have to go to prison and this fall even made a run for federal office in Canada – as a Member of Parliment representing Nova Scotia. Here’s a news story:
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n901/a01.html
You write very well.
how do we get intouch with rick simpson. is he in prison? if he is what was the sentence. does he plan to carry on with the good work.
dear rick its in very need and importance i could here from u with ergances. what your doing is one of the most important thangs too save lifes without killing so many with the bull we are told.