Does marijuana really cure cancer

Does marijuana really cure cancer

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A Harvard study shows that the active ingredient in marijuana, THC, cuts tumor growth in common lung cancer and reduces spreading.

Does Marijuana (Hemp Oil) Really Cure Cancer?

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No.. Im pretty sure it doesn’t. If it DID someone would be rich right now for figuring that out. There is really no cure for cancer unless it is caught early. And about that wart…You need to get it removed by a doctor because it’s most li…

Is marijuana cure for cancer?

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Probably not gonna cure any disease. People would only benefit from it to ease pain of treatment, or extremely useful for those terminally ill. Doesn’t have to be smoked either; lots of people use a vaporizer or go for edible marijuana food…

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Does marijuana really help cure cancer?

Q: I had a woman in my speech class who did an informative regarding the help of smoking marijuana to help cure cancer….she said that her mother wasn’t responding to chemotherapy and the doctor had suggested if he could only prescribe marijuana to her (which of course he can’t) that we would do it in a heartbeat to help cure this cancer (breast cancer).mmhhhmm?? I wonder!

A: No, it is not a cure, just a med used to help with side effects of treatment.And their IS a legal rx that docs in the US can write.. marinol. Marinol is a synthetic version of the THC in marijuana. He CAN be rxed this.Marijuana is not illegal bc they will loose money on a cancer cure, it is illegal because they make more money through rxing marinol, and illegal substance taxes.

Does big pharma really have this much influence?

Q: Many doctors, patients, and cancer survivors have came forward with solid evidence and proof that marijuana does indeed cure cancer and destroy cancer-causing cells. How come the pharmaceutical industry refuses to recognize this?

A: Unfortunately they do and this is a crime in itself, that a company can hold this much power over a governments leadership. And in turn our governments hand over BILLIONS of OUR TAX DOLLARS to them every year to expand their research into new ways to POISON us in the name of MEDICINE…I will share with all readers the MEDICAL PROOF to the BENEFITS of MARIJUANA on our BODIES.It’s Granny Storm Crows List, it is an A-Z list that covers most diseases that are affecting us.http://docs.google.com/View?id=dhb9br7b_0c6m3c5n5

Active Ingredient in Marijuana Kills Brain Cancer Cells?

Q: WEDNESDAY, April 1 (HealthDay News) — New research out of Spain suggests that THC — the active ingredient in marijuana — appears to prompt the death of brain cancer cells.The finding is based on work with mice designed to carry human cancer tumors, as well as from an analysis of THC’s impact on tumor cells extracted from two patients coping with a highly aggressive form of brain cancer.Explaining that the introduction of THC into the brain triggers a cellular self-digestion process known as “autophagy,” study co-author Guillermo Velasco said his team has isolated the specific pathway by which this process unfolds, and noted that it appears “to kill cancer cells, while it does not affect normal cells.”Velasco is with the department of biochemistry and molecular biology in the School of Biology at Complutense University in Madrid. The findings were published in the April issue of The Journal of Clinical Investigation.The Spanish researchers focused on two patients suffering from “recurrent glioblastoma multiforme,” a fast-moving form of brain cancer. Both patients had been enrolled in a clinical trial designed to test THC’s potential as a cancer therapy.Using electron microscopes to analyze brain tissue taken both before and after a 26- to 30-day THC treatment regimen, the researchers found that THC eliminated cancer cells while it left healthy cells intact.The team also was able, in what it described as a “novel” discovery, to track the signaling route by which this process was activated.These findings were replicated in work with mice, which had been “engineered” to carry three different types of human cancer tumor grafts.”These results may help to design new cancer therapies based on the use of medicines containing the active principle of marijuana and/or in the activation of autophagy,” Velasco said.Outside experts suggested that more research is needed before advocating marijuana as a medicinal intervention for brain cancer.Dr. John S. Yu, co-director of the Comprehensive Brain Tumor Program in the Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, said the findings were “not surprising.””There have been previous reports to this effect as well,” he said. “So this is yet another indication that THC has an anti-cancer effect, which means it’s certainly worth further study. But it does not suggest that one should jump at marijuana for a potential cure for cancer, and one should not urge anyone to start smoking pot right away as a means of curing their own cancer.”But that’s exactly what many brain cancer patients have been doing, said Dr. Paul Graham Fisher, the Beirne Family director of Neuro-Oncology at Stanford University.”In fact, 40 percent of brain tumor patients in the U.S. are already using alternative treatments, ranging from herbals to vitamins to marijuana,” he said. “But that actually points out a cautionary tale here, which is that many brain cancer patients are already rolling a joint to treat themselves, but we’re not really seeing brain tumors suddenly going away as a result, which we clearly would’ve noticed if it had that effect. So we need to be open-minded. But this suggests that the promise of THC might be a little over-hoped, and certainly requires further investigation before telling people to go out and roll a joint.”

A: Well good! Maybe people will start to be a little more open minded when it comes to using marijuana and hemp as alternate forms of medicine and other things! What a blessing that would be to find a cure for brain cancer!