Did you know that marijuana kills cancer cells?
Question by Bill S: Did you know that marijuana kills cancer cells?
Did you know that marijuana kills cancer cells? It actually causes them to eat themselves in a process called “autophage”.
Studies:
THC (marijuana) helps cure cancer says Harvard study
Link:
http://www.nowpublic.com/thc_marijuana_helps_cure_cancer_says_harvard_study#ixzz19TMQ805v
Marijuana Chemical May Fight Brain Cancer
Active Component In Marijuana Targets Aggressive Brain Cancer Cells, Study Says
Link:
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/brain-cancer/news/20090401/marijuana-chemical-may-fight-brain-cancer
Did you know the government knew about it in 1974?
http://www.alternet.org/story/9257/
Did you know that the cannabinoid receptor is the most prevalent cellular receptor in our brains?
http://www.medicalcannabis.com/Cannabis-Science/endocannabinoid-system
This mystery began to unravel in 1964, when tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the main psychoactive chemical in cannabis was isolated and synthesized by Raphael Mechoulam and colleagues in Israel. Subsequently, in 1988, Allyn Howlett and colleagues discovered the cannabinoid receptor in the brain. This receptor called CB1was a precise match for the unique chemicals called cannabinoids found in the cannabis plant (phytocannabinoids). This initial discovery led to scientists hypothesizing that humans are “wired” for cannabis. The CB1receptors have been found in the brain in areas that control the coordination of movement, emotions, memory, reduction of pain, reward systems, and reproduction, yet are almost absent in the brain stem (which affects our vital functions such as breathing). It appears that cannabinoid receptors, which modulate other neurotransmitter function in a retrograde “on demand” fashion are present in far higher concentrations in the brain than any other receptor. While the CB1 receptors are primarily found in the central nervous system, a second type, CB2, discovered in 1993, are found primarily in the immune system, GI tract, liver, spleen, kidney, bones, heart, and peripheral nervous system. In fact, the CB2 receptor appears to be up-regulated whenever there is tissue pathology.
What do you think about this?
Is it true?
Did the government know?
What do you think about that?
Did you know that the government actually has the patent on medical marijuana… for use in fighting diseases such as cancer, Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease and more?
And yet they repeatedly say that there is “no medical use” for marijuana.
Look it up. U.S. Patent #6630507
Denise….
Why the hostility?
You can gripe all you want. You can call me a liar all you want, but I I don’t think you have done the slightest bit of investigation into the subject. Did you follow any of the links I listed above?
“Has nothing to do with cancer”………
There have been MANY studies recently that show that THC kills cancerous cells in both rats and humans. I listed a couple of links above… did you look at them? Or did you just to conclusions because you think you know what you’re talking about??
Did you go to the U.S. Patent office website and put in the # for the patent that the government has on medical marijuana… for use in fighting diseases such as cancer, Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease and more?
Did you look at the link to the Harvard study?
Also google: “Spain study cannabis cancer tumors”
And as far as pot smokers getting cancer goes, I never said that if you smoke marijuana you will not get cancer. They don’t do the
Bco4th6th…….
And what would those “dangers of marijuana” be??
Like the fact that there has never been ONE death attributed to marijuana overdose?? Unlike that thousands of deaths every year attributed to overdose of prescription pharmaceuticals????
You people are 2 things…. CLUELESS….and CLOSED-MINDED.
Continuation of the note to denise above:
They don’t do the studies by giving cancerous mice a joint to smoke. They get the mice to ingest copious amounts of the oil of the cannabis plant. AND IT REDUCES THE SIZE OF THEIR TUMORS.
And Denise…
Maybe I’m asking the question over and over to get close-minded people to pay attention, so that maybe they will actually look into what I’m saying to discover that it is true… rather than dismissing it thinking that they know everything there is to know about the world.
Andy,
#1 Smoking a joint here or there is not going to cure cancer. The people who have had results extract the oil from the cannabis plant and ingest it. Smoking it introduces carcinogens that might not be so good for someone with cancer.
All these studies are new. Even if the government wanted to legalize it for cancer patients, they’d have to spend millions of dollars and years and years of research before they would say it could be safely used… meantime thousands/millions die.
They’ve known about it’s cancer-killing abilities since the 1970’s… and they haven’t done anything about it yet.
The government doesn’t care if you die…as long as they get their money.
Bullet Tooth Tony…
FINALLY! A voice of reason in the wilderness!
lo_mcg…….
What did I say that was untrue?
You said, “But so far there is no actual proof that marijuana is in any way effective against cancer.” I didn’t say those words. I said, “marijuana kills cancer cells”, and it does. In study after study. You can look it up on the internet, and I’ve provided just a few links. There are many more out there. Also google: Endocannibinoid system
You said, “The researchers do not claim their findings as conclusive proof; yet you feel able to make that claim for them”. Where did I say anything about proof? You’re putting words into my mouth. I simply stated what the article about the study said… and then gave a link to the article.
You’re acting as if I said, “Smoke a joint and you’re cancer will be cured!!!” I never said anything like that. I simply copied the headline of the article I was using as a source, and then gave the link to the article.
I just find it interesting that mj might help us find a cure for cancer one day,
I just find it interesting that mj might help us find a cure for cancer one day, and wanted to share the links with people so maybe medical mj would get a better rap. If you look at the government’s patent on medical mj, I gave the number so anyone could look it up, it appears than cannabinoids are useful for treating a host of diseases (cancer, Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease and more).
And btw, the people I’m answering back to have been saying things like “marijuana has nothing to do with cancer” …. when it does.
Or saying things like, “if that were true anyone who smokes mj wouldn’t get cancer”…. and that is not true either. It is entirely possible that large amounts of THC could fight cancer growth when smoking a joint or two here or there might not do anything.
Or they’re calling me names like long-haired, liberal freak… when I’m a short-haired, conservative normal human being.
Denise: You obviously don’t know how our government works. Laws are not passed based on logic or common sense or what the people want… they are passed based on who pays their lobbyist the most.
The medical/pharmaceutical industry makes much more money treating disease than they do curing them. Big Pharma has one of the biggest lobbies in D.C. They make billions selling drugs to people to reduce symptoms… rather than cure diseases.
The tobacco industry also lobbies against medical mj.
So do the bar owners.
And the prison-industrial complex.
And all the funding for the “war on drugs”.
All this money is flowing in one direction… lining the pockets of powerful people… who don’t want to see the status quo changed.
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