Cannabis cures cancer?!


Question: Cannabis cures cancer?
It seems Dr. Prakash Nagarkatti will now be testing cannabis compounds on patients with leukemia. THC has been found to be effective in destroying almost all types of cancer cells. And no, it's not the "Run From The Cure Video".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVVRQK53wYs&feature=channel_video_title
http://pathmicro.med.sc.edu/2004-fac/nagarkattip-pap.htm
http://watch.montanapbs.org/video/1825223761/
http://thesethgroup.org/featured_experiment.html

Answers:

I watched the first video you link to.

Its title claims it is 'proof' that cannabis cures cancer. In fact it is a report of a study that shows some promising results in rodents.

Great that Nagarkatti wil be conducting trials. There are other ongoing trials into the effects of cannabinoids on cancer cells. But there is, so far, no proof of it has any affect.

The facts?

There has been a study that indicates that cannabinoids ( the active ingredients in marijuana) can help prevent prostate cancer.

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Complutense University in Madrid and the University hospital of Tenerife carried out research a few years ago into the use of chemical cannabinoids to help treat ONE type of brain tumour, glioblastoma multiforme.

There were promising results, but the number of patients involved was very small (9), and much more research is needed.

There's no suggestion in any of this research using cannabis can either treat or prevent cancer; the research has been done using man-made chemicals that mimic the compounds found in cannabis, rather than unpurified marijuana.

There is some evidence that marijuana is a risk factor for testicular cancer



Cannabis used to alleviate the nausea of chemotherapy.
It is also used for glaucoma patients.
It has not been proven to cure some forms of cancer in humans.



Get over it dude.. You haven't even asked a question. I've already answered your "question" from last night. So to answer your "question", no it doesn't.

i had brain cancer




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