Researchers
at Harvard tested the chemical THC in both lab and mouse studies. They say this is the first set of experiments
to show that the compound, THC actually activates naturally produced receptors
to fight off lung cancer. The
researchers suggest that THC or other designer agents that activate these
receptors might be used in a targeted fashion to treat lung cancer.
The only
clinical trial testing THC as a treatment against cancer growth was a recently
completed British pilot study. For three
weeks, researchers injected standard doses of THC into mice that had been
implanted with human lung cancer cells, and found that tumors were reduced in size and weight by about 50 percent in treated
animals compared to a control group. There
was also about a 60 percent reduction in cancer lesions on the lungs in these
mice as well as a significant reduction in protein markers associated with
cancer progression.
Continue reading at NowPublic.com: THC (marijuana) helps cure cancer says Harvard study.
A biochemist tells the story of how he cured himself of prostate cancer using cannabis oil. Skip over the introduction if you want to get straight to the biochemist's testimony, which begins about a third of the way into the video.
A Canadian
activist and maker of cannabis oil tells how the oil he gives away has cured
others of a variety of diseases including cancer, diabetes, migraine headaches
and heart disease. This video includes
interviews with those who have used this oil successfully. It also tells how he was then convicted of
distributing an illegal drug.
CBC
Television's THE NATURE OF THINGS with David Suzuki examines the medicinal uses
of marijuana. There is a growing number
of people who regard marijuana (cannabis) as a benign medicine, offering relief
to people suffering from a variety of illnesses, including epilepsy, arthritis,
multiple sclerosis and glaucoma as well as lessening the side effects of
medications and treatments given to cancer and HIV patients.
People who
use marijuana to alleviate their suffering, live with the added anxiety of
possible arrest, jail and forfeiture of property. They all say it's worth the risk. This program tells the stories of those who
have shown courage in providing marijuana to the sick and suffering as well as
the stories of people whose lives have been transformed by its medicinal
properties.
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