Marijuana: The Taboo Medicine

"The claim that marijuana is an efficacious medicine is a lie." And, "Relying on the same scientific standards used to judge all other drugs, FDA experts repeatedly have rejected marijuana for medical use."¹

But the facts say otherwise...

NEW! Dec 2007 Cannabinoids can inhibit tumor cell growth in highly invasive cancers
A new study has found that Cannabinoids, the active components in marijuana, may aid in inhibiting tumor cell growth in highly invasive cancers. Although, Cannabinoids are used in reducing the side effects of cancer treatment, such as pain, weight loss, and vomiting, evidences indicate that they might even help in suppressing tumor invasion. more (December 2007)

April 2007 Marijuana Compound Fights Lung Cancer
"Delta-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) cuts tumor growth in half in common lung cancer while impeding the cancer's ability to spread... The compound "seems to have a suppressive effect on certain lines of cancer cells," explained Dr. Len Horovitz, a pulmonary specialist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. more (April 2007)

June 2006 Cannabidiol Dramatically Inhibits Breast Cancer Cell Growth, Study Says
Naples, Italy: Compounds in marijuana inhibit cancer cell growth in animals and in culture on a wide range of tumoral cell lines, including human breast carcinoma cells, human prostate carcimona cells, and human colectoral carcinoma cells, according to preclinical trial data published in the May issue of the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics... more (June 2006)

August 2004 Marijuana Ingredient Inhibits VEGF Pathway Required for Brain Tumor Blood Vessels Cannabinoids, the active ingredients in marijuana, restrict the sprouting of blood vessels to brain tumors by inhibiting the expression of genes needed for the production of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)... (August 2004)

Pot Doesn't Increase Oral-cancer Risk, Study Says ... marijuana smokers are no more likely to develop oral cancer than nonusers ... latest findings contradict a 1999 California study that implicated regular pot smoking as having markedly higher risks for head and neck cancers. (June 2004)

New Study Explains How Pot Kills Cancer Cells ... THC and natural cannabinoids counteract cancer, but preserve normal cells. ... Cannabinoids inhibit tumor angiogenisis (Nov. 2003)

Cannabis protects against Alzheimer's
Anandamide and noladin ether prevent neurotoxicity of the human amyloid-beta peptide. Neuroscience Letters 2002 Oct 31;332(2):127-30
Department of Molecular Pathology and Clinical Biochemistry, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, UK.
Milton NG.
"These results suggest that activation of the MAPK pathway by either cannabinoids or corticotrophin-releasing hormone could be used to prevent Abeta peptide induced neurodegeneration."

Inhibition of skin tumor growth and angiogenesis in vivo by activation of cannabinoid receptors J. Clin. Invest. 111:43-50 (2003). doi:10.1172/JCI200316116.
2003, American Society for Clinical Investigation
M. Llanos Casanova1, Cristina Blázquez2, Jesús Martínez-Palacio1, Concepción Villanueva3, M. Jesús Fernández-Aceńero3, John W. Huffman4, José L. Jorcano1 and Manuel Guzmán2

Wonder Drug Cover-Up Reno News & Review, October 31, 2002 Cannabis is a medicine. They've proved it not once, not twice, not a hundred times, but thousands of times. That's how many studies of medical marijuana are available.

Cannabinoid Receptor Agonists May Be Novel Class of Anti-Lymphoma Agents NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jul 25, 2002 - Delta-9-tetrahydrocannibinol (THC), the major component of marijuana, and other cannabinoids induce apoptosis in murine tumors of immune origin.

Pot Shrinks Tumors - Government Knew in '74 The DEA quickly shut down the Virginia study and all further cannabis/tumor research. In 1976, President Gerald Ford put an end to all public cannabis research and granted exclusive research rights to major pharmaceutical companies.

Anticancer activity of cannabinoids Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 55, No. 3, September 1975, pp.597-602

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