Cannabis
Annihilates Cancer
Over
100 Scientific Studies Agree
Stes de Necker
Written by Carolanne Wright
The article
is about cannabidoil – OIL. Nothing
to do with the smoking variety
Considering
that up until about 85 years ago, cannabis oil was used around the world to
treat a variety of diseases, including cancer, it is not surprising that
the phasing out of cannabis to treat illness coincided with the rise of
pharmaceutical companies.
Rick Simpson,
a medical marijuana activist, is on a crusade to help others heal.
He regards cannabis as the most medicinally active plant on the face of
the earth, and shared this apparent miracle with others — completely free
of charge. He now has thousands of testimonials from those who were healed
from ‘incurable’ disease to back up his claims ~ that cannabis annihilates
cancer.
For the
naysayers out there who are still not convinced about the effectiveness of
cannabis for curing cancer, the astounding healing attributes of the plant are
well documented by a wealth of peer-reviewed studies.
Breast cancer
A study
in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics explored
the relationship between the use of cannabidiol (CBD) and the subsequent down
regulation of breast cancer tumor aggressiveness. The researchers concluded
that CBD represents the first nontoxic agent to decrease the aggressiveness of
metastic breast cancer cells in vivo.
Several
additional studies support these findings, including “Pathways mediating the effects of
cannabidiol on the reduction of breast cancer cell proliferation, invasion and
metastasis” and “Cannabinoids: a new hope for breast
cancer therapy?”
Furthermore, the
journal PLoS One reports
further evidence of how cannabinoids modulate breast cancer tumor growth and
metastasis by inhibiting specific receptors.
Colon cancer
As published
in Pharmacological Research:
“Studies on
epithelial cells have shown that cannabinoids exert antiproliferative,
antimetastatic and apoptotic effects as well as reducing cytokine release and
promoting wound healing. In vivo, cannabinoids – via direct or indirect
activation of CB(1) and/or CB(2) receptors – exert protective effects in
well-established models of intestinal inflammation and colon cancer.”
The team
concluded that the administration of cannabinoids “may be a promising strategy
to counteract intestinal inflammation and colon cancer.”
Moreover,
research in the Scandinavian
Journal of Gastroenterology established that colon cancer cell
lines were strongly affected by cannabinoids.
Leukemia
Cannabis was
shown to induce cytotoxicity in leukemia cell lines, according the the journalBlood:
“We have
shown that THC is a potent inducer of apoptosis, even at 1 x IC(50) (inhibitory
concentration 50%) concentrations and as early as 6 hours after exposure to the
drug. These effects were seen in leukemic cell lines (CEM, HEL-92, and HL60) as
well as in peripheral blood mononuclear cells.”
It also did
not appear that the cannabis was simply aiding other chemo drugs — it was
independently bringing about results with the active compound THC
responsible for cancer cell death in vitro.
Likewise, a
study in the Molecular
Pharmacology Journal found that non psychoactive cannabidiol
dramatically induced apoptosis (cell death) in leukemia cells. “Together, the
results from this study reveal that cannabidiol, acting through CB2 and
regulation of Nox4 and p22(phox) expression, may be a novel and highly
selective treatment for leukemia.”
Two
additional studies, “p38 MAPK is
involved in CB2 receptor-induced apoptosis of human leukemia cells”
and “Gamma-irradiation enhances apoptosis
induced by cannabidiol, a non-psychotropic cannabinoid, in cultured HL-60
myeloblastic leukemia cells“, also demonstrated the effectiveness of
cannabis in promoting leukemia cell death.
Immunity
Research
published in the paper Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and
Essential Fatty Acidsfound that cannabinoid compounds play a
vital role in modulating the immune system to improve the outcome of a cancer
diagnosis. In short, the team believes “[t]he experimental evidence reviewed in
this article argues in favor of the therapeutic potential of these compounds in
immune disorders and cancer.”
Moreover, the
study Cannabinoids and the immune system confirms
that cannabimimetic agents have substantial effects on natural killer cells,
thereby providing therapeutic usefulness in reducing tumor growth and the
induction of apoptosis. Therefore, cannabis demonstrates a “subtle but
significant role in the regulation of immunity and that this role can
eventually be exploited in the management of human disease.”
Cervical cancer
Uterine
cervical cancer cells are significantly influenced by cannabis as well.
Published in Gynecologic
Oncology, the research team discovered that the compound
induced apoptosis in cervical carcinoma (CxCa) cell lines.
Melanoma
The most
deadly form of skin cancer, melanoma has relatively few options of treatment
beyond prevention and early detection. With this in mind, the findings of the
study Cannabinoid receptors as novel targets
for the treatment of melanoma are of particular note. In animal
tests, cannabinoids encouraged cancer cell death, while decreasing growth,
proliferation and metastasis of melanoma cells.
Non melanoma
skin cancers also respond well to cannabinoids. According to research in the Journal of Clinical Investigation:
“Local
administration of [cannabinoids] induced a considerable growth inhibition of
malignant tumors generated by inoculation of epidermal tumor cells into nude
mice. Cannabinoid-treated tumors showed an increased number of apoptotic cells.
This was accompanied by impairment of tumor vascularization, as determined by
altered blood vessel morphology and decreased expression of proangiogenic
factors (VEGF, placental growth factor, and angiopoietin 2). … These results
support a new therapeutic approach for the treatment of skin tumors.”
These are
just a few examples — among hundreds — that demonstrate the effectiveness of
cannabis in eradicating cancer without adverse side-effects. Additionally, the
following documentary explores the history and modern uses of cannabis to heal
serious diseases such as cancer, AIDS, Crohn’s disease & more:
Scientific
Studies from the National Institute of Health
If you’re
still in doubt regarding the effectiveness of cannabis for healing cancer, have
a look at these 100+ scientific studies from the National Institute
of Health:
Cannabis kills tumor cells
Uterine, testicular, and pancreatic cancers
Brain cancer
Mouth and throat cancer
Breast cancer
Lung cancer
Prostate cancer
Blood cancer
Skin cancer
Liver cancer
Cannabis cancer cures (general)
Cancers of the head and neck
Cholangiocarcinoma cancer
Leukemia
Cannabis partially/fully induced cancer cell death
Translocation-positive rhabdomyosarcoma
Lymphoma
Cannabis kills cancer cells
Melanoma
Thyroid carcinoma
Colon cancer
Intestinal inflammation and cancer
Cannabinoids in health and disease
Cannabis inhibits cancer cell invasion
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