Cannabis
Annihilates Cancer
Over
100 Scientific Studies Agree
Stes de Necker
Written by Carolanne Wright
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.
Traditional medicinal plant backed by modern medicine
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 inGynecologic 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 theJournal 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.
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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