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Marijuana Compounds Have "Palliative" And "Curative" Effects On Cancer
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NORML's Weekly News Bulletin - April 2, 2009
April 2, 2009 - Salerno, Italy
Salerno, Italy: Naturally occurring compounds in cannabis possess anti-tumor properties and present a novel approach for cancer treatment, according to a scientific review published in the February issue of the journal Best Practice & Research: Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Investigators at the University of Salerno in Italy report that cannabinoids limit cancer cell proliferation and induce tumor-selective cell death.
Cannabinoids inhibit "tumor growth and migration, angiogenesis (the formation of new blood vessels to cancerous tumors), [and] metastasis (the transfer of malignant cells from one site to another)," authors concluded. "Emerging evidence suggests that agonists of cannabinoid receptors ... may offer a novel strategy to treat cancer."
A 2008 review in the journal Cancer Research reported that the administration of cannabinoids halts the spread of a wide range of cancers, including brain cancer, prostate cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, skin cancer, pancreatic cancer, and lymphoma.
To date, only one clinical trial assessing the use of cannabinoids as anti-cancer agents has been conducted. That trial reported that THC administration decreases recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) tumor growth in patients afflicted with the disease.
For more information, please contact Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director, at: paul@norml.org
Full text of the study, "Use of cannabinoid receptor agonists in cancer therapy as palliative and curative agents," appears in the journal Best Practice & Research: Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Additional information on the anti-cancer properties of cannabinoids appears online at: http://norml.org//index.cfm?Group_ID=7008
DL: http://norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=7842
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Re: Marijuana Compounds Have "Palliative" And "Curative" Effects On Cancer [Re: squeakerpie]
#10094704 - 04/02/09 02:23 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) tumor
This is what killed my mom.
I guess she should have been hitting my bong along with the chemo.
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Re: Marijuana Compounds Have "Palliative" And "Curative" Effects On Cancer [Re: RoosterCogburn]
#10094732 - 04/02/09 02:27 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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:1upmushroom: 1 up for truth
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Re: Marijuana Compounds Have "Palliative" And "Curative" Effects On Cancer [Re: Cubie]
#10095396 - 04/02/09 04:02 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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Fuck I love these studies! They really show the idiocy of the war on marijuana.
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Re: Marijuana Compounds Have "Palliative" And "Curative" Effects On Cancer [Re: sjacobn]
#10095831 - 04/02/09 05:07 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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i wish i could tell my cousin, who is currently undergoing cancer treatment to start smoking weed to help, but her whole family would kill me.
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Re: Marijuana Compounds Have "Palliative" And "Curative" Effects On Cancer [Re: clover606]
#10096300 - 04/02/09 06:33 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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clover606 said: i wish i could tell my cousin, who is currently undergoing cancer treatment to start smoking weed to help, but her whole family would kill me.
Don't tell her to, just send her the studies. If her family wants to argue with scientific studies, well... too bad for your cousin.
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Re: Marijuana Compounds Have "Palliative" And "Curative" Effects On Cancer [Re: DragonChaser]
#10096346 - 04/02/09 06:39 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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Man, imagine how bad your cousin's family would feel if this is the new chemotherapy in a decade or two.
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Re: Marijuana Compounds Have "Palliative" And "Curative" Effects On Cancer [Re: AnonymousRabbit]
#10096397 - 04/02/09 06:48 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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There are actually 35 studies showing this!
Any in humans? Or are they all in petri dishes and mice?
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Re: Marijuana Compounds Have "Palliative" And "Curative" Effects On Cancer [Re: badchad]
#10096694 - 04/02/09 07:33 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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awesome to hear! lets keep it illegal
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Re: Marijuana Compounds Have "Palliative" And "Curative" Effects On Cancer [Re: AnonymousRabbit]
#10099040 - 04/03/09 06:59 AM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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supernovasky said: badchad, many in humans. Go to the stickie thread in the pub.
Is there a specific reference? I'm aware of the data suggesting MJ use is not associated with cancer, but I am not aware of a full scale, human study showing "curative" effects of MJ on cancer.
All I'm saying is there is a significant difference between mice, petri dishes, and humans.
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Re: Marijuana Compounds Have "Palliative" And "Curative" Effects On Cancer [Re: AnonymousRabbit]
#10100105 - 04/03/09 12:11 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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Well, in playing devil's advocate let me rephrase: I do believe there is ample epidemiologic, evidence suggesting no association between MJ and cancer.
However, the best evidence for a "curative" cancer cure is going to be a double-blind, placebo controlled study. To my knowledge this does not exist (despite the hypothetical proposal and animal literature).
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Re: Marijuana Compounds Have "Palliative" And "Curative" Effects On Cancer [Re: badchad]
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shoot, i know if i was ever diagnosed with cancer i would be gettin that G14 shit.....Yea that stuff is real. Not just from "American Beauty"
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Re: Marijuana Compounds Have "Palliative" And "Curative" Effects On Cancer [Re: AnonymousRabbit]
#10100580 - 04/03/09 02:03 PM (14 years, 11 months ago) |
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Marijuana causes cancer and kills thousands of people every year. We pay the brunt of this by lost work days due to sickness, early death, burden on family members' productivity, and other healthcare costs. It should be banned.
Oh wait, thats tobacco
I wonder...how many studies are going to have to be published before marijuana's positive effects are going to have an effect on scheduling, and federal medicinal marijuana laws are enacted?
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