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Bill S
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Bill S asked in Politics & GovernmentGovernment · 1 decade ago

Did you know that the THC in marijuana kills cancer cells?

Did you know that marijuana kills cancer cells? It actually causes them to eat themselves in a process called "autophage".

Studies:

THC (marijuana) helps cure cancer says Harvard study

Link:

http://www.nowpublic.com/thc_marijuana_helps_cure_...

Marijuana Chemical May Fight Brain Cancer

Active Component In Marijuana Targets Aggressive Brain Cancer Cells, Study Says

Link:

http://www.webmd.com/cancer/brain-cancer/news/2009...

Did you know the government knew about it in 1974?

http://www.alternet.org/story/9257/

Did you know that the cannabinoid receptor is the most prevalent cellular receptor in our brains?

http://www.medicalcannabis.com/Cannabis-Science/en...

This mystery began to unravel in 1964, when tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the main psychoactive chemical in cannabis was isolated and synthesized by Raphael Mechoulam and colleagues in Israel. Subsequently, in 1988, Allyn Howlett and colleagues discovered the cannabinoid receptor in the brain. This receptor called CB1was a precise match for the unique chemicals called cannabinoids found in the cannabis plant (phytocannabinoids). This initial discovery led to scientists hypothesizing that humans are "wired" for cannabis. The CB1receptors have been found in the brain in areas that control the coordination of movement, emotions, memory, reduction of pain, reward systems, and reproduction, yet are almost absent in the brain stem (which affects our vital functions such as breathing). It appears that cannabinoid receptors, which modulate other neurotransmitter function in a retrograde “on demand” fashion are present in far higher concentrations in the brain than any other receptor. While the CB1 receptors are primarily found in the central nervous system, a second type, CB2, discovered in 1993, are found primarily in the immune system, GI tract, liver, spleen, kidney, bones, heart, and peripheral nervous system. In fact, the CB2 receptor appears to be up-regulated whenever there is tissue pathology.

What do you think about this?

Is it true?

Did the government know?

What do you think about that?

Did you know that the government actually has the patent on medical marijuana... for use in fighting diseases such as cancer, Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease and more?

And yet they repeatedly say that there is "no medical use" for marijuana.

Look it up. U.S. Patent #6630507

Update:

Reids...... That's where you're wrong. I'm a conservative. Whaddayathink about that?

Dick...... Even though MJ is more carcinogenic, it does NOT increase your chances of getting lung cancer. In fact, it protects you from it.......

From this article: http://www.webmd.com/lung-cancer/news/20060523/pot...

May 23, 2006 -- People who smoke marijuana do not appear to be at increased risk for developing lung cancer, new research suggests.

While a clear increase in cancer risk was seen among cigarette smokers in the study, no such association was seen for regular cannabis users.

Even very heavy, long-term marijuana users who had smoked more than 22,000 joints over a lifetime seemed to have no greater risk than infrequent marijuana users or nonusers.

The findings surprised the study’s researchers, who expected to see an increase in cancer among people who smoked marijuana regularly in their youth.

“We know that there are as many or more carcinogens and

Update 2:

“We know that there are as many or more carcinogens and co-carcinogens in marijuana smoke as in cigarettes,” researcher Donald Tashkin, MD, of UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine tells WebMD. “But we did not find any evidence for an increase in cancer risk for even heavy marijuana smoking.” Carcinogens are substances that cause cancer.

Cellular studies and even some studies in animal models suggest that THC has antitumor properties, either by encouraging the death of genetically damaged cells that can become cancerous or by restricting the development of the blood supply that feeds tumors, Tashkin tells WebMD.

In a review of the research published last fall, University of Colorado molecular biologist Robert Melamede, PhD, concluded that the THC in cannabis seems to lessen the tumor-promoting properties of marijuana smoke.

The nicotine in tobacco has been shown to inhibit the destruction of cancer-causing cells, Melamede tells WebMD. THC does not appear to do this and may even do

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Cool. I'm guessing you're saying we should legalize marijuana? I agree with you...People have the right to do whatever they want to themselves as long as they don't hurt others. Besides legalizing marijuana will cut into the Mexican drug Cartel's profits big time.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    And not published in the New England Journal of Medicine.....Could it be the studies failed to prove that the risks of lung cancer and obesity due to the munchies that the risks outweighed the rewards?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Did you know a joint is more than 70 times more carcinogenic in your lungs than a filtered tobacco cigarette?

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Bill bill bill bill bill bill billnie thes cience guy!

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Did you also know it turns you into a babbling long haired liberal freak too?

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