{"id":6746,"date":"2018-04-21T10:04:42","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T14:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lcpllutzlivetotell.org\/?p=6746"},"modified":"2019-08-08T12:36:48","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T16:36:48","slug":"cancer-institute-finally-admits-marijuana-kills-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/?p=6746","title":{"rendered":"Cancer Institute Finally Admits Marijuana Kills Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"entry-title\">Cancer Institute Finally Admits Marijuana Kills Cancer<\/h2>\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n<div class=\"td-post-author-name\">By\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/usahealthtimes.com\/author\/admin\/\">admin<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0 <time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2018-04-21T01:07:42+00:00\">April 21, 2018<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/usahealthtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Cancer-Institute-Finally-Admits-Marijuana-Kills-Cancer.jpg?resize=678%2C381\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Cancer kills nearly 600,000 Americans per year. And this year alone,\u00a0over 1.6 million people will be diagnosed. So much time and research has gone into the cure of cancer in\u00a0the last few decades. Yet,\u00a0because of the stigma associated with marijuana, this wonder plant has been largely ignored by governments and researchers as a potential cure \u2013 or a key piece to a cure at least.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>The Admission<\/h3>\n<p>In August 2015, the\u00a0National Cancer Institute\u00a0(NCI) released a report on their website which stated, \u201cMarijuana kills cancer\u201d. Yes, you read that right \u2013\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politicususa.com\/2015\/08\/23\/u-s-governments-department-health-finally-admits-marijuana-kills-cancer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">marijuana kills cancer<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We know that cannabis can be\u00a0used for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/df_ismarijuanamedicine_4_2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">medicinal purposes<\/a>\u00a0to relieve symptoms of many chronic illnesses. In fact, marijuana has actually been used for medicinal purposes for over 3000 years.<\/p>\n<p>The potential\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestonerscookbook.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/20\/10-of-the-many-health-benefits-of-marijuana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">benefits of medicinal Cannabis<\/a>\u00a0for people living with\u00a0cancer\u00a0(and other chronic illness) include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anti-nausea<\/li>\n<li>Appetite\u00a0stimulation<\/li>\n<li>Pain relief<\/li>\n<li>Improved sleep<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>So, how does cannabis\u00a0kill cancer?<\/h3>\n<p>There are 21 chemical\u00a0components found in marijuana called\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestonerscookbook.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/21\/how-cannabinoids-interact-with-the-body\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cannabinoids<\/a>. These chemicals\u00a0activate\u00a0specific\u00a0receptors\u00a0found throughout the body to produce pharmacologic effects\u00a0in the\u00a0central nervous system\u00a0and the\u00a0immune system. This is the\u00a0physiological and biochemical changes in the body produced by a drug in therapeutic concentration.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestonerscookbook.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/24\/what-is-thc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">THC<\/a>\u00a0(delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) is the primary psychoactive ingredient found in marijuana. However, there are other compounds such as cannabinol (CBN), cannabidiol (CBD), cannabichromene (CBC), cannabigerol (CBG), tetrahydrocannabivarin(THCv), and delta-8-THC that can have pharmacologic\u00a0effects. For example,\u00a0CBD is known to have significant\u00a0analgesic\u00a0and\u00a0anti-inflammatory\u00a0activity without the high that THC produces.<\/p>\n<p>During a 2-year study, groups of mice and rats were given various\u00a0doses\u00a0of THC by\u00a0tube feeding. Tests were also done of a variety of cancerous cells.<\/p>\n<h3>Here is what they found:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Cannabinoids may\u00a0reduce tumor growth\u00a0by causing\u00a0cell death, blocking cell growth, and blocking the development of blood vessels\u00a0needed to grow tumors.<\/li>\n<li>Lab tests on animals have shown that cannabinoids may be able to\u00a0kill cancer cells while protecting normal cells.<\/li>\n<li>Cannabinoids may\u00a0protect against inflammation of the colon\u00a0and may have potential in reducing the risk of colon cancer, and possibly in its treatment.<\/li>\n<li>A laboratory study of\u00a0THC in\u00a0liver cancer\u00a0cells showed it damaged or killed the cancer cells.<\/li>\n<li>The same study of THC in models of liver cancer showed that it had anti-tumor effects.<\/li>\n<li>CBD may make chemotherapy more effective<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source: National Cancer Institute<\/p>\n<p>A\u00a0Men\u2019s Health Study\u00a0proves that cannabis can potentially kill cancer: An analysis of 84,170 participants looked at the association between cannabis\u00a0use and the occurrence of bladder cancer. Over 16 years, they found 89\u00a0Cannabis\u00a0users developed\u00a0bladder cancer\u00a0compared with 190 of the men who did not report cannabis\u00a0use. After dividing the study up by age, race, ethnicity, and\u00a0body mass index, cannabis\u00a0use was associated with a 45% reduction in bladder cancer incidence.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion, many studies have shown the potential of cannabis being able to\u00a0kill\u00a0cancer cells. However, little of these studies have been tested\u00a0on humans. Only a handful of clinical trials have been held with humans, so it is too soon to say if the effects will work as well in humans. The good news is\u00a0work is being done, and the topic is gaining interest among researchers.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Retrieved from: http:\/\/usahealthtimes.com\/2018\/04\/21\/cancer-institute-finally-admits-marijuana-kills-cancer\/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cancer Institute Finally Admits Marijuana Kills Cancer By\u00a0admin\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0 April 21, 2018 Cancer kills nearly 600,000 Americans per year. And this year alone,\u00a0over 1.6 million people will be diagnosed. So much time and research has gone into the cure of cancer in\u00a0the last few decades. Yet,\u00a0because of the stigma associated with &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6748,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cannabis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6746\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lutzlivetotell.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}