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The US government has confirmed that cannabis can kill cancer cells after the drug did so in tests on mice and rats, according to the National Cancer Institute.
On its website The National Cancer Institute, part of the US department of health, said: “Laboratory and animal studies have shown that cannabinoids (the active ingredient in cannabis) may be able to kill cancer cells while protecting normal cells.
“They may inhibit tumour growth by causing cell death, blocking cell growth, and blocking the development of blood vessels needed by tumours to grow.”
The studies in rodents show that cannabinoids may reduce the risk of colon, liver and breast cancer, and could make chemotherapy more effective.
But researchers added: “At this time, there is not enough evidence to recommend that patients inhale or ingest cannabis as a treatment for cancer-related symptoms or side effects of cancer therapy.”
In many US states where cannabis is already legal for medicinal use, cancer patients have long been using the drug to ease pain.
The Cancer Research charity reacted cautiously, saying there was no evidence of a similar effect in humans.
A spokesman said: “There isn’t enough reliable evidence to prove that cannabinoids, whether natural or synthetic, can effectively treat cancer in patients, although research is ongoing around the world.”
The charity has also warned patients to be wary of fraudsters selling cannabis treatments.
Bloody baloney there’s no evidence of efficacy, oh, unless you’re talking about chemotherapy which is useless and deadly. Cannabinoids can’t make chemo more effective because it’s not effective. It is torture pure and simple to poison someone who is already suffering from too many toxins, an acidic diet, and deliberately with-held cures such as GcMAF. There are none so blind as researchers who care more about funding than the truth. So stop pretending to be researching cures when you are really in the business of discrediting genuine therapies to protect the bottom line of the cancer industry. I feel sorry for your misapplied lives of deceit and ignorance. You need to work for people and not for profit. Stop believing big pharma lies. The rockerfella institute has known the cure for cancer and many other diseases for decades and has shamelessly profited from the suppression of them. End of story.