A study published Sunday by the journal Phytomedicine reports that the cannabis compound cannabidiol (CBD) demonstrated strong anti-tumor activity against melanoma by activating an epigenetic pathway that promotes cancer cell death and limits metastasis. The research was conducted by scientists from Kunming Medical University and the National University of Defense Technology. Melanoma remains one of … Continue reading
There are no legal treatments that a doctor can provide for cancer that employ cannabis, with the exception of counteracting the side effects of chemo.
Any example of a non doctor “healing” cancer with cannabis are going to be anecdotal or questionable at best.
This is however not the first time science has linked cannabis to potentially help with some forms of cancer. But that its some is a very important detail.
Last i checked, lung cancer cannot be treated by smoking weed for example.
Does this make it actually useful in medical applications?
Always has been.jpg
As long as it actually applied with medical responsibility that is.
Yeah but for actually curing cancer?
Hard to proof that one.
There are no legal treatments that a doctor can provide for cancer that employ cannabis, with the exception of counteracting the side effects of chemo.
Any example of a non doctor “healing” cancer with cannabis are going to be anecdotal or questionable at best.
This is however not the first time science has linked cannabis to potentially help with some forms of cancer. But that its some is a very important detail. Last i checked, lung cancer cannot be treated by smoking weed for example.