After decades of speculation about the superior medicinal capabilities of marijuana, the United States Government has admitted that marijuana kills cancer cells.
Health researchers for the US government claim that cannabinoids (the active ingredients in Marijuana) can inhibit the illness by causing cell death and blocking key blood vessels needed by tumours to grow.
Key chemical ingredients in marijuana were found effective in fighting against colon cancer, liver cancer, breast cancer and several other forms of the disease.
It was also speculated that marijuana can boost the effectiveness of chemotherapy without any side effects.
The US government’s Cancer.org website claimed that “Studies in mice and rats have shown that cannabinoids may inhibit tumor growth by causing cell death, blocking cell growth, and blocking the development of blood vessels needed by tumors to grow. Laboratory and animal studies have shown that cannabinoids may be able to kill cancer cells while protecting normal cells.
“A study in mice showed that cannabinoids may protect against inflammation of the colon and may have potential in reducing the risk of colon cancer, and possibly in its treatment.
“A laboratory study of delta-9-THC in hepatocellular carcinoma (liver cancer) cells showed that it damaged or killed the cancer cells. The same study of delta-9-THC in mouse models of liver cancer showed that it had antitumor effects.”
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