“Cannabis, or rather marijuana, has been known as an illegal drug that is used primarily to get “high” and has no other value. This is what many people have thought of marijuana for at least the last 75 years.
Over the years, numerous research studies have been conducted on cannabis and there were discussions about its medicinal benefits for cancer treatment; however, because this is an illegal drug, much of the research hasn’t been known to the average citizen.
Within the last 10-15 years, the interest in cannabis as a possible cure for cancer has increased substantially. In addition, there has been an increase in citizens demanding the ability to use medicinal cannabis as a treatment for their disease or illness.
These recent studies have shown that cannabis may be a cure for cancer. One study
conducted in 2007 by the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, CA determined that a compound in cannabis called “Cannabidiol” was effective at inhibiting aggressive breast cancers. It was discovered that a certain “key gene caused breast cancer to spread and that cannabidiol could inhibit that aggressive gene by stopping the spread of the tumor cells”. This study was published in the Washington Post and Science Daily
as well.
Unfortunately, cannabis is a schedule 1 drug which means that additional research and FDA approval would be required for cannabis to be used for the treatment of cancer. It would require the removal of cannabis as a schedule 1 drug.
There is information that may suggest the U.S. Government and the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) may have already known about the benefits of cannabis to treat cancer. The National Cancer Institute published a study in 1974. Due to federal law, no further studies were conducted until the 1990’s. All research conducted since then has been via test tube and animal studies.
In an October 2003 review on test tube and animal research indicated that cannabinoids inhibit tumors of the lung, uterus, skin, breast, prostate, and brain. Cannabis is also known to provide nausea relief to cancer patients and to increase appetite.
Medicinal cannabis may be the cure for cancer. Additional research is needed; however, it may require reclassifying cannabis in order to obtain government approval.”
http://www.examiner.com/article/marijuana-a-cure-for-breast-cancer