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weed cures cancer?

Abandon ye'r faith in gov'rnmunt. There are so many uses for the marijuana plant *sigh* From paper, to clothing.

Makes me a little sad, actually to think about.
 
I've only watched the first part.
I don't know if I can watch it all, it's like an infomercial.
(everyone is obviously reading everything they say.)

but yeah. freaky styley
 
The Medical College of Virginia accidentally discovered that cannabis cures cancer in 1974, but it was on Nixon's dime, so the DEA ordered an immediate cease to any further studies into the cancer-killing effects of cannabis, which remains in effect to this day.


SEE: Anticancer activity of cannabinoids
Journal of the National Cancer Institute,
Vol. 55, No. 3, September 1975, pp.597-602

http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/cancer/THC_cancer_sep_1975.htm



Some really interesting research has come out of Spain recently and here is a good example of it:

Cannabinoid action induces autophagy-mediated cell death through stimulation of ER stress in human glioma cells
http://www.jci.org/articles/view/37948




If you'd like to know more, check out the cancer section in granny storm crow's list. You can find a work-in-progress mirror of the now-defunct cannalink.org/granny/ at:
http://the.cannabisreeducationteam.com/cancer/
 
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