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Cannabis as a cancer cure: what is the research and where is it going?

The Cannigma

Patients are often left to their own devices when looking into cannabis and cancer, given the lack of clinical evidence, and stigma surrounding the use of the plant as medicine. Before we dive into the research, here’s the lowdown: Important takeaway points on cannabis and cancer Your situation is unique. The answer: Maybe!

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The Cannabis Cancer Connection

Project CBD

There is a growing body of anecdotal and scientific evidence that the “major cannabinoids” tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD), certain “minor cannabinoids” (some without a name), and other cannabis compounds have antineoplastic action against cancer cells. THC binds to two types of cannabinoid receptors, CB1 and CB2.

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InMed Pharmaceuticals Announces Completed Enrollment in Phase 1 Clinical Trial of INM-755 CBN Cream in Healthy Subjects

Puff Puff Post

InMed has conducted preclinical pharmacology studies that suggest CBN in INM-755 may help relieve hallmark EB symptoms, including inflammation and pain, as well potentially restore the integrity of the skin in a subset of EB Simplex patients. For more information, visit www.inmedpharma.com. Visit [link].

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Why Dr. Sue Sisley Sued the DEA for Stonewalling Cannabis Research

NORML

We also spoke with her attorneys, who explained why they believed the DEA broke the law by holding up long-promised medical marijuana research licenses. Sisley just entered the national spotlight, known as the research doctor who’d been unfairly fired from the University of Arizona for simply trying to study medical marijuana.

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Scientists weren’t able to kill monkeys with excessive amounts of THC. Here’s why this matters

The Cannigma

The good news first – if you were for whatever reason to give a rhesus monkey a “massive” dose of THC it probably won’t die, though it may become extremely stoned and sit for hours with its head in its hands. Massive doses of THC will kill rats – lots of rats. Hypothermia is a known effect of THC, even in humans.

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DEA Approves MMJ International Holdings THC Shipment for Multiple Sclerosis, Huntington’s Disease Drug Development

Cannabis Law Report

MMJ International Holdings, the premier medical cannabis research company, announced that it has received DEA approval to ship THC and CBD from Canada. MMJ International Holdings is developing oral drug products from natural whole plant extract derivatives from the marijuana plant containing THC and CBD.

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Israeli Study Finds THC Oil Effective in Improving Symptoms of Autism

Veriheal

Contributing to Israel’s list of impressive discoveries is a new study, published in Translational Psychiatry , showing that tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) -rich cannabis oil can be effective in treating the symptoms of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A team of researchers at Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, Israel, led by Ph.D.

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