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| THC and Anandamide and their Effects on Health and the Brain |
| THC and Anandamide protect against Cancer |
| February 2006 — Asheville North Carolina |
| Presentation by David Oppenheimer |
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(Material in presentation and text at bottom of page is borrowed for educational purposes from the following links below.)
Links to coverage of medical marijuana and anadimide studies:
http://www.ardpark.org/research
http://nepenthes.lycaeum.org
http://www.fasebj.org/cgi
http://www.letfreedomgrow.com
http://www.biocarta.com
http://www.news.cornell.edu
http://www.irishmedicalnews.ie
http://www.cannabisculture.com
http://www.cannabisculture.com
http://www.cmcr.ucsd.edu
http://www.cannabisculture.com
New research reveals that cannabinoids
can destroy brain tumours, and also prevent cancer in rats!
http://apu.sfn.org/content
Reprinted from link above: New research reveals that cannabinoids can destroy brain tumours, and also prevent cancer in rats!
THC and cannabidiol, both compounds
found in marijuana, are potent antioxidants which can prevent brain
damage from strokes, head trauma and even nerve gas. Now, further research
shows that THC can be used to fight brain tumours, and also seems to
offer protection against a variety of other cancers.
Cell studies performed by researchers at Madrid’s Complutense University
have demonstrated that high concentrations of THC can induce cell death
in a variety of brain tumor cells, without damaging the surrounding
healthy cells. Brain tumour cells such as glioma and neuroblastoma were
induced to die upon exposure to THC in a process called "apoptosis",
a "self-programmed" death. In contrast, healthy brain cells
were not harmed even after 15 days exposure to extremely high concentrations
of THC.
The researchers noted that they hoped their work "might provide
the basis for a new therapeutic application of cannabinoids."
THC prevents cancer
This study echoes the findings of a 1994 US study, which documented
that THC may protect against malignant cancers. The $2 million federal
study involved injecting rats and mice in the stomach with extremely
high doses of THC, hoping to find a connection between THC and cancer.
What the researchers found was exactly the opposite of what the feds
had hoped for. Their study showed that rats given high doses of THC
suffered from fewer cancers than their non-injected pals. The feds buried
the study for almost 3 years, and it became known only after it was
leaked to AIDS Treatment News in January of 1997. The Boston Globe broke
the story nationwide days later.
Anandamide fights breast cancer
Another study, published in the July, 1998 Proceedings of the National
Academy of Sciences, found that anandamide, a molecule which resembles
cannabinoids but is formed naturally in the body, can inhibit the growth
of breast cancer cells by interfering with their DNA production cycle.
The study was done by the Italian National Institute for the Chemistry
of Biological Systems, in Naples.
The amounts of THC used in these studies were all hundreds or even thousands
of times greater than that found in the blood of even the heaviest cannabis
users
Marijuana Policy Project
www.norml.org
Drug Policy Alliance
The History and Development of Drug Laws and The Drug War in the United States
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