Cannabis and its Medicinal Value

Posted by Matt Aldridge
Dear ISMOKE Readers,
Here in the UK we are told by our government that the cannabis plant has no medicinal value. Please could you take a moment to review some of the information listed below and let me know whether you think the government itself has authority or any real value, when it comes to being experts on medicine? Thank you for your time.
Does Cannabis Cure Cancer?
THC (marijuana) Helps Cure Cancer Says Harvard Study
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSXhwP5QjUQ&NR=1&feature=endscreen
Medical Marijuana, A Cure for Cancer? 02/11
http://www.cannabisscience.com/download/cancer_extract_kills.pdf
Web MD, Cannabis Kills Brain Cancer Cells IN HUMANS:
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/brain-cancer/news/20090401/marijuana-chemical-may-fight-brain-cancer
CANNABIS SCIENCE: EXTRACTS KILL CANCER CELLS
http://www.cannabisscience.com/news-a-media/press-releases/220-cannabis-science-extracts-kill-cancer-cells.html
Cannabis THC at high doses in area, inhibits cholangiocarcinoma cancer:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19916793?itool=Email.EmailReport.Pubmed_ReportSelector.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=6
Cannabis Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth in Half:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070417193338.htm
THC inhibits Lung Cancer Growth
http://www.nature.com/onc/journal/v27/n3/abs/1210641a.html
CBD’s switch off Breast Cancer Gene:
http://www.examiner.com/cannabis-revolution-in-national/cannabidiol-researchers-discover-the-switch-to-turn-off-aggressive-breast-cancer-gene
Anticancer activity of cannabinoids:
http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/cancer/THC_cancer_se…p_1975.htm
9-Tetrahydrocannabinol Inhibits Cell Cycle Progression in Human Breast Cancer through Cdc2 Regulation:
http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/66/13/6615.abstract
Antitumor Activity of Plant Cannabinoids with Emphasis on the Effect of Cannabidiol on Human Breast Carcinoma:
http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/318/3/1375.abstract
Cannabidiol inhibits tumour growth in leukaemia and breast cancer in animal studies:
http://www.cannabis-med.org/english/bulletin/ww_en_db_cannabis_artikel.php?id=220#2
Suppression of Nerve Growth Factor Trk Receptors and Prolactin Receptors by Endocannabinoids Leads to Inhibition of Human Breast and Prostate Cancer Cell Proliferation:
http://endo.endojournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/141/1/118
The endogenous cannabinoid anandamide inhibits human breast cancer cell proliferation:
http://www.pnas.org/content/95/14/8375.abstract
Marijuana Ingredients Slow Invasion by Cervical and Lung Cancer Cells:
http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20071226/pot-slows-cancer-in-test-tube
Cannabinoids in intestinal inflammation and cancer:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19442536?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=22
Cannabis compound clue to colon cancer:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19926685.000-cannabis-compound-clue-to-colon-cancer.html?feedId=drugs-alcohol_rss20
Marijuana takes on colon cancer:
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14451-marijuana-takes-on-colon-cancer.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news9_head_dn14451
The endogenous cannabinoid, anandamide, induces cell death in colorectal carcinoma cells: a possible role for cyclooxygenase 2:
http://gut.bmj.com/content/54/12/1741.abstract
Anti-Tumor Effects of Cannabis:
http://www.ukcia.org/research/AntiTumorEffects.php
Cannabidiol inhibits human glioma cell migration through a cannabinoid receptor-independent mechanism:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1576089/?tool=pmcentrez
Cannabinoid action induces autophagy-mediated cell death through stimulation of ER stress in human glioma cells:
http://www.jci.org/articles/view/37948
Cannabinoids Inhibit the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Pathway in Gliomas:
http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/64/16/5617.full
Cannabis extract makes brain tumors shrink, halts growth of blood vessels:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/12088.php
A pilot clinical study of Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme:
http://www.cannabis-med.org/studies/ww_en_db_study_show.php?s_id=193
Cannabis use and cancer of the head and neck: Case-control study:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2277494/
Cannabis and Cancer research and studies from around the world
GERMANY
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12648025
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19914218
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15026328
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16893424
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15361550
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19889794
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19015962
HUNGARY
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19608284
ISRAEL
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17237277
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11586361
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14692532
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16571653
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18286801
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16250836
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17934890
ITALY
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12052046
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19189054
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18354058
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19047095
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10913156
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9653194
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18088200
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16909207
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17342320
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19059457
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12723496
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19442536
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16728591
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19539619
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16500647
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19189659
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14617682
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18938775
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11106791
JAPAN
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19394652
KOREA
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20336665
NEW ZEALAND
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19442435
POLAND
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15451022
SAUDI ARABIA
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18197164
SLOVAKIA
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16835997
SPAIN
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11903061
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17675107
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17202146
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19425170
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18454173
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17065222
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10700234
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16787257
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15958274
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16139274
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16624285
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16616335
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11269508
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19690545
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12511587
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20307616
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16818634
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17952650
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16818650
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16596790
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15638794
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15275820
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12133838
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18339876
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9771884
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10570948
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12182964
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19229996
SWEDEN
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19609004
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16337199
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16936228
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18546271
SWITZERLAND
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15453094
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19589225
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15047233
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19509271
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19480992
TAIWAN
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18387516
THAILAND
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19916793
UKRAINE
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18438336
UNITED KINGDOM
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15454482
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17583570
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17931597
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18615640
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14640910
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20191092
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18025276
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/616322
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15753356
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12091357
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18199524
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19887554
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19457575
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16908594
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12130702
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11854771
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20053780
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16754784
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20090845
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15978942
I am proposing the evidence above as a question, and not as a claim.
Matt Aldridge
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