the answer is YES re: weed curing breast cancer

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http://www.truth-out.org/could-legalizing-marijuana-california-help-cure-breast-cancer64572


Could Legalizing Marijuana in California Help Cure Breast Cancer?


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But for a moment, forget the anti-drug ads of stoned teenagers passing the bong and click instead on the National Library of Medicine's website, "Pubmed.gov." Look under "breast cancer and cannabinoid" and you will find studies in scientific journals like Breast Cancer Research and Treatment that should warrant immediate action: "Our data demonstrate the efficacy of CBD in pre-clinical models of breast cancer. The results have the potential to lead to the development of novel non-toxic compounds for the treatment of breast cancer metastasis…"

A study in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics says, "These results indicate that CB1 and CB2 receptors could be used to develop novel therapeutic strategies against breast cancer growth and metastasis." And this from the journal Molecular Cancer: "these results provide a strong preclinical evidence for the use of cannabinoid-based therapies for the management of ErbB2-positive breast cancer." What's more, this basic research also extols the safety of potential cannabinoid therapies.

The science behind these studies finds that the human body contains its own internal system interrelated with molecules in the cannabis plant—AKA marijuana. A neurological signaling structure called the endocannabinoid system is now known to govern numerous bodily processes like appetite, pain, and even the birth of new brain cells. Cannabinoid receptors, called CB1 and CB2, are located in various cell membranes and activated by the body's own cannabinoid molecules (endocannabinoids), as well as those unique to the cannabis plant (THC, CBD) and synthetically-derived cannabinoids like Marinol®.

And now, the latest research is proving that cannabinoids, as part of this bodily system, play a mitigating role in breast cancer.

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There has to be a way to accelerate the clinical trials that will develop promising cannabinoid-based breast cancer treatments. Something simultaneously immediate, attention-getting, and policy-changing. Something that brings this issue to the fore, that can't be ignored, and hasn't been tried before.

Could legalizing marijuana in California help cure breast cancer?
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this information should be on Obama's desk