Ok, you guys are going to hate me, but there
may be a little something to this study.
The study linked below suggests that
low doses of cannabis may
speed the growth of certain cancers, while a higher dosage
kills those same cancer cells. Could their testicular cancer study have been full of casual, low level users? Also, I don't think the testicular cancer study allowed for variables that could skew the results!
It would be interesting to give the testicular cancer victims a high dosage of cannabis (as in Simpson's Hemp Oil) over an extended time and see what happens!
http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/cg...full/64/6/1943 Cannabinoids Induce Cancer Cell Proliferation via Tumor Necrosis Factor {alpha}-Converting Enzyme (TACE/ADAM17)-Mediated Transactivation of the Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
And for those who don't speak "Sci" here's my translation of the abstract to English! Just from the title, you can tell this is a "toughie" to read!
"We find that low doses of THC (like when we give low dosage THC pills) may speed the growth of some cancers, even though higher doses, like you get with smoking, has been shown to kill cancers. Cannabis-based drugs are now being used in several trial studies. Grand and Gandi found one case where a heavy pot smoker had trouble with his pancreas and blamed it on the pot. Smoking THC works better than other methods. Cannabis pills and suppositories give you anywhere between 1/8 to 3/8 as much THC in your system as smoking- which isn't enough and might cause the cancers to grow. But smoking DOES deliver enough! The level of dosage is important- we found taking deep hits and holding it, worked. We are worried that using Big Pharma's low dose THC pills/suppositories might cause some cancers to grow faster during studies."
Well kids, the obvious answer is not to take the doc's expensive, but wimpy, THC pills (and suppositories
), but toke good pot often so your THC levels stay up over 300 nM!
This study also gives more credence to Rick Simpson's "Hemp oil" with its massive dose of cannabinoids to fight cancers.
I will feel happier when i see a peer review of the (likely flawed) Testicular cancer study and even the dosage one, too. There is a lot of "junk science" floating around!
Granny
