Cannabis, Cancer and Evidence Based Policy.

I am uncomfortable with the statement ‘cannabis cures cancer’ as it is far to simplistic and I wouldn’t want to give anyone false hope.

However, if we are going to regulate cannabis as a medicine and allow people to grow their own medicine and make it freely available on the NHS then the evidence to do so immediately is overwhelming … here’s 100 scientific studies that should convince you.

Cannabis kills tumour cells

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1576089
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20090845
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/616322
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14640910
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19480992
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15275820
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15638794
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16818650
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17952650
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20307616
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16616335
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16624285
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10700234
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17675107
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14617682
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17342320
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16893424
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15026328

Dr. Cristina Sanchez, the molecular biologist who discovered the anti-cancer properties of THC.

Uterine, testicular, and pancreatic cancers

• http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/cannabis/healthprofessional/page4
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20925645

Brain cancer

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11479216

Mouth and throat cancer

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20516734

Breast cancer

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18454173
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16728591
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9653194

Lung cancer

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25069049
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22198381?dopt=Abstract
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21097714?dopt=Abstract

Prostate cancer

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12746841?dopt=Abstract
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3339795/?tool=pubmed
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22594963
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15753356
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10570948
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19690545

Blood cancer

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12091357
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16908594

Skin cancer

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12511587
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19608284

Liver cancer

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21475304

Cannabis cancer cures (general)

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12514108
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15313899
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20053780
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18199524
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19589225
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12182964
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19442435
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12723496
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16250836
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17237277

Cancers of the head and neck

• http://ww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2277494

Cholangiocarcinoma cancer

• http://ww.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19916793
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21115947

Leukemia

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15454482
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16139274
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14692532

Cannabis partially/fully induced cancer cell death

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12130702
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19457575
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18615640
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17931597
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18438336
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19916793
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18387516
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15453094
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19229996
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9771884
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18339876
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12133838
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16596790
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11269508
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15958274
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19425170
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17202146
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11903061
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15451022
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20336665
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19394652
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11106791
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19189659
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16500647
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19539619
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19059457
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16909207
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18088200
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10913156
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18354058
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19189054
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17934890
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16571653
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19889794
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15361550

Translocation-positive rhabdomyosarcoma

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19509271

Lymphoma

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18546271
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16936228
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16337199
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19609004

Cannabis kills cancer cells

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16818634
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12648025
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17952650
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16835997

Melanoma

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17065222

Thyroid carcinoma

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18197164

Colon cancer

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18938775
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19047095

Intestinal inflammation and cancer

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19442536

Cannabinoids in health and disease

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18286801

Cannabis inhibits cancer cell invasion

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19914218

And that’s before we look at all the anecdotal studies out there or the countless other conditions that can be medicated with cannabis.

It’s so straightforward. Safer than paracetamol.

Cannabis is medicine.

Isn’t it time to step into the 21st century with this?

Studies pulled from Original post.