Marijuana Kills Brain Cancer

The current mortality rate for people who have gliomas, the most aggressive form of brain cancer, is 6-12 months. Conventional treatments are at best palliative and offer little hope in the area of a cure. Can marijuana help?

Researchers from St. George’s, University of London, have discovered that cannabinoids along with radiotherapy shrink brain tumors.¹

The results were published in the 2014 November issue of Molecular Cancer Therapeutics.

Cannabinoids and Radiation Shrink Brain Tumors

Scientists first tested the effects of cannabinoids, THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) and CBD (cannabidiol) on cultured glioma cells and later administered radiation. They found that both …read more