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No, nothing "cures" cancer. The US. Food and Drug Administration has not approved Cannabis as a treatment for cancer or any other medical condition, although chemical components of Cannabis, called cannabinoids, activate specific receptors found throughout the body to produce pharmacological effects, particularly in the central nervous system and the immune system.

Potential benefits of medicinal Cannabis for people living with cancer include antiemetic effects, appetite stimulation, pain relief, and improved sleep. Commercially available cannabinoids, such as dronabinol and nabilone, are approved for the treatment of cancer related side effects.

Cannabinoids may cause anti-tumor effects by various mechanisms, including induction of cell death, inhibition of cell growth, and inhibition of tumor angiogenesis invasion and metastasis. Cannabinoids appear to kill cancer cells while protecting normal cells from cell death.

Unconventional cancer treatments have varying success levels on different cancers, but so do conventional treatments. As for whether you will find a qualified doctor that would prescribe (where legally allowed) marijuana as the sole cancer treatment, it is not likely. As for prescribing it in conjunction with other treatments, yes. In these circumstance it is usually used for it's anti-nausea effects and not for its cancer fighting ability. The nausea is created by chemo and radiotherapy.

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Sadly no, there is no cure for cancer, but marijauna does help to make cancer patients live more normal lives. Medical marijuana is prescribed to cancer patients going through chemo in order to dull pain and increase appetite.

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No but it does help with any pain or sorrow the cancer might be causing. I don't recommend it unless you Doctor says so.


Another answer: No. Marijuana does not heal cancer. One of its active ingredients relieves the pain associated with some cancers. It does a better job of relieving pain than any other known medicine. That active ingredient has been isolated. It is illegal in the United States to develop it into a drug.

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No. In fact, just the opposite. It can cause throat, lip, lung, and brain cancer.

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No, in fact it can give you cancer of the lungs, and respiratory system. It also effects your brain and other body systems.

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Maijuanna does not cure cancer.

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Can marajunan cure cancer?

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