Dennis Hill explains how cannabis kills cancer cells in: How Cannabis Oil Works to Kill Cancer Cells.
First let’s look at what keeps cancer cells alive, then we will come back and examine how the cannabinoids CBD (cannabidiol) and THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) unravels cancer’s aliveness.
In every cell there is a family of interconvertible sphingolipids that specifically manage the life and death of that cell. This profile of factors is called the “Sphingolipid Rheostat.” If endogenous ceramide(a signaling metabolite of sphingosine-1-phosphate) is high, then cell death (apoptosis) is imminent. If ceramide is low, the cell is strong in its vitality.
Very simply, when THC connects to the CB1 or CB2 cannabinoid receptor site on the cancer cell, it causes an increase in ceramide synthesis which drives cell death. A normal healthy cell does not produce ceramide in the presence of THC, thus is not affected by the cannabinoid.
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10 responses to “How Cannabis Cures Cancer”
It sure can’t cure bores!
I’m boring you? Go elsewhere. You have my permission. Encouragement even.
No, it can’t cure bores. But I found that using cannabis makes bores generally more tolerable to be around.
You are right, Simon. Prohibition of cannabis was and is a crime against humanity.
Randy,
And yet our friends on the right… the last bastion of Prohibition.
Our local newspaper in its New Year’s wish list had cure for cancer at #6. So I sent this to them. Nothing. Evidently they don’t really want a cure for cancer.
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