Quote Originally Posted by jayrollinhippy
Yes I have known pot smokers who died of lung cancer but they also smoked cigs. My grand mother died of lung cancer yet she never smoked any thing. any one here know of the enviromental risk of radon gas. when it comes to cancer there are just too many factors concerned, Dr Tashkin study did show that those that smoke pot were less likely to develope cancer than non smokere altho it was an insignifacant as a factor. remeber too that studies of THC and cancer have shown that THC has shown potential as an anticancer drug beginning with the Univ of VA in 1974, Madrid Spain in 89 and more recently in 2005 in Isreal .
Federal researchers implanted several types of cancer, including leukemia and lung cancers, in mice, then treated them with cannabinoids (unique, active components found in marijuana). THC and other cannabinoids shrank tumors and increased the mice's lifespans. Munson, AE et al. Antineoplastic Activity of Cannabinoids. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Sept. 1975. p. 597-602.

In a 1994 study the government tried to suppress, federal researchers gave mice and rats massive doses of THC, looking for cancers or other signs of toxicity. The rodents given THC lived longer and had fewer cancers, "in a dose-dependent manner" (i.e. the more THC they got, the fewer tumors). NTP Technical Report On The Toxicology And Carcinogenesis Studies Of 1-Trans- Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol, CAS No. 1972-08-3, In F344/N Rats And B6C3F(1) Mice, Gavage Studies. See also, "Medical Marijuana: Unpublished Federal Study Found THC-Treated Rats Lived Longer, Had Less Cancer," AIDS Treatment News no. 263, Jan. 17, 1997.


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