Cannabis 'Can Reduce Tumour Growth', Expert Says
Marijuana is now used by cancer patients in some countries to ease the pain of their illness - but it might actually offer a cure.
Guillermo Velasco of the Complutense University of Madrid says there is evidence that cannabinoids - chemicals in cannabis - actually reduced tumour growth in animals.
But he says that there is little interest from pharmaceutical companies.
Velasco told Upworthy,, ‘One of the reasons why [it] is so complicated to promote clinical studies is that the active components of marijuana are natural products that cannot be patented and therefore there are few pharma companies interested in their clinical development.’
Earlier this year, the U.S. government admitted that the drug can shrink cancer cells in rodent studies.
In a page of official government advice, the U.S. government now says,, ‘Cannabis has been shown to kill cancer cells in the laboratory.’
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