An FDA-approved trial in 2013 confirmed THC’s effectiveness for pain relief.
Here’s a mind-blowing example: a study in 2014 found that people with THC in their systems were 80 percent less likely to die from traumatic head injuries than those without.
Scientists also discovered that like CBD, THC causes brain cells in the hippocampus to grow.
In 2008, researchers at MIT discovered that treating a concerning antibiotic-resistant pathogen with the psychoactive successfully killed the bacteria when other drugs could not.
The bacteria in question was, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which causes serious gaping wounds when left untreated.
Dr. Gregory Smith, a Harvard-trained physician, discussed this with Green Flower, touching on emerging evidence that suggests that the psychoactive and other cannabis compounds have strong anti-cancer potential.
Specifically, Dr. Smith mentioned that there three distinct ways that cannabis affects cancer.
The first is through a process called apoptosis, which is an immune function that triggers cells to self-destruct when they are damaged or diseased.
“[Cannabis] does that apoptosis, that horrible word, that tells the cancer cell to go kill itself. It’s literally a key that turns a lock and tells the cell to kill itself,” said Dr. Smith.
As Dr. Smith explained, “It stops the cancer cell from leaving the colony of other cancer cells and going and forming its own new metastatic area in the body.”
“All three of these things are well known,” continued Smith, “and it’s mostly THC that has the anticancer effects.”
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