Double Repost . . #Repost @empireholistics with @get_repost ・・・ #Repost @freedom_faction with @get_repost ・・・ Thoughts? The anti-cancer assertions made by #medicalcannabis advocates are no longer just based on anecdotal success stories. In the following video, Dr. Christina Sanchez, Biology Professor at the Complutense #UniversityofMadrid, explains how her research supports the claim that #cannabiskillscancer. Sanchez was involved in several studies that indicated that the #THC #cannabinoid in #cannabis kills #cancer cells. These laboratory studies involved the application of THC compounds to brain cancer cell cultures. Furthermore, the researches conducted several animal studies. THC, or #tetrahydrocannabinol, is the chemical compound in cannabis responsible for its psychoactive effects. Sanchez and her team discovered that after being treated with THC, cancer cells were committing suicide. This differs from other cancer treatments, as for example #chemotheraphy, because THC is able to distinguish between healthy and unhealthy cells. On the other hand, conventional cancer treatments do not make this distinction. Sanchez explains: One of the advantages of cannabinoids, or cannabinoid based medicines, would be that they target a specifically, tumor cells. They don’t have any toxic effect on normal, non-tumoral cells. This is an advantage with respect to standard chemotherapy that target basically everything. Sanchez further reveals that the cancer-killing effect of THC is potentiated by the presence of #CBD, or #cannabidiol. CBD is a very potent antioxidant. It protects the brain from stress and damage, in addition to its cancer-killing properties. These synergistic effects of both THC and CBD could make for a very powerful cancer treatment. Sanchez adds: I cannot understand why in the states cannabis is under schedule I, because it is pretty obvious not only from our work but from work from many other researchers that the plant has very wide therapeutic potential. The human body responds to the cannabinoids in the cannabis plant because it also makes its own natural cannabinoids. These endocannabinoids help establish and maintain human health. #LegalizeIt