Dear ISMOKE Readers,

Here in the UK we are told by our government that the cannabis plant has no medicinal value. Please could you take a moment to review some of the information listed below and let me know whether you think the government itself has authority or any real value, when it comes to being experts on medicine? Thank you for your time.

Does Cannabis Cure Cancer?

THC (marijuana) Helps Cure Cancer Says Harvard Study

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSXhwP5QjUQ&NR=1&feature=endscreen

Medical Marijuana, A Cure for Cancer? 02/11

http://www.cannabisscience.com/download/cancer_extract_kills.pdf

Web MD, Cannabis Kills Brain Cancer Cells IN HUMANS:

http://www.webmd.com/cancer/brain-cancer/news/20090401/marijuana-chemical-may-fight-brain-cancer

CANNABIS SCIENCE: EXTRACTS KILL CANCER CELLS

http://www.cannabisscience.com/news-a-media/press-releases/220-cannabis-science-extracts-kill-cancer-cells.html

Cannabis THC at high doses in area, inhibits cholangiocarcinoma cancer:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19916793?itool=Email.EmailReport.Pubmed_ReportSelector.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=6

Cannabis Cuts Lung Cancer Tumor Growth in Half:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/04/070417193338.htm

THC inhibits Lung Cancer Growth

http://www.nature.com/onc/journal/v27/n3/abs/1210641a.html

CBD’s switch off Breast Cancer Gene:

http://www.examiner.com/cannabis-revolution-in-national/cannabidiol-researchers-discover-the-switch-to-turn-off-aggressive-breast-cancer-gene

Anticancer activity of cannabinoids:

http://drugpolicycentral.com/bot/pg/cancer/THC_cancer_se…p_1975.htm

9-Tetrahydrocannabinol Inhibits Cell Cycle Progression in Human Breast Cancer through Cdc2 Regulation:

http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/66/13/6615.abstract

Antitumor Activity of Plant Cannabinoids with Emphasis on the Effect of Cannabidiol on Human Breast Carcinoma:

http://jpet.aspetjournals.org/content/318/3/1375.abstract

Cannabidiol inhibits tumour growth in leukaemia and breast cancer in animal studies:

http://www.cannabis-med.org/english/bulletin/ww_en_db_cannabis_artikel.php?id=220#2

Suppression of Nerve Growth Factor Trk Receptors and Prolactin Receptors by Endocannabinoids Leads to Inhibition of Human Breast and Prostate Cancer Cell Proliferation:

http://endo.endojournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/141/1/118

The endogenous cannabinoid anandamide inhibits human breast cancer cell proliferation:

http://www.pnas.org/content/95/14/8375.abstract

Marijuana Ingredients Slow Invasion by Cervical and Lung Cancer Cells:

http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20071226/pot-slows-cancer-in-test-tube

Cannabinoids in intestinal inflammation and cancer:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19442536?itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum&ordinalpos=22

Cannabis compound clue to colon cancer:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19926685.000-cannabis-compound-clue-to-colon-cancer.html?feedId=drugs-alcohol_rss20

Marijuana takes on colon cancer:

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn14451-marijuana-takes-on-colon-cancer.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=news9_head_dn14451

The endogenous cannabinoid, anandamide, induces cell death in colorectal carcinoma cells: a possible role for cyclooxygenase 2:

http://gut.bmj.com/content/54/12/1741.abstract

Anti-Tumor Effects of Cannabis:

http://www.ukcia.org/research/AntiTumorEffects.php

Cannabidiol inhibits human glioma cell migration through a cannabinoid receptor-independent mechanism:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1576089/?tool=pmcentrez

Cannabinoid action induces autophagy-mediated cell death through stimulation of ER stress in human glioma cells:

http://www.jci.org/articles/view/37948

Cannabinoids Inhibit the Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Pathway in Gliomas:

http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/content/64/16/5617.full

Cannabis extract makes brain tumors shrink, halts growth of blood vessels:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/12088.php

A pilot clinical study of Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme:

http://www.cannabis-med.org/studies/ww_en_db_study_show.php?s_id=193

Cannabis use and cancer of the head and neck: Case-control study:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2277494/

Cannabis and Cancer research and studies from around the world

GERMANY

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12648025

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19914218

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15026328

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16893424

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15361550

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19889794

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19015962

HUNGARY

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19608284

ISRAEL

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17237277

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11586361

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14692532

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16571653

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18286801

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16250836

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17934890

ITALY

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12052046

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19189054

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18354058

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19047095

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10913156

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9653194

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18088200

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16909207

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17342320

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19059457

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12723496

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19442536

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16728591

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19539619

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16500647

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19189659

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14617682

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18938775

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11106791

JAPAN

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19394652

KOREA

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20336665

NEW ZEALAND

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19442435

POLAND

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15451022

SAUDI ARABIA

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18197164

SLOVAKIA

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16835997

SPAIN

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11903061

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17675107

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17202146

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19425170

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18454173

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17065222

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10700234

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16787257

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15958274

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16139274

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16624285

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16616335

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11269508

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19690545

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12511587

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20307616

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16818634

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17952650

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16818650

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16596790

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15638794

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15275820

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12133838

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18339876

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9771884

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10570948

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12182964

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19229996

SWEDEN

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19609004

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16337199

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16936228

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18546271

SWITZERLAND

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15453094

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19589225

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15047233

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19509271

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19480992

TAIWAN

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18387516

THAILAND

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19916793

UKRAINE

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18438336

UNITED KINGDOM

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15454482

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17583570

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17931597

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18615640

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14640910

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20191092

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18025276

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/616322

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15753356

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12091357

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18199524

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19887554

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19457575

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16908594

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12130702

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11854771

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20053780

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16754784

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20090845

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15978942

I am proposing the evidence above as a question, and not as a claim.

Matt Aldridge