Study Confirming that Chemicals in Marijuana Help Fight Brain Cancer Gets Nod from Feds

http://www.allgov.com/news/controversies/study-confirming-that-chemicals-in-marijuana-help-fight-brain-cancer-gets-nod-from-feds-150409?news=856189


The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) said in an April report (pdf) that “recent animal studies have shown that marijuana can kill certain cancer cells and reduce the size of others. Evidence from one animal study suggests that extracts from whole-plant marijuana can shrink one of the most serious types of brain tumors. Research in mice showed that these extracts, when used with radiation, increased the cancer-killing effects of the radiation.”