Cannabis Compound Said To "Halt Cancer"

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday November 20, @07:58AM
from the afraid-of-what-we-represent dept.

h.ross.perot informs us of research out of the California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute suggesting that a compound found in cannabis may stop breast cancer from metastasizing. Cannabidiol, or CBD, could develop into a non-toxic alternative to chemotherapy some years down the road, if animal and human trials bear out its effectiveness. The article notes that smoking cannabis will not deliver significant quantities of CBD.

[+] science, biotech, ilikethepopethepopesmokesdope, cancer, pot (tagging beta)