Does Smoking Marijuana Cause or Prevent Cancer

Redbuddz · Apr 12, 2017

High all
Tons of info coming out these days on the medicinal values of marijuana but here is one that seems most interesting. I recently heard on a tv show that they are now finding that longtime pot smokers actually have less chance of acquiring cancer compared to others that don't and they actually said in some small degree it actually prevents cancer. So my question here is for people who are say 40+yo and have been smoking pot for 20+ years. I would like to hear if you have had or not had cancer and/or also if anyone knows of a lifetime pot smoker who has had or not had cancer. I think this will be a very good thread to possibly see if this myth is true or false
May we all live a Healthy Life
God Bless
Redbuddz

armedoldhippy · Apr 12, 2017

i have had 2 bouts with skin cancer, and have a close relative fighting pancreatic cancer at the moment. no lung cancer in family. both of us have smoked weed for over 40 years. what limited resaeach i have read says that pot smokers that also smoke tobacco have a lower rate of lung cancer than folks only smoking tobacco. an interesting hint at a potential protective effect, huh? boy, big pharma & the Cancer Society won't like that! "son of a BITCH! after all these years warning them that smoking is bad & what do those smart-ass researchers find? DAMN it..." :tiphat:

MJPassion · Apr 12, 2017

Cancer cannot survive in an alkaline environment according to some great doctor that I can't remember the name of right now.

Cannabis, I would suspect, helps to create an alkaline environment and as such would be a preventative for cancer.

As Hiprocratese sort of said.
Let food be thy medicine.

rolandomota · Apr 12, 2017

i been smoking for 20 years but need 9 more years to be 40. One thing i have noticed is some people wont use weed to help with cancer even in their last days they refuse to touch the "evil" weed even if they smoked at one point in their life

Gmack · Apr 12, 2017

Cannabis causes cancer cell death in lab test. And leaves healthy cells alive. I think eating works better then smoking for ingesting the amounts of concentrates needed to do this in the human body.

brown_thumb · Apr 12, 2017

Most of the seemingly credible sources I've read indicate oral consumption is by far the best method, if not the 'only' way, to effectively use cannabis to prevent/treat cancer.

Galaxy420 · Apr 15, 2017

Redbuddz said:
High all
Tons of info coming out these days on the medicinal values of marijuana but here is one that seems most interesting. I recently heard on a tv show that they are now finding that longtime pot smokers actually have less chance of acquiring cancer compared to others that don't and they actually said in some small degree it actually prevents cancer. So my question here is for people who are say 40+yo and have been smoking pot for 20+ years. I would like to hear if you have had or not had cancer and/or also if anyone knows of a lifetime pot smoker who has had or not had cancer. I think this will be a very good thread to possibly see if this myth is true or false
May we all live a Healthy Life
God Bless
Redbuddz

the phytocannabinoids in cannabis plants are what are utilized in our bodies own endocannabinoid system... our endocannabinoid system is our bodies cancer defense system keeping cells in a state of homeostasis via biochemical pathways on the cell surfaces... when you ingest cannabis that adds cannabinoids to this fundamental system... so, it is what you body is doing with the compounds from cannabis that matters, not so much the compounds themselves etc...

ClearBarbedFunk · Apr 15, 2017

I'm 59, toked since high school, few years back I had lymphoma(sp) had it pretty bad, 8 months chemo, I'm still kicking.

No choice on the chemo, but did use gel caps throughout.

Spaventa · Apr 15, 2017

IIRC smoking it reduces the anti cancer effect because THC-V gets converted to THC and THC-V plays one of the vital roles in eradicating cancer. Rick Simpson didn't decarb, winterise or nothing. just cooked off the solvent at cup warmer temperature and eat it.

purpleplayer007 · Apr 15, 2017

I don't doubt it at all

purpleplayer007 · Apr 15, 2017

...I'm not saying anyone on here blindly said it kills cancer.. I'm talking about when you're explaining it to other ppl...Mainly skeptics , or anti-weed-no-matter-what people.

Jellyfish · Apr 15, 2017

The best proof I can offer that cannabis doesn't cause cancer is the fact that we're in the process of legalizing it. If the authorities had a scintilla of evidence of weed causing cancer, don't you think they would have dragged it out by now? Wouldn't they be hitting us over the head with it every day?

brown_thumb- Care to cite some sources?

Most of the seemingly credible sources I've read indicate oral consumption is by far the best method, if not the 'only' way, to effectively use cannabis to prevent/treat cancer.

purpleplayer007 · Apr 15, 2017

I agree. They probably know more than we think..And if they had a grain of salts worth of evidence that it's carcinogenic , we would hear ALL about it. The most they say is the smoke causes cancer.

purpleplayer007 · Apr 15, 2017

I don't have the source right here, but have even read that cigarette smokers are less likely to get lung cancer if they smoke weed regularly.

Green Squall · Apr 16, 2017

Here's an interesting study....Read the whole thing.

http://www.leafscience.com/2013/01/27/marijuana-cause-lung-damage/

Galaxy420 · Apr 20, 2017

purpleplayer007 said:
I don't have the source right here, but have even read that cigarette smokers are less likely to get lung cancer if they smoke weed regularly.

the source is Dr Donald Tashkin.... he is the leading researcher for smoked cannabis and it's effects

Stan G. · May 8, 2017

Eat cannabis raw and cooked for the full benefits of cannabinoids. :tiphat:

Stan G. · May 8, 2017

But smoke to get high as f@#$!
:woohoo:

Spaventa · May 9, 2017

Seems decarbing it for THC and THCV would be the way to go with cancer. Raw would be good for epileptics who need the THCA

RightOnTarget · May 10, 2017

Redbuddz said:
High all
Tons of info coming out these days on the medicinal values of marijuana but here is one that seems most interesting. I recently heard on a tv show that they are now finding that longtime pot smokers actually have less chance of acquiring cancer compared to others that don't and they actually said in some small degree it actually prevents cancer. So my question here is for people who are say 40+yo and have been smoking pot for 20+ years. I would like to hear if you have had or not had cancer and/or also if anyone knows of a lifetime pot smoker who has had or not had cancer. I think this will be a very good thread to possibly see if this myth is true or false
May we all live a Healthy Life
God Bless
Redbuddz

Been smoking almost 20 years, mid 30's and I'm fighting cancer as we speak, currently recieving chemo as I type. So, even if cannabis has some protective mechanisms/elements it's not an A to B type of situation.
The cancer that I have has nothing to do with smoking, just bad luck.

I'm using 1.5-2g of decarbed bud eaten 3-4 times a day, it completely replaces IR oxycodone @ 5-10mg and alprazolam @ 0.5mg and helps me to sleep! Doctors wont believe that though and are either surprisingly politically gagged or just try to act childishly stupid about MMJ.

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