For better and for worse, marijuana has been linked to cancer several years ago. On the one hand they have been investigating the benefits in reducing the side effects of cancer treatment and other, long-term use is often associated with the development of testicular cancer.
A study conducted by Robert Ramer and Burkhard Hinz of the University of Rostock, Germany, concluded that cannabinoids, the active component of marijuana, not only reduces side effects of cancer treatment, but also to avoid the invasion of tumor cells.
scientific evidence on the therapeutic value of cannabis for certain cancer patients, has overridden the social prejudices, and in places like England, and marketed to relieve vomiting induced by chemotherapy.
Meanwhile, research recently published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, conducted by researchers from the Complutense University of Madrid Spain, have found that some cannabinoids have anticancer effects. The new research is finding how to tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main active component of marijuana could affect the decline or even destruction of cancer cells in tumors, namely the brain, in mice and humans.
However, on the other hand, cannabis has also been linked to cancer in a negative way, because a study conducted at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, said that the frequent consumption and / or long term marijuana, could significantly increase the occurrence of testicular cancer .
This study found that men who use drugs regularly or long, is 70% higher risk of developing the disease.
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