MARIJUANA CURE FOR CANCER?

(AFP) The main chemical in marijuana appears to aid in the
destruction of brain cancer cells, offering hope for future
anti-cancer therapies, researchers in Spain wrote in a study.

The authors from the Complutense University in Madrid, working with
scientists from other universities, found that the active component
of marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), causes cancer cells to
undergo a process called autophagy - the breakdown that occurs when
the cell essentially self-digests.

The research, which appears in the April edition of US-published
Journal of Clinical Investigation, demonstrates that THC and related
"cannabinoids" appear to be "a new family of potential antitumoral agent."

The authors wrote that the chemical may prove useful in the
development of future "antitumoral agents."