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Article Review:
Cannabis, CBD Oil, and Cancer by Cancer Research UK
While it might be amazing, even good news, to some people that a major British cancer charity – Cancer Research UK – has published an article about the potential of cannabis treating cancer, it is not. Instead, this article is misleading (at best), lacking in facts (absolutely), and deliberately deceptive? Possibly. After all, if CBD Oil could do what the British authorities claim, there would not be 1.6 million people (UK Gov. figures) currently using cannabis illegally for medicinal purposes alone.
THC-Rich Cannabis Oils are commonly called RSO (Rick Simpson Oil) or FSCO (Full Spectrum Cannabis Oil). They are ALWAYS THC-rich.
‘Endocannabinoid System’
Endo – inside; cannabinoid(s) – what activates the system
Until very recently, all cannabis research was carried out with plant material that had been seized in police raids.
ONLY the mature buds (flowers) are used to make extracts (not stalks or leaves as stated by Cancer Research UK!)
Something the Government Doesn’t Want You to Know: You won’t feel the effects of THC if you take the medicine (THC-rich Oil) in a suppository.
When the notion of cannabis being medicine came to light in the early years of the 21st century, most people found it difficult, if not impossible, to believe. And yet scientists from around the world were and still are reporting that cannabis is a ‘pharmaceutical treasure trove’ that is capable of treating a multitude of health conditions and diseases, including many that are deemed untreatable. This includes cancer.
Still. after decades of demonisation, the notion of cannabis being anything but a harmful, even dangerous drug, was/is still difficult for many people to grasp. And, even worse, when CBD products began flooding the market, nothing made sense to those using cannabis for both medicinal and recreational reasons, let alone those that had no knowledge of cannabis. Why? Because few, if any, people were using CBD-rich products. Instead, the vast majority of people using cannabis – whether medicinally or recreationally – were, and still are, doing so for the effects of THC. And this is where it would seem that we are being deliberately confused.
This is not to say that CBD does not have medicinal benefits. It does. But, according to research (LINK), these benefits are always enhanced by the presence of even the smallest amount of THC. Furthermore, and again, as reported scientifically, although CBD and THC-rich cannabis extracts are both able to treat certain diseases and health conditions, those that are THC-rich are able to treat far more. So when putting this into the context of Big Business, CBD (although beneficial) is simply a smokescreen to hide what most people now know – you can grow cannabis and make your own medicine if only it was legal.
CBD – Wrongly Portrayed as the Star of the Show
There is no doubt that this article is strongly suggesting that CBD, in the form of CBD Oil, is the cannabinoid with the potential treatment to treat cancer. This is NOT true. Nevertheless, the strategic placement of ‘CBD Oil’ in the title indicates that it is CBD Oil that has a direct association with cancer, and the order of words (so cannabis = CBD Oil = cancer [treatment]) , supports this notion. So much so, that the reader could be forgiven for believing that CBD is the star of the show, when, in fact, nothing could be further from the truth.
This emphasis on CBD (or CBD Oil), continues throughout most of the article – almost as if CBD was the only cannabinoid in cannabis, when it is obviously not. In fact, THC (the real star of the show), is only mentioned twice, and only then to repeat its psychoactive effects, which is negative. There is no mention, whatsoever, of THC having any medical effects.
So we have CBD, the calming, sedative, cannabinoid with its potential to treat ‘pain, lower inflammation and decrease anxiety without the psychoactive ‘high’ effect of THC,’ and then we have THC, ‘a psychoactive substance that can create a high feeling. It can affect how your brain works, changing your mind and how you feel’ (LINK). A bit like the ‘goody’ and the ‘baddy!’
Of course, all of the above is true. Both cannabinoids do have these effects, and many more besides, but as scientists have been reporting for decades, cannabis medicine works best when taken as a whole medicine – so including THC. This then causes the entourage effect, which brings about universal healing. This is because cannabis – as in ordinary, illegally-grown cannabis – includes both THC and CBD, and it has always done so. Just like the THC levels have always been greater that of CBD. But no matter what the levels, for something to be cannabis it has to include THC. Hemp, which includes CBD only, is not cannabis. It is Hemp!
So, is CBD the star of the show? No, most definitely not. Although CBD does have healing qualities, it works far better when extracted from plants that include THC. Furthermore, until very recently, ALL research showing the plant’s healing capacity was conducted with ordinary, THC-rich cannabis plants. So not CBD-only plants, or even CBD-rich plants, but just ordinary, plain cannabis that had been grown illegally and seized during police raids.
So where exactly does CBD come into the picture? Well, as far as treating cancer is concerned, it doesn’t; or at least it does, but only as one of the substances naturally present in the THC-rich cannabis oils needed to treat the disease. No-one should put their faith in CBD Oil or even CBD-rich oils to treat cancer because they won’t work. According to research, only Full Spectrum Cannabis Oils such as RSO are able to effectively treat cancer.
Cannabis medicine is made from cannabis plants – no matter what their THC/CBD ratio – so while there are many different strains of cannabis, there is only one medicine. This is the second oil mention in Cancer Research UK’s article. As a full-spectrum oil (FSCO), so including THC, it is this oil that scientists mainly write about. This is because THC-rich cannabis oils have the ability to treat a multitude of untreatable diseases, including cancer. Nothing else will do.
Lying by Omission - the Failure to Mention our Endocannabinoid System
The reason that cannabis works for so many different health conditions and diseases is because we all have an endocannabinoid system. If this had been announced when it was discovered in 1992, or indeed at any point during the past few decades, people would have better understood how cannabis could be medicine. But here we are in 2024, and the media remains silent – as does this article published by Cancer Research UK – and yet the work of this system cannot be overestimated.
Our endocannabinoid system (ECS), is the largest system in the human body and in charge of all other systems (e.g. immune, respiratory, etc.). This is because its role is to balance (correct) and maintain our overall health. ‘Endo’ means ‘inside’ and ‘cannabinoid’ refers to what activates the system – cannabinoids. And the only place they can be found – and you’ve guessed it – is in cannabis plants!
Science shows that THC is the plant’s principle healer, which means that THC is the star of the show, not CBD. As previously mentioned, the only plants available for scientific study until very recently, were those that had been seized during police raids. This means that the discovery of the endocannabinoid system (1992), its relationship with cannabis, and why it is able to treat so many different health conditions, were all discovered using ordinary cannabis plants that almost anyone can grow!
Important! Please note that only the buds (flowers) are used, no matter what the purpose, and NOT the stalks and leaves as stated by Cancer Research UK. Nevertheless, the charity rightly states that ‘cannabinoids might be useful as a cancer treatment, and that bench trials (in mice, not humans) show that cannabinoids can; (a) cause cell death; (b) block cell growth; (c) stop the development of blood vessels – needed for tumours to grow; (d) reduce inflammation; and (e) reduce the ability of cancers to spread. You just need to scroll down the page to find it!
Cannabis is naturally high in THC because that is how mother nature made it. And, while CBD obviously does have healing properties, its main role is to counteract the effects of THC. So, despite this article’s highly misleading title (Cannabis, CBD Oil and Cancer), there is NO research showing that CBD Oil (alone) is capable of treating cancer, or indeed any other health issue. Instead, THC is the plant’s healer, as more than 60 years of research irrefutably demonstrate.
