Cannabis has not been shown to definitively cure cancer - Full Fact

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A Facebook post compares cigarettes and cannabis claiming the latter “cures cancer”. Research is ongoing into medical cannabis but there is no current proof that cannabis can cure cancer.

similar claims that cannabis oil can cure cancer.

It may play a part in symptom management and alleviating side effects from chemotherapy. The latter is the onlyCancer Research UK, which has funded several studies into cannabis for skin cancers and is involved in ongoing research,“there isn’t a large enough body of evidence to prove that cannabis can reliably treat any form of cancer”.

It also says: “Claims that there is solid ‘proof’ that cannabis or cannabinoids can cure cancer are highly misleading.”

 

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