February 23, 2009

Medica Marijuana takes on new meaning

FOXNews.com: Marijuana Appears to Slow Cancer Growth in laboratory setting:
"The study, published in the Jan. 2 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, finds that [cannabinoid] compounds may also have an anticancer effect. . . . In addition to suppressing tumor cell invasion, cannabinoids also stimulated the expression of TIMP-1, an inhibitor of a group of enzymes involved in tumor cell invasion."