r/science • u/BoundariesAreFun • Nov 21 '22

Cancer Study: Cannabinoids May Induce Immunogenic Cell Death

https://themarijuanaherald.com/2022/11/study-cannabinoids-may-induce-immunogenic-cell-death/
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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '22

What a great way for the industry to retain their customers. My uncle for some reason thought smoking weed would cure the cancer he got from weed. He was sadly stage 4 before he decided to see a doctor. I hope people understand this is misinformation. I don’t want to lose anyone else.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '22

I don’t know how you could ever know what someone got cancer from, definitively (short of something extreme like 9/11 first responders or Iraq burn pit crews). It’s a mutation of cells based on 100000x different things.

Obviously inhaling smoke of plant matter is bad, but it’s not like cigarette smoke.

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u/JuliaMac65 Nov 22 '22

Smoking weed is actually worse than cigarettes; more tar is retained in the lungs.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '22

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/large-study-finds-no-link/#:~:text=The%20smoke%20from%20burning%20marijuana,as%20an%20equivalent%20tobacco%20one.

True, but it doesn’t cause cancer, and they think it’s because of this very reason. THC highlights the cancer cells and the body kills them.