Why is the oncology world so excited about new medical marijuana trials?

Oncology refers to the branch of medicine that focuses on the diagnosis, prevention, research, and treatment of cancer. The fact that cannabis is now seen as the next innovation in such a life changing field only confirms that marijuana is indeed the future.

The medical marijuana market has exploded over the past decade and is now facing a major revolution in the oncology department. How did cannabis come to have such a transformative moment?

The impact of medical cannabis research on the exploding marijuana industry

Yes, the answer is in research !! Cannabis is known for its therapeutic and healing properties, and this has been around since 500 BC. A fact. But a lot of research has been done recently to examine these properties as experts believed that cannabis was more than the world ever knew.

Research sparked a wave of interest in how cannabis relieves pain in multiple parts of the body. This move also made possible the increasing number of legalization histories in states and countries. Eventually, marijuana broke new ground as multiple animal tests confirmed its effectiveness on multiple diseases.

Cannabis has become medically available in some states and countries to patients undergoing chemotherapy to relieve the side effects of radiation. It has also been recommended as a treatment option for patients with nausea, severe epilepsy, and muscle stiffness. Multiple sclerosis (MS) patients who had cramps in the body also reported that cannabis treatment provided relief.

From then on, medical marijuana was regularly prescribed worldwide for the treatment of depression, dementia, chronic pain in all parts of the body, and other ailments. But cancer remains the most problematic disease and the biggest killer for humans. Yes, marijuana helped alleviate side effects caused by chemotherapy, but it is possible that it can kill cancer cells.

Many oncology experts now believe that cannabis is the missing link between the disease itself and a cure. If cannabis has potent properties for a range of diseases, including cancer-related problems, it can potentially make cancer treatments more effective.

The case of Sativex and glioblastoma

One of the researchers conducted the so-called Phase II Aristocrat study, which focused on the effects of Sativex as a complementary treatment for cancer patients who are also undergoing chemotherapy. Sativex is an oral spray with cannabidiol (CBD) and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).

Though Sativex was allowed to be used to treat multiple sclerosis in 2019, the researchers then discovered that it also contains properties that can help patients with glioblastoma. Now glioblastoma is a type of aggressive cancer that occurs in the spinal cord and brain. Lead investigator Susan Short claimed that most brain tumors recurred within a year despite radiation therapy, chemotherapy, and surgery.

She went on to say that the data from the lab suggests that some cancers, such as glioblastomas, contain receptor proteins for cannabinoids on their cell surface. Her team concludes that cannabinoids crowd out glioma cells, making them stressed and more likely to die. So when chemotherapy is given with this type of treatment, it becomes a safer way to treat cancer.

Real results and data on the effects of medical cannabis on cancer patients

In another development, Dr. Stephen Barnhill returned to the oncology field after retiring from a successful career with the sole aim of studying cannabis as a drug. He says his decision to return to the area was inspired by the fact that he witnessed the beneficial effects of medicinal cannabis in curing his mother’s nausea.

Dr. Barnhill’s mother was being treated for pancreatic cancer and her weight had dropped dramatically during treatment. He saw his mother getting better and that motivated him to hop on the train from medical cannabis to cancer treatment, which made him a leading doctor in the medical cannabis sector. He went on to start a cannabis pharmaceutical company.

Suppose practitioners like Dr. Barnhill are only returning to the field because of the effects medicinal cannabis has on cancer cells. In this case, more and more medical experts are looking at cannabis as a sustainable solution to kill cancer cells. Most of the time, all available cancer treatments add a few years to the patient’s life and eventually die.

The solution lies in killing the cancer cells once and for all, and so far cannabis has shown impressive advances in amplifying the side effects caused by cancer treatment. With such a discovery, nations and states should go out of their way to ensure that cannabis research is a top priority.

Unfortunately, this is not the case and it proves again that marijuana is still grossly underestimated in some countries. But on the plus side, since people like Dr. Barnhill doing the work behind the scenes, and information like the one available in this article is floating around, more people will know that medical cannabis is the innovation in oncology.

As more people learn the truth about how medicinal cannabis can help their parents, spouses, and friends fight cancer, the demand for it will increase. Then the real potential of medical marijuana in the oncology field will be revealed. What a time to be alive and witness the rise of medical cannabis in the healthcare industry.

Bottom line

The oncology sector isn’t the only group seeking help from the cannabis plant, but with cancer being such a quick killer, the news has caused a lot of buzz. Now imagine a world where patients diagnosed with cancer will be able to regain their strength without having their families taken away while feeling isolated. Oncologists want to see this in the future, and with the current depth of research, this dream can come true.

Cannabis has grown over many years from being the most suspect substance with millions of people struggling against its legalization to millions of people and government institutions in support of its legalization. Until the federal government takes decisive measures to legalize cannabis, the hopes of oncologists will continue to rise. That means more people will eventually join the call for federal legalization.

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