No, that wasn’t a typing error. According to a recent study at the Craneggie College of Pennsylvania, marijuana really can prevent cancer. The study, conducted over a period of 20 years found that marijuana smokers were more than 75% less likely to develop cancer than non-smokers.
The sample used for the study consisted of 5,000 participants who smoke marijuana at least five times a week and 5,000 participants who never had contact with the substance. All 10,000 involved had a family history of cancer, with at least one parent and one grandparent who developed cancer. All participants were between the ages of 40 and 50 at the start of the study. None of the participants involved in the study were cigarette smokers. Of the 5,000 participants who did not smoke marijuana, 3,127 developed some form of cancer, while only 776 of the marijuana smokers developed any signs of cancer.
Dr. Jonathan Andrews, head of the study, described the results as “absolutely shocking” and that it was “possibly the greatest medical discovery since penicillin.” He also hopes that these findings will force government officials to recognize the many medicinal benefits of marijuana and reduce or eliminate the laws restricting marijuana. Dr. Andrews had this to say on the subject: “Marijuana has been outlawed for far too long. There is no reason for this prohibition aside from bureaucrat nonsense. Now maybe the lawmakers will accept the fact that these laws are not protecting people and are, in fact, causing people to die.”
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