Study Links Cannabis to Testicular Cancer

The study suggests that the incidence of cancer MIGHT be connected to cannibis use but only among users who start to smoke before age of 18. And even then, the incidence is VERY LOW and the number of subjects tested was VERY FEW. Reply

and what causes the cancer in men who have never smoked pot? Reply

There were 2,109 cases of testicular cancer in Britain in 2005, 78 deaths. In 1975, 850 cases (the article fails to site deaths). Has detection / treatment changed in this time span? Unlike other cancers, it's most common in males, peak incidence, 20-40 years of age. Ironically, the study is based upon 369 men with testicular cancer... As Thinker pointed out, the sample size is NOT a rational foundation. Consider the annual death toll from prostate cancer in Britain has doubled in the past 20 years to 10,000 men. By the year 2018, it is set to overtake lung cancer and breast cancer to become the most commonly diagnosed male cancer. All cancers affecting both sexes are on the rise... The so-called cannabis relationship in the article shows just how prolific cannabis use is - how it's deemed norm... Spin it anyway you want, it's likely genetic, a byproduct attributed to processed foods, synthesized chemicals,petroleum / plastics, clothing-artificial fibers and dyes, housing, our environmental, etc... But the study does raise a particular concern to me... Potentially related to the amount of growth stimulus / control products, cycle increases used in cannabis cultivation; questioning exactly what is used to stimulate rapid growth, prodigious buds, increased THC, and subsequent use of anti-fungal, insecticides agents, and the like. What has happened to true organic production...? Also consider, synthetic THC, known as dronabinol, is available through prescription / script... Reply