Toxicity and carcinogenicity of delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol in Fischer rats and B6C3F1 mice.

“delta 9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (delta 9-THC) was studied for potential carcinogenicity in rodents because it is the principal psychoactive ingredient in marihuana and it has potential medicinal uses. delta 9-THC in corn oil was administered by gavage to groups of male and female Fischer rats and B6C3F1 mice…

  Decreased tumor incidences…

 …There was no evidence that delta 9-THC was carcinogenic in rats or mice.”

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8812248

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