THC specically targets viral and/or cellular mechanisms required for replication.
Link: Delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) inhibits lytic replication of gamma oncogenic herpesviruses in vitro
Year: 2004
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7015-2-34
Possibility of efficacy for cannabis in treatment of Herpes according to the results found in this study.
Possibility of efficacy for cannabis in treatment of Epstein–Barr Virus according to the results found in this study.
Possibility of efficacy for cannabis in treatment of Cancer (Kaposi's Sarcoma) according to the results found in this study.
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