Alice O'Leary Randall: Cannabis for Cancer Treatment: Hype or Hope?

NOTE: This article originally appeared in Mary’s Cannabis Primer: Cannabis & Cancer

From its earliest days the medical cannabis issue has been driven by the plant’s usefulness in treating the side-effects of cancer chemotherapy including emesis (nausea and vomiting) and pain. More recently there have been reports of the plant’s ability to destroy cancer cells. In short, the use of cannabis in the treatment of cancer and its side-effects is at the vanguard of medical cannabis reform and will likely remain so.

Few people are aware…