Page 74Cannabis (Marijauna, hash)!
Cannabis, also known as Marijuana, is the best known of all herbs. Although
every sin on the face of the earth has been blamed on its use, A.E. Munson, et
al., in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute in 1975, wrote of the anti-
neoplastic activity of marijuana derivatives. To the amazement of all readers, it
described the retarding effect on the growth of lung cancer in mice in as little as
ten days and even more pronounced beneficial effects, with continued use.
Marijuana has also been used by cancer patients to counteract the nausea and
vomiting caused by chemotherapy (P. V. Tortorice, Pharmacotherapy, 1990; H.J.
Eyre, Cancer, 1984).
To make sure that patients with cancer would not enjoy the usual effects known
for marijuana, science has spared them this asocial benefit by testing synthetic
substances (dronabinol and nabilone - N. Lane, American Journal of Clinical
Oncology, 1990), which, of course, will undoubtedly have “side-effects,” at an
exorbitant price. Then, it will obviously be socially acceptable!
A.M. Dalzell, in the Archives of the Diseases of Children, 1986, honestly pointed
out that Nabilone had a higher incidence of side effects than occurred when
smoking marijuana!