Thursday, May 26, 2011

Relief in a bottle: Medical marijuana use


Lalanya Blue McGraw believes cannabis is slowing her cancer while easing her pain. She's not alone:   By Pamela Fayerman, Postmedia News May 25, 2011 8:19 PM

Living with incurable cancer, after a third relapse of Hodgkin’s lymphoma, 39-year-old Lalanya Blue McGraw credits the daily use of medical marijuana for allowing her to make the most of what may be borrowed time.
"I’ve been considered terminal for a long time. The cancer is still there, even after all the chemo and two bone marrow transplants. When it gets worse, I can go into a clinical trial with a chemo drug that has not yet been approved in Canada. But until then, I have defied the odds," says the Vancouver resident, a former jazz singer whose voice has been affected by the disease...Continue Reading

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