The biggest challenge for cancer patients and caregivers wanting to learn more about using cannabis as a treatment for cancer is the complete absence of reliable, informed, and unbiased information on the subject. Cannabis and Cancer provides accessible expert advice from a practical and patient-centered perspective.
Cannabis is currently at the eye of a storm that is cutting a swathe across political, economic, legal, cultural, and medical establishment. Chaos, confusion, and contradictions beset state authorities grappling with legalization of medicinal and recreational cannabis, while the US federal government still classifies the herb as a Schedule 1 narcotic.
An entrepreneurial feeding frenzy is attracting all comers, from dealers and growers, to dispensaries and laboratories, to venture capital and Big Pharma onto the "cannabizness" bandwagon. Basic science and clinical research into cannabis's medicinal benefits is taking a back seat to hype, hyperbole, and marketing clichés, while the internet is dominated by myths, misinformation, and aggressive promotions of expensive cannabis products and services of questionable quality and benefit.
Many cancer patients already know that combining cannabis with their mainstream treatments can help with anxiety, pain management, appetite loss, and reduction of chemo-induced nausea and vomiting and neuropathies. Now, emerging research on the direct cancer-inhibiting effects of cannabis has created a wave of popular interest in the potential for cannabis as an anticancer agent. When these patients start looking for guidance, they find themselves in a minefield of conflicting and questionable myths and misinformation with nowhere to turn for guidance--until now. Cannabis and Cancer is a practical, patient-centered guidebook.
About the Author: Jonathan Treasure is a British medical herbalist now practicing in Southern Oregon. He graduated from Cambridge University with a masters in medical sciences and qualified in traditional Western herbalism from the UK School of Phytotherapy.
Jonathan is an author, international speaker, and blogger with a reputation for critical wit, especially in theory and philosophy of herbalism. He has been described as a thought leader in Western herbal medicine.
His dual expertise in biomedical science and traditional Western herbal therapeutics contributes to his accessible interdisciplinary approach--exemplified by the acclaimed Mosby Medical textbook Herb, Nutrient and Drug Interactions and to his clinical practice, which specializes in botanical medicine for people with cancer. As a medical herbalist, Jonathan has been guiding patients on the effective incorporation of cannabis into their cancer care protocols for over fifteen years. Visit him online at http: //jonathantreasure.com and www.herbological.com.
