Cannabis to Save My Life (2015)

Marijuana as a cancer fighting drug Science says yes federal law says no Patricia Crone is caught in the lifeanddeath standoff Patricia Crone a professor of Islamic history at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton was diagnosed with lung cancer in November 2011 when the cancer had already spread to her brain She was busy preparing for the end when she saw that the National Cancer Institute described some of the chemicals in marijuana or cannabis as having cancerfighting potential With only grim prospects for the future she wanted to try it So Patricia who had never had as much as a puff of pot started a hunt for marijuana and for credible evidence of its medicinal potential