“When Dan Shapiro was diagnosed with Hodgkins’ disease in 1987, he called a friend who had also battled cancer.
His friend’s advice, Shapiro says, came in a six-word package: “Cancer is grim, man, get weed.”
Shapiro, who’s been in remission for nine years, said the marijuana helped him stay functional despite the notoriously-debilitating chemotherapy. He wrote about his experiences in his recent book Mom’s Marijuana (Harmony, 2000).”