As a 64-year-old grandmother, retired educator of 32 years’ experience, and an eight-year cancer survivor, I would like to address the cannabis question.
My cancer is an extremely rare abdominal variety, treatable only by intensely invasive surgery, followed by 24-hour-per-day/five-day chemotherapy. In 2005, my reaction to the chemo regime was so debilitating, that I ordered the treatment stopped early.
In 2011, after another such surgery, I chose an alternative treatment, after a great deal of research on cannabis, and, in truth, as a leap of faith.
Happily, my family physician agreed, wrote a prescription, and I have been using cannabis ever since.
Two months post-surgery, my doctor pronounced my recovery phenomenal, and I have not looked back. Family and friends — a wide network, all of whom support my choice freely — say that I am more vibrant and energetic than in the past decade.
Thus, then, the cannabis question. The time for discussion of this commodity is long overdue in B.C.
If Washington State and Colorado can have the conversation, work through the details, and get on with regulating this natural substance, then we could learn from their actions.
Sensible B.C. is a group in this province dedicated to moving the discussion of regulation along, leading to the kind of action we’ve seen just south of our border.
If you and your readers agree with my view, would like to learn more or are interested, please visit www.sensiblebc.ca.
Cathryn Brown
Coldstream
