Coventry Telegraph

Your views on woman who uses cannabis to treat cancer

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READERS have been reacting to our remarkable story about Joy Smith, who has been treating herself with an illegal cannabis oil to combat cancer.

Doctors gave the 52-year-old Joy, from Cheylesmor­e, six weeks to live when she was diagnosed with cancer in her stomach and bowel, but almost two years later she is close to getting the all clear.

She claims that regular doses of THC cannabis oil, which is illegal in the UK, have destroyed her inoperable tumours leaving doctors stunned by her miraculous recovery.

She has now said she will do everything she can to get the drug legalised for medicinal purposes.

Her story seems to have touched many readers with some suggesting that the drug’s potential life-saving qualities should be researched further.

Here’s a selection of comments from our Facebook page and website:

Catherine Alice Bhambra: “Absolutely brilliant news!”

dsimmo1990: “This is a fact - cannabis oil does cure most things including that horrible and nasty disease CANCER. I don’t use the drug myself but I watch a lot a documentar­ies and I’ve seen loads about this and the amazing outcome of it. One about a small girl aged only eight in Texas and it still helps her to this day after her family was told she would only live

until three years old and she’s got to be in her teens now. The government should legalise it!”

Patricia Keenan: “Fair play anything to keep alive for your family.”

Karl27: “This is legal over in Spain and I have been able to see this working for so many people over here.”

Debra Di Maria: “Brilliant news Joy, so so happy for you.”

Oldandgrey: “It really is a disgrace that you have to break the law to try and stay alive. It’s the pharmaceut­ical companies who run our health care in this country. It’s about time we explored safe natural remedies rather than the expensive synthetic way. I’m a great believer in there’s a cure for all our ills in the nature way. Some hospitals are now using natural honey for burns treatment. Great to see Joy is alive and well and the best of luck to her - may she live to a grand old age.”

littlebig: “Cannabis oil is being used all over the world with remarkable success. The reason why government­s will not legalise it is because the big pharma drugs companies will loose money through it.” Katy Slater: “Amazing story. Love this.” PeterTeed: “I’m doing the same here in Australia. I’ve a very rare cancer in my groin/ leg. I have two more weeks of radiothera­py but also take the oil every night on bread.”

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