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Pot helped with chemo, singer says
By Hempology | October 15, 2005
NEW YORK (AP) Melissa Etheridge says she smoked medicinal marijuana to help with the side effects of chemotherapy during her treatment for breast cancer.
The 44-year-old singer, who was diagnosed over a year ago, is now cancerfree.
Instead of taking five or six of the prescriptions, I decided to go a natural route and smoke marijuana, Etheridge says in an interview to air Sunday on Dateline (7 p.m., NBC).
When asked how her doctors reacted, Etheridge says, Every single one was, Oh, yeah. Thats the best help for the effects of chemotherapy.
The singer said she smoked marijuana every day for her pain and symptoms and the minute I didnt feel it, I stopped.
The use of marijuana with a doctors recommendation is legal in California and nine other states, but is against federal law. Asked if she was concerned about federal prosecution, Etheridge replied, No, I didnt worry. But it was worth it.
She recently released a new greatest hits album, The Road Less Travelled, including the new song I Run for Life, which is dedicated to the fight against breast cancer.
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