# Marijuana Cures Cancer? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [August 29, 2013, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-cures-cancer/667486 "2013-08-29T10:02:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-cures-cancer/667486/1 "2013-08-29T10:02:18Z")
It does, and I speak from experience. Been toking steady since '65. In 2007, I had a squamous invader excised from my left ankle. Two weeks ago, I had another removed from my right. I cruised for a week on beer, weed and Oxycodone, copay, $0 for the procedure and the Oxy, a bit more for the beer, etc. After factoring in the services of my personable surgeon, anesthesiologist and prep staff, it’s clear that marijuana cured me of cancer. Am I in the right forum? Aloha ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-cures-cancer/667486/2 "2013-08-29T12:04:33Z")
Marijuana does not cure cancer. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-cures-cancer/667486/3 "2013-08-29T12:09:50Z")
If it cured cancer, how did you get the first tumor? Or the second? A cure is not final with cancer until several years have passed. It’s not just cut it out and you’re done. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-cures-cancer/667486/4 "2013-08-29T12:18:03Z")
If it indeed cured your cancer, and it can be proved, you should be written up in a reputable medical journal. See your doctor about this. Personally, I think it was the beer that cured your cancer, and if you’ve been toking since '65, MJ gave it to you. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-cures-cancer/667486/5 "2013-08-29T12:19:53Z")
How do you know it wasn’t the beer? Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-cures-cancer/667486/6 "2013-08-29T12:20:42Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Marijuana does not cure cancer. I’m living proof that it prevents it. So far, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-cures-cancer/667486/7 "2013-08-29T12:28:37Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > How do you know it wasn’t the beer? > > Regards, > Shodan I’m sure it helped. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-cures-cancer/667486/8 "2013-08-29T12:31:19Z")
> [@jsutter](#): > > I’m sure it helped. So what? Your uneducated opinion, when weighed against a mountain of evidence, means absolutely nothing. ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-cures-cancer/667486/9 "2013-08-29T12:36:10Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > If it indeed cured your cancer, and it can be proved, you should be written up in a reputable medical journal. See your doctor about this. > > Personally, I think it was the beer that cured your cancer, and if you’ve been toking since '65, MJ gave it to you. It has been well-said that correlation does not necessarily imply causality. Aloha ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-cures-cancer/667486/10 "2013-08-29T12:41:42Z")
> [@jsutter](#): > > It has been well-said that correlation does not necessarily imply causality. Now apply that to your opening statement. ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-cures-cancer/667486/11 "2013-08-29T12:41:56Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > So what? Your uneducated opinion, when weighed against a mountain of evidence, means absolutely nothing. Hmmmm. And yours do, I suppose? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-cures-cancer/667486/12 "2013-08-29T12:47:05Z")
> [@jsutter](#): > > Hmmmm. And yours do, I suppose? [Link,](http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-help/about-cancer/cancer-questions/does-smoking-cannabis-cause-cancer) [another link,](http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-teenage-mind/201102/does-marijuana-cause-cancer) [and another link.](http://lungcancer.about.com/od/causesoflungcance1/f/marijuana.htm) Your turn. ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-cures-cancer/667486/13 "2013-08-29T12:48:34Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Now apply that to your opening statement. No thanks. I’ll leave that to the nit-pickers. Aloha ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-cures-cancer/667486/14 "2013-08-29T12:52:18Z")
> [@jsutter](#): > > No thanks. I’ll leave that to the nit-pickers. So why did you post this thread in Great Debates? ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-cures-cancer/667486/15 "2013-08-29T12:58:12Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Link,](http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/cancer-help/about-cancer/cancer-questions/does-smoking-cannabis-cause-cancer) [another link,](http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-teenage-mind/201102/does-marijuana-cause-cancer) [and another link.](http://lungcancer.about.com/od/causesoflungcance1/f/marijuana.htm) > Your turn. Reefer Madness in Modern Mainstream Media. meh. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-cures-cancer/667486/16 "2013-08-29T13:03:13Z")
> [@jsutter](#): > > Reefer Madness in Modern Mainstream Media. meh. So what kind of evidence _would_ you accept? ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-cures-cancer/667486/17 "2013-08-29T13:06:40Z")
I think the OP is trying to be sarcastic. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-cures-cancer/667486/18 "2013-08-29T13:07:18Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > So what kind of evidence _would_ you accept? Oh, oh! I know this one!! Only evidence that supports his belief? ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-cures-cancer/667486/19 "2013-08-29T13:08:02Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > So why did you post this thread in Great Debates? From my OP > [@](#): > > Am I in the right forum? I had to start somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![jsutter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@jsutter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsutter)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2013, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-cures-cancer/667486/20 "2013-08-29T13:12:05Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Oh, oh! I know this one!! > > Only evidence that supports his belief? Unlike everyone else, of course. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marijuana-cures-cancer/667486.md?page=2)