How Cannabis Can Help Breast Cancer Symptoms


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Contributor: Timothy D. Pineda

While it may go without saying, I feel obligated to remind everyone that breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer found in all women. Sometimes, with ailments of this nature, age, race, or genetic backgrounds come into play, but for breast cancer, there is no discrimination – any woman (or man) could contract this horrendous affliction at any time. 

Though there is a veritable army of medicines and treatments that one will have to undergo and employ into their daily routine, if diagnosed with breast cancer, more and more of these courageous patients are realizing just how beneficial marijuana for breast cancer can be.

The relationship between cannabis and breast cancer isn’t a newly forged friendship, but, the scientific community has only been able to study its effects on patients in recent years. Why is that the case, you ask. Well, that question would be better directed at the federal government.

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You see, for decades, which have felt like eons, the “powers that be” in Washington, have done everything in their power to suffocate marijuana, and its wealth of positive aspects and benefits, from the public, in favor of the actually-lethal, but super-profitable pharmaceutical companies. 

These companies are responsible for producing and distributing all sorts of harmful opioids onto the American people. And they do so while promising “the world” with a long list of expected effects, but in actuality, they do nothing but cause other ailments, addiction, and in most cases, deaths.

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Thousands upon thousands of Americans pass away each year due to opioid-related causes, and not one person, in the history of the planet, has ever died from cannabis. Yet, for one reason or another, the federal government has chosen to back these pill-peddling monsters. And, one of the ways they have done so, for decades, has been through the criminal miscategorization of cannabis as Schedule One substance.


That official distinction put marijuana on the same level as cocaine, heroin, and meth. Doing that, the government officially claimed that they believed cannabis held no medicinal value whatsoever, and actually considered cannabis one of the most addictive drugs out there. Which, as you can probably guess, couldn’t be further from the truth.

There’s nothing physically addictive about cannabis in any way, shape, or form. Also, its overall absence of danger is incredibly enticing to folks who are looking for a natural way to cure themselves of pain and discomfort. However, there’s no hard-and-fast evidence that officially proves just how cannabis can help a person, yet. It’s all been through various trials-and-errors by cannabis enthusiasts, themselves. 

Which, with the federal government restricting any sort of lab study on the matter, was their only course of action. It was only recently that those restrictions were lifted, allowing scientists to return to their marijuana-related studies. And that, in my opinion, was long overdue. But hey, something’s something, right?

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We are all likely aware of just how beneficial cannabis can be as a medicine. It can relieve patients of pain, both mentally and physically, but it can also deliver a more optimistic approach towards these cancer-related patients, allowing them to live more positive lives throughout the course of their treatment. 

But don’t take it from me, take it from someone who has gone through breast cancer not once, but twice, and has utilized cannabis as a form of pain relief to cure her ailments


Everyone, meet Nique Pichette. 

In a recent interview, she was asked a list of questions about her personal experience with breast cancer, and how cannabis played a role in her recovery. To which, Pichette was more than happy to share her two cents.

Specifically, Pichette started by stating, “I did not use cannabis until my second battle with breast cancer in 2013. I had reached survivor status on November 14, 2011, 18 months before. I saw a picture of my son and I and I looked emaciated. As a nurse, and a Director of Nursing Operations at the time, I was petrified of losing my license. But I had lost my children to my eating disorder Anorexia Nervosa in 2005. I was not going down that path again. So, I contacted my biggest advocate, Steven Placek, and my journey with cannabis as medicine began.”

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Pichette went on to extrapolate a bit more on her experience with cannabis, saying, “During treatment, I was able to sleep at night. My appetite improved and the GI effects of chemotherapy that felt like cement running through my intestines were improved. After treatment, I started to learn as much as I could, both as a patient and a nurse, about cannabis as medicine.”

Adding, “I had to learn the effectiveness for the symptoms I was trying to manage. [To get better educated], I’ve worked in a dispensary [and] have taught at the Northeastern Institute of Cannabis in Natick, MA. I received my cannabis nurse competency in 2015, and I developed the Cannabis Nurse Navigator Position to help patients navigate their way through the medical system while using medical marijuana.”

It’s nice to see that she’s “paying it forward,” as far as cannabis knowledge and experience goes. That sort of heartfelt return to the cannabis community is never overlooked, and always appreciated. Especially by the folks who can directly benefit from her cannabis tutelage.

Pichette was asked to share some advice to those in her similar situation, and she was more than happy to do so.

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She said, “I would tell a newly diagnosed patient to embrace the journey. Getting angry [or] living in denial, worry, and fear will just add to the negative energy the cancer cells have from within. Remember that everyone’s journey is personal. It is not for family, friends, and medical professionals to judge a patient’s plan of care. Until you personally hear the words “You have cancer,” you cannot truly understand the answer to this question.”

Wow. What a sincerely profound statement. 

She’s absolutely right, and that statement is, basically, echoing the sentiments shared by the cannabis community, at large. Judgements and criticisms shouldn’t even be a thought, when talking about organic, herbal remedies for people in pain, especially for those in the middle of a breast cancer treatment.

Which is all the more reason bans on cannabis research should be lifted, and the medical community should fully embrace cannabis, as not only a mental coping mechanism for this tough time in a patient’s life, but also as a pain-reliever to help them deal with the litany of issues that coincide with cancer treatment.

It’s just the right thing to do.



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