“A compound found in cannabis may stop breast cancer spreading throughout the body, US scientists believe. The California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute team are hopeful that cannabidiol or CBD could be a non-toxic alternative to chemotherapy. Unlike cannabis, CBD does not have any psychoactive properties so its use would not violate laws, Molecular Cancer Therapeutics reports. The authors stressed that they were not suggesting patients smoke marijuana. They added that it would be highly unlikely that effective concentrations of CBD could be reached by smoking cannabis.” [editor’s note: The balance of the evidence seems to be that cannabis is a staple of “the natural human diet” insofar as we are physiologically evolved to use/need a number of cannabinoids. Unsurprising, then, that scientists continue to find it effective in preventing, halting or curing various human maladies - TLK] (11/19/07)