Seven years ago, Ed Rosenthal’s PSA numbers spiked and a biopsy confirmed prostate cancer. He declined the interventions his doctor laid out, stayed under monitoring, and took CBD. A month ago, another biopsy found nothing.
When Colorado voters legalized cannabis in 2014, I was attending a big party in Denver. I remarked that cannabis was a miracle drug because I had just been “cured” by the vote to legalize. I no longer needed a prescription to treat my latent glaucoma. As far as I was concerned, the problem seemed to disappear that evening, at least within what I consider the Four Seasons State. You know, in Colorado you can experience all four seasons in a single weekend.
Then two years later, California voters passed Prop 64, legalizing adult cannabis use. I could clearly see that my battle with latent glaucoma was coming to an end in my home state, too.
Then, about seven years ago, my physician noticed a spike in my PSA numbers, a blood test often used as an indicator of prostate cancer. A biopsy confirmed that the indicators were correct.
My doctor discussed different action plans, none of which appealed to me. Instead, I suggested treatment with CBD. My doctor was dubious, but because the cancer was considered slow growing, he said I could start the treatment and see how things were going in six months.
A little about my doctor: he is in his 40s, grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and was familiar with cannabis and had heard about its medical uses, but had no experience with it medically.
Six months later, my PSA numbers had gone down. Subsequent tests continued to show the same trend.
About a month ago, my doctor performed another biopsy. He took six samples from different parts of my …
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Author: Ed Rosenthal / High Times
