Column: Alleviating cancer treatment symptoms with cannabis

I am a breast cancer survivor. When my son was 2 years old, I was fighting for my life. I endured numerous surgeries, radiation and chemotherapy treatments. I experienced nausea, appetite loss and insomnia—and medicinal cannabis was not a legal treatment option for me.
As a double board-certified physician, anesthesiologist and a pain management specialist, the more I learned about cannabis as an effective and natural way to alleviate pain an ...