Hello Freedomphiles!  Worried about breast cancer?  See Doctor Feelgood above, and he will cure you of your ills with a nice phatty.  At least, that's what BBC News is reporting:

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.

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CBD works by blocking the activity of a gene called Id-1 which is believed to be responsible for the aggressive spread of cancer cells away from the original tumour site - a process called metastasis.

Past work has shown CBD can block aggressive human brain cancers.

The latest work found CBD appeared to have a similar effect on breast cancer cells in the lab.

Lead researcher Dr Sean McAllister said: "Right now we have a limited range of options in treating aggressive forms of cancer.

"Those treatments, such as chemotherapy, can be effective but they can also be extremely toxic and difficult for patients.

"This compound offers the hope of a non-toxic therapy that could achieve the same results without any of the painful side effects."

In somewhat related news, you may remember the blog I wrote about how the Federal Sentencing Commission has urged Congress to finally officially fix the disparity between sentences for crack and regular powder cocaine:

Have you ever heard of the 100 to 1 ratio?  What it is is the sentencing discrepancy between being busted with crack cocaine vs regular cocaine.  It means that you have to be busted with 100X the amount of nose candy (thanks, Sonny Crocket) than the amount of crack to get the same sentence...

...The rub has always been that white people are far more likely to be busted for powder, while black people have been far more likely to be busted for rock.  This led to perhaps not a specific racist policy, but definitely a de facto racist policy.

Well, the Kansas City Star is reporting that the Commission is now holding hearings about whether this rule should go into effect retroactively, releasing many of the convicted from prison.  Full story here.