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In Part 1 of a 2-part episode, we speak with Robin Swan of Swan Apothecary. Robin has spent many years working with cannabis medicine and helping patients understand how to use it safely and effectively. In this first part of our conversation we’re going to talk about how cannabis products have evolved over the last two decades, why there is so much confusion between THC and CBD, and how patients can protect themselves from scammers and misinformation.

Doctors told Slavka Geary of the UK she might have only a year to live after being diagnosed with HER2+ breast cancer. Instead of relying on just one approach, she combined conventional treatment with lifestyle changes, natural therapies, supplements, and cannabis oil. Today she is in remission from stage four cancer. and she’s using what she learned along the way to support others who are navigating their own health challenges.

When Lynn Cameron of Scotland was diagnosed with a brain tumor, doctors told her she had 18 months to live. She underwent chemo and radiation, which she now regrets, because she says it was cannabis that saved her life. In the last few weeks Lynn had a scan and got the "all clear" to celebrate her 10th year of being free of glioblastoma multiforme, a highly aggressive brain cancer.

Jason Berger of Ohio was only 34 years old when he was diagnosed in 2004 with an extremely rare form of brain cancer: Central Nervous System Lymphoma, which is fast growing and deadly. Over the last two decades he has undergone recurrences 5 times, had surgery and undergone a stem cell transplant. After two decades of treatments and setbacks, a few weeks before our interview he had a scan that showed "no evidence of disease." In this interview, Jason opens up about the ups and downs of his incredible journey.

After one round of chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia, doctors told 74 year old Ned Allen of Ireland that he had 8 months to live so he went home to die. But his son, Robbie, had a different idea and told his father about cannabis oil. Using cannabis oil in suppository form, a change in diet and supportive supplements his father began to quickly recover. Four months later, doctors could find no evidence of leukemia. When he left the hospital he was in a wheelchair. One day after our interview he went golfing. Listen to Ned and his son Robbie tell their amazing story.

Kat Bago of Tennessee was just 30 years old, working in hospitals, raising a young family—when chronic pain began to dismantle her life piece by piece. After years of searching, she was diagnosed with congenital spinal stenosis. She underwent major spinal surgeries, and put on opioids which she said made her feel like a zombie. When she began taking cannabis it was a life-changing decision. This is a story about pain, courage, motherhood, and choosing a different path to healing.

Nine years ago, we spoke with Geri Klughart of British Columbia, Canada—a woman who had lost both her mother and her husband to cancer. When she was diagnosed with breast cancer herself, Geri chose a path that went against medical advice and trusted cannabis oil instead, despite being told she had a “death wish.”  Today, Geri returns with the gift of perspective. In this conversation, we explore how that decision—and the trauma surrounding it—reshaped her health, her worldview, and the way she relates to life itself.  

After experiencing stomach discomfort in 2022, Bob Jansen of Iowa soon discovered he had pancreatic cancer. He underwent surgery, 12 rounds of chemotherapy but it was cannabis oil suppositories that Bob believes was pivotal in his getting the "all clear" only a few months later. In this episode, Bob and his wife Tami share what helped him beat the odds, how cannabis played a role in his healing, and what life looks like when everyday feels like a gift.

The life of Keith Petty of Virginia began with challenges many would never overcome: substance abuse in the home, foster care, addiction, incarceration, and devastating physical injury that left him with permanent nerve damage. For years, alcohol and destructive coping mechanisms ruled his life. Everything changed at age 32 when Keith chose cannabis over conventional pain management.

When he was diagnosed with brain cancer in October of 2022, doctors told 31 year old Nathan Duarte of British Columbia, Canada that his cancer was incurable, extremely aggressive and had a 100% recurrence rate. Then they told him he only had a year to 18 months to live. An operation removed 60% of his tumor and he underwent some chemo and radiation but he feels it was cannabis that resulted in his cancer-free diagnosis a year later. His oncologist said he had never seen anything like it.