Rick Simpson gained a lot of popularity when he claimed that Tetrahydrocannabinol was able to cure his father’s cancer. He claimed that he had medical proof that supported the theory that THC (Cannabis) had cleared his father’s lungs and repaired the prostate.

A taller claim was he did not have to be dependent on insulin any longer as his diabetes was also under complete control. Going down the road of ancient history, there is a lot of evidence and it has been recorded that hemp was actually used in medicine as far as five thousand years ago! Rick Simpson Cannabis, based in Nova Scotia was sentenced when the police found nearly thirty grams of marijuana in his possession and around three kilograms of THC (cannabis oil), that was used to make medicine. They believed these large quantities were possibly being used for the purpose of drug trafficking and the unlawful production of cannabis marijuana.

Rick Simpson Cannabis said outside the courtroom just before his trial was going to be conducted. “People have proven to me once again they have total lack of common sense. There’s something wrong with them. It may be better to lock me up right now. As soon as I get home I’m going to treat my patients. I’m going to grow that plant until the day I die, so I might as well be put in jail today. I can’t stop in the middle of (treatment). People’s lives are at stake here.”

He claimed that cannabis oil had helped him cure people afflicted with cancer. Cannabis is also used to treat alcoholics and recovering drug addicts and this is a known fact for many years. Chemotherapy tends to ruin the body’s existing mechanism and cannabis is the best medicine that is extremely effective and non-toxic in its healing mechanism.