Cannabis and Cancer: Arthur’s Story
Scribe, $19.95 pb, 118 pp
Non-fiction
The Case for Cannabis
by Michael McGirr •
This is a book about pain. In December 1999, Arthur Reilly was diagnosed with life-threatening cancer. The methods of relief offered to him, principally morphine, had drastic side-effects which undermined what pleasure he might have found in living. For four months, he lost weight and showed little interest in his usual activities. He became depressed and contemplated suicide.
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Cannabis and Cancer: Arthur’s Story
by Pauline Reilly
Scribe, $19.95 pb, 118 pp
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