CLASSIC: Why do some people think cannabis can cure cancer?

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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4.3 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2025

⏱️ 70 minutes

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In tonight's Classic episode, Ben, Matt and Noel dive into a decades-long, surprisingly disturbing conspiracy: with a growing number of Western countries decriminalizing or outright legalizing cannabis, the controversial plant seems set to become an acceptable alternative to some preexisting treatments for appetite loss, chronic pain and more. Yet some supporters of medicinal marijuana products argue the chemicals in this plant can do much more than just make someone hungry or ease their pain -- marijuana, they argue, may actually cure cancer, and this is something the established pharmacuetical industry doesn't want you to know. So how do these claims hold up?

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0:00.0	Fellow conspiracy realists, we return to you with another classic episode this evening.
0:06.0	Guys, I was recently reading some initial findings that argue the idea of pain relief
0:13.2	through consumption of cannabis may indeed be an example of the placebo effect.
0:18.7	I was read about this.
0:19.9	I know.
0:20.2	I thought the research was solid on pain relief, right?
0:23.6	That's why there's medical marijuana because of things like that.
0:28.0	Mm-hmm.
0:28.7	Mm-hmm.
0:29.1	And obviously we have no moral objection to cannabis.
0:33.6	God knows it's a lot less dangerous than things like tobacco or alcohol.
0:38.7	However, we also know that over the years, due in part to legal vilification of cannabis,
0:46.9	we know that people have started to say, or for a long time, people have ascribed any number
0:53.7	of superhuman medical powers to the substance and chemicals within it.
1:00.1	And there's a large contention of people who are convinced that cannabis can cure cancer.
1:06.6	Well, let's find out why they think that.
1:09.6	Let's do it.
1:11.9	I'm Andrea Gunning, host of the podcast Betrayal.
1:16.3	Police Lieutenant Joel Kern used his badge to fool everyone.
1:20.0	Most of all, his wife, Caroline.
1:22.7	He texted, I've ruined our lives.
1:25.6	You're going to want to divorce me.
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