65-year-old Carter Singleton began chemotherapy in 2003 to treat non-Hodgkins lymphoma. Shortly thereafter, his six-foot, 230-pound frame began to wither away. Unable to eat, he lost 80 pounds in five months and was so weak he could barely move.
After a friend suggested that he try marijuana, Singleton found that it stimulated his appetite. Marijuana allowed him to gain weight, which gave him the strength he needed to beat the cancer.
In 2003, he was arrested for cultivating medical marijuana in his home.
"I was starving to death," he says. "I did what I had to do."
Singleton was fortunate to have a sympathetic judge who did not subject him to jail. His cancer is now in remission.
