to alter the chemo plan. they re not. they did not do that at all. reporter: that s not surprising. while many mainstream doctors do support the use of cannibis to offset the side effects of chemotherapy, as things stand now, no doctor would recommend cannibis instead of chemo. myself included. but there is a growing body of promising research. dr. julie holland is the editor of the pot book. it turns out it actually fights the cancer itself. you re a doc. you ve studied this, talked to the researchers. you re saying marijuana can kill cancer cells. i m saying that and there are many other researchers who are saying that, too. we ve got lung samples from our treated mice. reporter: like san francisco researchers, pierre despre southbound and shawn mcallister, who say they ve seen first hand what the cannibis compound or cbd can do. in their lab, they use cbd to kill mice and human cancer cells. we asked the american cancer society what they thought about all of this.
offset the side effects of chemotherapy, as things stand now, no doctor would recommend cannibis instead of chemo. myself included. but there is a growing body of promising research. dr. julie holland is the editor of the pot book. it turns out it actually fights the cancer itself. you re a doc. you ve studied this, talked to the researchers. you re saying marijuana can kill cancer cells. i m saying that and there are many other researchers who are saying that, too. we ve got lung samples from our treated mice. reporter: like san francisco researchers, pierre despre and shawn mcallister. who say they ve seen first hand what the cannibis compound or cbd can do. in their lab, they use cbd to kill mice and human cancer cells. we asked the american cancer society what they thought about all of this. and in a statement to cnn, they said there is no available scientific evidence from controlled studies in humans
0 former secretary of state hillary clinton? you take all the time you need, girl power. yeah. girl power. yes, love. there you go. all the time. what did you think, donna? i love her. i love her. that was great. i m don lemon. thanks for joining us. ac 360 starts right now. don, thanks very much. good evening, everyone. tonight break news in the scandal involving america s busiest bridge. the gop s brightest presidential hope right now, chris christie, and evidence that his administration played the kind of bare knuckle partisan politics that he criticizes in others. we re keeping them honest tonight. also ahead in the program, her brain-dead body is being kept alive against her wishes, against her family s wishes because she s pregnant. we ll look at another very hard case at the intersection of life and death and the law. and later, medical marijuana. we know it helps some people tolerate cancer treatment. the question is, can it also be a cancer treatment by its