How Marijuana Cures Cancer
Joan Bello has a Master of Science Degree in Holistic Health and Psychology. She has been studying and publicizing the beneficial effects of Marijuana since it helped cure her young son of epilepsy 40 years ago. Bello produced her seminal work: The Benefits of Marijuana in 1991 in which she acknowledged and explained the vast array of benefits that marijuana imparts to body, mind and spirit. When it first was published, her hypothesis was considered scandalous, yet over the course of time, her work has been validated with scientific study after study. She is respected for her holistic perspective which has withstood the test of time. “Benefits is now selling to the grandchildren of the original readers, and they are just as enthusiastic about the information,” according to Bello. She has a knack for integrating modern scientific information with ancient wisdom and conveying it to the lay population in simple yet profound logic. She credits her ability to see “the whole picture,” from her training in Eastern Studies and Psychology under the tutelage of Swami Rama. Bello was a teacher and counselor before becoming a marijuana activist, researcher and author.  How Marijuana Cures Cancer was originally conceived as a short article which would provide the reader with a wide-ranging understanding of the compounds of marijuana and the way in which they interface with the main balancing network of the organism. “The article just kept growing, until I finally realized that if I could explain the connection between marijuana and healing from cancer successfully, it would serve as a basic generic body of knowledge easily applied to other disease syndromes.”  Bello is currently working on: The Yoga of Marijuana which will be published in sections over the course of the next five years. “It will be very unique and esoteric and my final contribution in service to The Plant.”  Joan Bello lives with her husband and their pets in rural Northeastern Pennsylvania.