R.I.P. Cash Hyde

I never met young Cash (Cashy) Hyde and now that he has passed on I wont get that chance at least not in this existence. Just four years old Cash was taken from us having fought cancer for most of his young life he finally fell victim to his disease.

He touched a lot of us in the cannabis community because his story was a story of hope for the future. His father tried, after doctors had given up hope of saving Cash's life, to save him. He would give Cash hemp oil in his feeding tube and for a while Cash's life was hopeful. However, as these diseases are want to do, it was false hope.

Until the day we rethink our prohibition on cannabis and restore it to it's rightful place, can we ever be certain  that hemp didn't help Cashy, even if it made the few years he had on this earth more enjoyable, isn't it worth the try? When you look into this young mans eyes tell me his life wasn't worth the risk.

Great strides are being made in cancer research all over the world. Everywhere, it would seem, except here. Spain, Portugal, Israel all have aggressive cannabis research projects studying cannabis's effect on cancer cells and other ailments but here in the US we still regard it as addictive and with no medicinal value. We know better now!

We'll probably never know if Cashy could have been saved by the hemp oil but we do know that the quality of his life was made better and the few short years that he had with us were more enjoyable because of it. Rest In Peace little soldier you've done your part.