Dr Peyraube is Medical Doctor and specialist in the field of Drug Policy and Cannabis for Medicinal purposes. Throughout her career she has been involved in training, prevention, treatment and drug related harm reduction, including innovative theoretical and methodological developments with an emphasis on ethical issues, which earned her regional and international recognition. She has been advocating for drug policy reform in several countries.
In her home country, Uruguay, she has been ad hoc advisor to the National Board on Drugs (SND) in the reform of the public drug policy and the Institute of Regulation and Control of Cannabis (IRCCA) of Uruguay, and actively participated in the drafting of the law that regulates Cannabis for all purposes.
Racquel is a member of the International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines (IACM) and of the group of experts working on the public health recommendations for Cannabis regulation, coordinated by the O’Neill Institute of the Georgetown University, Washington DC, and the Washington Office for Latin America (WOLA).
Dr Peyraube is the designer and academic coordinator of the 1st International Medical Cannabis Course for physicians and nurses endorsed by IACM, a protocol designed to be implemented in different contexts. Also, she is scientific advisor to foundations and companies working in the field of medical Cannabis who are interested in developing clinical trials and public education.
In May 2017 she founded the Uruguayan Society of Endocannabinology and is its founder president. Currently she is dedicated to Cannabis medicine practice, the development of protocols for clinical trials for research, medical cannabis education for health professionals, and consulting on Drug Policy Reform, particularly Cannabis legalization in different countries.
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/cannabis/healthprofessional/page4/AllPages
This fact sheet by the National Cancer Institute about cannabis (dagga) and cancer is far more professional and well-researched than that released by our own CANSA, which comes across as very biased towards conventional treatments such as big pharma drugs and chemotherapy. The linked report actually goes into the meat of just how the cannabinoids have been shown to eliminate unhealthy (cancerous) cells in the body while leaving healthy cells intact.
You can also take a look at Rick Simpson’s ‘Run from the Cure’ documentary and his page on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rick-Simpson/298774923502987?fref=ts
and CANNABIS CURES CANCERS:
https://www.facebook.com/THeCureForCancers?fref=ts
This “fact-sheet” is pure bull – organisations like “CANSA” are part of the cancer problem as they have institutionalized so called “treatment” of the disease instead of looking at the causes and admitting that the effects of said “treatments” simply make things worse.
We have the right to self-medicate and do not have to rely on the medical world or pharmaceuticals companies when we can grow it in our gardens. Cannabis is undoubtedly a powerful medicine when used correctly – as well as a mind-altering plant when used in moderation recreationally.