American Pain Society. Summary: The growing body of evidence that marijuana (cannabis) may be effective as a pain reliever has been expanded with publication of a new study in The Journal of Pain reporting that patients with nerve pain showed reduced pain intensity from smoking marijuana. Researchers examined whether marijuana produces analgesia for patients with neuropathic pain.
Ron O'Neal. Ron O'Neal. Ron O'Neal, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 66, spent most of his professional life trying to live down his role of the bad-ass Youngblood Priest in Superfly (1972), one of the key blaxploitation movies of the decade.
This is not by accident. Wondering how a father could leave his son when he was 6 months old, O'Neal treats him as if he's dead. Claiming he lost contact only because he was in prison, then on drugs, Toney says he is alive and sorry. O'Neal's people claim Toney is only looking for money and fame.