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Larry Hagman: "Marijuana Is a Medicine"

Larry Hagman back on screen as JR in the new Dallas
Larry Hagman back on screen as JR in the new Dallas

Dallas star Larry Hagman says that marijuana helped him beat cancer.

The 80-year-old actor was diagnosed with the disease last year, but he recently declared he is in remission.

He opened up about his health battle to Germany’s Bunte magazine calling cannabis "a medicine" and praising the drug as "much better than alcohol or tobacco and (it) hasn't killed anyone".

"The cancer and the chemotherapy really took it out of me,” he said. “I lost 30 pounds, weighed only 171 pounds. Marijuana actually brought my appetite back".

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