Happy Mondays star: Cannabis helped treat my son's cancer

Happy Mondays star and former drug addict Paul Ryder has revealed how he treated his 11-year-old son's cancer with cannabis.

Chico Ryder was diagnosed with a rare soft tissue cancer in 2012.

Doctors told his parents surgery was too risky and he would need chemotherapy and radiation.

They prescribed the 11-year-old a synthetic form of cannabis to ease the effects of his gruelling treatment.

His parents decided to go a step further, injecting cannabis oil into his stomach tube - with the full support of doctors.

Chico's mother, Angie Smith, says it is time people started looking at the evidence, when it comes to the medicinal benefits of cannabis.

In December last year, the family got some good news - Chico was in remission.

Cancer Research UK are supporting clinical trials to test the drug's effectiveness.

[Read: Cannabis, cannabinoids and cancer \- the evidence so far]( http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/07/25/cannabis-cannabinoids-and-cancer-the-evidence-so-far/#what-are-they)