Whoopi Goldberg – Cannabis is probably the greatest medicine on the planet

Veteran American actress, comedian, and author Caryn Elaine Johnson, professionally known as Whoopi Goldberg has praised cannabis for its healing properties arguing it should be made available for people everywhere.

The 68-year-old complete EGOT series award winner also revealed that she would be fully venturing into the cannabis business bringing to market two cannabis brands under her WhoopFam umbrella.

Crediting the drug which she terms as ‘probably the greatest medicine on the planet’ for helping her deal with painful menstrual cramps and her glaucoma-related headaches when painkillers she used, that were designed for that use failed to help her.

Highlighting she wishes to share the “healing” with other women as well as people in pain.

“For people like me, it was always used to stop the (menstrual) cramps and the side part of it is that it was fun, it made you laugh and stuff. They(periods) are not taboo anymore because we all know women get a period. We know.

So you can either make it hard, which they’ve done in terms of creating something that helps women… But this (cannabis) we know works,” the Sister Acts star said while talking with Forbes Magazine.

Whoopi, who’s a mother of one went on to explain why she thinks medicating shouldn’t feel uncomfortable stating, “People say, ‘well, that’s just anecdotal,’ but it’s not anecdotal. Medicine should be in the hands of people.”