... Many medical groups support the legalization of marijuana for medicinal purposes. Among these are the Physician's Association for AIDS Care, and the National Lymphoma Foundation, and the American Public Health Association. "Marijuana has been proven to stimulate the appetite (Pluff)."" The ... cachexia (loss of appetite), in order to take all the necessary precautions. Marijuana is proven to not only alleviate the side effects of AIDS, but also prevent subsequent illnesses by providing patients with the urge to eat and give their body necessary nutrients. Glaucoma is a condition ... th...

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... the immune system. It also sometimes causes severe nausea that heightens the danger of semi-starvation for patients who are already suffering from nausea. AIDS patients who smoke marijuana have noticed reduced pain, and the elimination of vomiting and headaches. Patients who have stopped taking AZT and instead used ... to power many millions of cars. Biomass fuels are clean and virtually free from metals and sulfur, so they do not cause nearly as much air pollution as fossil fuels. Even more importantly, burning biomass fuels does not increase the total amount of carbon dioxide in the E...

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... has been rising since the mid 1990's. Marinol, a capsule containing THC, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1985. Marinol helps people with serious medical conditions, such as AIDS and cancer. Some states have passed laws allowing the usage of marijuana for medical purposes. The usage of medical marijuana is illegal in the United States. People in the states ... burned down 37 homes and 56,500 acres of land was caused by an "antipot copter- searching for weed. Putting out the fire took 2,700 firefighters, 17 helicopters and 10 air tankers costing about $21 million ...

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... has been rising since the mid 1990's. Marinol, a capsule containing THC, was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1985. Marinol helps people with serious medical conditions, such as AIDS and cancer. Some states have passed laws allowing the usage of marijuana for medical purposes. The usage of medical marijuana is illegal in the United States. People in the states ... burned down 37 homes and 56,500 acres of land was caused by an "antipot copter- searching for weed. Putting out the fire took 2,700 firefighters, 17 helicopters and 10 air tankers costing about $21 million ...

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... for their patients. It was another futile attempt at getting the US government to recognize the medicinal benefits of marijuana. Marijuana is used as a medicine in different ways such as AIDS, Glaucoma, Sclerosis, Epilepsy, and Cancer just to name a few. As the number of hashish and marijuana users expanded, the medical journals began to list cases of "cannabis poisonings." Doctors began ... improved appetite and weight gain after they began smoking cannabis. People with AIDS who use cannabis regularly allows them to continue to live a more normal life with relatively few side effects. ...

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... you? There are sick people who really feel they need marijuana to numb pain, relieve eye pressure of glaucoma, nausea, calm muscle spasms or get the munchies to help with aids wasting. For those symptoms pot is just a sort of painkiller it doesn't aid in healing just relives the body's warning, which is pain. If pot is really a good medication for ... are already full of victims of tobacco and alcohol. Why do we need a third legal drug added to the mix? I believe things are fine the way they are "if it ain't broke don't fix it."" The issue of legalizing marijuana will probably be debate...

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... Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse survey 55% of graduating high school seniors have tried it at least once. II. How many of you have friends or relatives suffering from AIDS, glaucoma, or cancer? Image how much legalization would help these people in relaxing their symptoms and causing the side effect of hunger allows them to eat when their body still ... , glaucoma, and multiple sclerosis can find relief of side effects and get treatment with marijuana. A. Patients suffering from AIDS 1. The estimated number of Americans living with AIDS is about 1 million people. 2. The symptoms ...

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... be obtained. Unfortunately, these drugs also have severe side effects, most notably nausea and vomiting. Patients sometimes find these effects so distressing they abandon chemotherapy entirely. People with AIDS also experience these problems. Powerful anti-viral drugs such as AZT and the new protease inhibitors can induce severe nausea, vomiting, and other gastrointestinal effects. In September 1998 ... . Conclusions Marijuana has many important and practical uses. If given in moderation and under a controlled environment people should be able to use marijuana for illnesses such as glauc...

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... Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse survey 55% of graduating high school seniors have tried it at least once. II. How many of you have friends or relatives suffering from AIDS, glaucoma, or cancer? Image how much legalization would help these people in relaxing their symptoms and causing the side effect of hunger allows them to eat when their body still ... , glaucoma, and multiple sclerosis can find relief of side effects and get treatment with marijuana. A. Patients suffering from AIDS 1. The estimated number of Americans living with AIDS is about 1 million people. 2. The symptoms ...

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... War on Drugs. There are many habits much worse than marijuana, one example being cigarette smoking. "Tobacco smoking kills more people each year than AIDS, heroin, crack, cocaine, alcohol, car accidents, fire and murder combined. Tobacco smoking is the number one cause of preventable death in the ... Hemp can be used to treat many diseases, some of which include: multiple sclerosis, depression, epilepsy, migraine headaches, asthma, glaucoma, cancer treatment, AIDS treatment, emphysema, and stress reduction. This list does not even include the many medicines that can be made from marijuana...

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... , Ms, and epilepsy. In the stomach it restores appetite, which can be beneficial for chemotherapy (also helps with nausea in chemo patients), and AIDS patients, and can also be useful in helping anorexia. There are also a number of medical uses of marijuana. The medicinal use of marihuana has ... is yet to be found a appetite stimulating chemical in marijuana. However, the natural weight gain marijuana can produce is beneficial for chemotherapy patients and AIDS patients. It can also be used for anorexics and bolemics who suffer from malnutrition and need to gain back lost weight. Many ag...

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... it is the miracle drug. The cannabis news ran a report stating, "The report concluded the cannabinoids can relieve pain, reduce vomiting, and stimulate appetite in people with diseases, such as Aids, that causes them to loose weight"(www.cannabisnews.com/news/5/thread5889.shtml). There are numerous painkillers out on the market, which are very effective. Just a few of these pills are ... and you start to cough that is not going to help out the situation. There are also many prescription drugs that help Aids patients fight the disease and get their appetite back. Health Square recommends...

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... . Peripheral nerves that detect pain sensations contain abundant receptors for cannabinoids, and cannabinoids appear to block peripheral nerve pain in experiments. Two leading diseases in the world are cancer and AIDS. Medical marijuana can help both of them. In polls, in California people who take medical marijuana, 60% said they requested the drug due to ... AIDS. People who take medical marijuana for AIDS say it helps the painful nerve damage, dementia and helps them with depression and anxiety. For cancer, users of the drug say it helps by quelling nausea, suppressing vomiting, incre...

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Legalizing Marijuana To the AIDS or cancer patient, it is the plant that fights nausea and appetite loss. To the nutritionist, its seed is second only to the soybean in nutritional ... despite the fact that it is illegal, and that they would prescribe marijuana if it were legalized. When Kenny and Barbara Jenks, of Panama City, Florida, developed AIDS, the only thing that made them hungry and decreased their nausea were several hits of marijuana each day. Neither of them had ever been marijuana smokers before, but ... related to cancer chemotherapy. At the peak of the Drug Wars in the late 198...

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There are many diseases in which the "victim" may experience symptoms that can be treated by smoking marijuana. AIDS, cancer, glaucoma, and chron's disease are only a few of the many diseases that can be helped through the use of marijuana. People consider marijuana to be a dangerous drug and are ... delay the disease, they must "protect" people from this drug. Why does the government want to see people in pain and suffering? The answer is still floating up in the air. Many people who have cancer take chemotherapy. Chemotherapy causes great pain, nausea, loss of appetite, and vomiting. Accor...

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... could concentrate on the control of the drugs that are a serious threat to society. Marijuana as Medicine Marijuana can be used for several medicinal purposes. Marijuana is effective for treating AIDS-related wasting and the nausea from cancer chemotherapy.20 Other prescribed drugs are used but are often expensive and don't always work. The drugs also have harmful side effects. Many ... marijuana. Several researchers were disgusted by the ad and called-up TV networks to complain about the commercial. As a result of this the Partnership had to pull it from the air. The commercial was rev...

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... completely unrelated to the war on drugs." (Verhovek 2). Marijuana has been proven to show the effectiveness it has in reducing nausea induced by cancer chemotherapy, stimulation of the appetite in AIDS patients, and reducing intraocular pressure in people with glaucoma (Morgan 16). In one study of 65 patients who got no relief from standard antiemetic agents, 78% became symptom free when ... that were being taught to the American public were myths. According to John P Morgan the myth that marijuana kills brain cells came from a brain imaging technique called pneumoencephalography, whic...

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... the national government. This clause was used in California a couple months ago to decide whether marijuana should be accepted as medical treatment for patients with death-threatening ailments such as aids. The effects from smoking the marijuana essentially calms the nerves and eases the pain of the suffering making it more tolerable to carry on with their life. They are supplied ... any other ailments. Since the approval of the proposition, marijuana has only been used when a physician has concluded that a person may benefit from its use, aiding in the treatment of AIDS, glaucoma, canc...

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... ." Marijuana contains about 400 chemicals that break down into 2000 or more. One joint contains as much tar as fourteen cigarettes. "Human Relations Media" The traditional medications used to treat AIDS sufferers cause a wide range of side effects. Virtually the only medicine capable of treating the entire spectrum of side effects without causing harm to the user is marijuana. There are ... now 30 diseases listed under the condition known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, AIDS. Most AIDS sufferers will contract several of these 30 during the course of their illness before finally s...

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... ." Marijuana contains about 400 chemicals that break down into 2000 or more. One joint contains as much tar as fourteen cigarettes. "Human Relations Media" The traditional medications used to treat AIDS sufferers cause a wide range of side effects. Virtually the only medicine capable of treating the entire spectrum of side effects without causing harm to the user is marijuana. There are ... now 30 diseases listed under the condition known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, AIDS. Most AIDS sufferers will contract several of these 30 during the course of their illness before finally s...

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... to ancient China. It was used by most of the world's cultures for its healing properties (Medical Marijuana Cases 1). Today such conditions as Migraine headaches, Glaucoma, Cancer, Epilepsy, Asthma AIDS/HIV, Spinal injury, Muscle spasms, Insomnia etc., could be treated for symptomatic relief with cannabis or cannabis extract. However, marijuana is still considered an illegal drug in most states in ... physicians argue that the drug eases their pain and suffering, the question still is fiercely debated by law enforcement and the medical community (Donnelly 1-2).4 Modeled after undergroun...

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... , which is useful to someone suffering from glaucoma. Studies have also shown that marijuana is a significant source for reducing the extreme nausea resulting from chemotherapy. This fact helps people with AIDS and cancer live a more normal life, while fighting the diseases. Marijuana is also an appetite stimulant. Marijuana by inducing appetite and relieving nausea helps ... AIDS patients eat and keep food down, lessening the "AIDS wasting-syndrome." Marijuana has also been found to relieve pain associated with multiple sclerosis, post-polio syndrome, and certain types of spinal and cra...

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... Court rules there is no exception in Federal law for people to us it." (McKenzie). Marijuana has a wide variety of therapeutic uses, and is helpful in treating these following conditions: Aids: reduces vomiting and loss of appetite Asthma: THC acts as Bronchodilater and reverses bronchial constriction Arthritis: autoimmune modulator Cancer: stimulates appetite, alleviates nausea, and vomiting Chronic pain: alleviates debilitating pain ... medicinal marijuana, an even bigger health issue may be at stake. Scientists have discovered that hemp oil, the non-psychoactive oil from seeds, may h...

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... purely for medical reasons: to ease the nausea of chemotherapy, to reduce the pain of multiple sclerosis, to alleviate the symptoms of glaucoma, and to improve appetite dangerously reduced from AIDS, are only some to mention. Medical marijuana has taken its toll in improving the health of all. But why is it, that if some is caught in possession of this ... prescribe in order to reduce pain and suffering."" (Leshner 3)Numerous published studies have shown that people suggest that marijuana has medical value in treating patients with serious illnesses such as AIDS, glaucoma, cancer, multi...

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... believe that the use of marijuana is harmful and even deadly but it has been proven otherwise. Its use has many benefits such as medical cures for diseases such as AIDS and PTSD. Whether or not marijuana should be legalized is a highly controversial issue in the United States, and will likely continue to be so for many years to come. Scientifically ... use of marijuana has many benefits. Since the plant has never killed anyone, its medical use is of great importance. The use of marijuana can benefit people living with glaucoma, AIDS, cancer, M.S. and PTSD. It is also a proven fact that ...

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