Imagine waking up every morning and knowing that you have been infected with the AIDS virus, and could die in a couple of years. What if their was something you could do to slow the affects of the virus to live a longer life expectancy? Would you ... the one with the alcohol had a negligible effect. Showing that marijuana had such a tremendous affect on a person's body to crave food in that great of an amount, demonstrates how an AIDS victim can live a much longer life and stay more nourished than without marijuana. ...

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... material goods, preventing our rain forest to be destroy at such a rapid rate. This protects our environment and provides more trees that help clean the air we pollute. Hemp cultivation can also provide many new jobs in the Untied States. With more jobs, more people work, more people earn, and ... I believe the medical applications marijuana provides to the sick, is the most important. Marijuana can therapeutically help patients who suffer form illnesses such as AIDS and cancer. Marijuana is less toxic than any conventional medicine and an overdose death from marijuana is unheard of part...

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... strength and pain resistance of warriors to prepare them for battle, or to program them to kill • As pain or hunger suppressants • To help cope with thin air at high altitudes • To relax during celebrations By current standards, the historical use of herbal preparations was not too harmful. It became so only after mankind learned to increase ... Infants exposed to heroin in the womb go through withdrawal at birth and exhibit various developmental problems. Besides the danger of overdose, addicts are susceptible to malnutrition, hepatitis , pneumonia, and AIDS . heroin Section: Heroi...

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... be charged an outrageous government tax to buy it, instead of risking life and limb to illegally purchase one from some guy named Karl who doesn't deserve to share the air he or she breathes in let alone their hard earned money. Why give money to the scum of the earth when it can go to the government to aid in ... the natural and herbal essence of nature's finest product. Grant Setzler spoke at the IOM workshop in Louisiana about his use of marijuana to combat AIDS wasting syndrome and later for relief from the side effects of AIDS medication. [He said] " Every day I risk arrest, proper...

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... does. There has never been a fatal reaction to marijuana in thousands of years and countless doses. The fact that medical marijuana has assisted patients suffering from the symptoms of cancer, AIDS, multiple sclerosis and glaucoma can no longer be denied. In the context of the medical marijuana debate, we are often told that marijuana must be proven "safe effective" by the ... drug reactions occur. Cannabis is usually ranked among the top medicines, called "panaceas", a word which means "cure-all". The therapeutic potential of cannabis includes: treating asthma & breathing difficulties,...

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... (Marijuana Rx). Only eight people today receive marijuana through a federal "compassionate use" program which stopped admitting new patients in 1992 after the number of applications, mostly from AIDS patients, increased dramatically. Judge Young also ruled that, " the provisions of the Controlled Substances Act permit and require the transfer of marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule II" ... have recently taken place in support of legal access to medical marijuana and/or opposing the criminalization of medical marijuana-using patients. Some of these organizations include the AIDS Action...

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... synthetic analgesiscs are often not powerful enough" (92). The final way in which medical marijuana is used by doctors today is as an "appetite stimulant in AIDS patients"(Maier 22). Much like cancer patients the treatment of AIDS and the drugs that are used to do so cause nausea and rapid weight loss. The most commonly used drug in the fight against ... for the patient which leads to further weight loss in addition to the weight loss and nausea caused by AIDS itself (86). To curb these side effects many doctors turn to marijuana. In one case study in which marijuana was given to AIDS p...

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... who are anti-marijuana. These two factions have been fighting on this issue in the halls of justice for years. Pro-marijuana legalization groups such as the Physician's Association for AIDS Care and the National Lymphoma Foundation argue that Marijuana should be legalized in order to treat terminally ill patients. Anti-marijuana legalization groups such as the Drug Enforcement Agency and ... is proof enough of the drug's positive benefits, regardless of any actual scientific evidence. The Drug Enforcement Agency also argues that new findings show that marijuana is actually harmful to AI...

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... cancer and eye pressure from glaucoma." Kytr also states that this is a very controversial subject (Kytr interview). Groups like the U.S. Institute of Medicine recognize several medical conditions such as diabetes, AIDS, multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, and metastatic cancer. David Slade, U.S. Supreme Court member, states where the most common treatments for these diseases are usually a failure. " Herbal cannabis significantly relieves ... medications do not" (Slade 48). Also a lot of patients use medical marijuana as a last resort for pain relief associated with spastic disorder, glaucoma, ...

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... Kehoe said she wanted the city of San Diego "to go on the record we support the medical use marijuana; marijuana can be a drug of necessity in the treatment of AIDS, glaucoma, cancer and multiple sclerosis. '' Many agencies, which are anti marijuana such as Drug Enforcement Agency and police departments, argue marijuana should not be legalized. These agencies believe that marijuana ... there is no evidence that marijuana is a medicine. The agencies also argues that no other drug prescribed is smoked and that knew findings show that marijuana is acutely harmful to AIDS, and Cancer patien...

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... being used when it could be helping many people cope with the diseases they have. Medical marijuana should be legal for people that suffer from incurable diseases such as cancer, AIDS, glaucoma, and multiple sclerosis, they would benefit from medical marijuana because it would help relieve their chronic pain and suffering. Marijuana can also be very useful in treating many illnesses ... afflicted with glaucoma. Spacsticity, it is believed to help calm spasms from spinal cord injury. Stomach, marijuana helps restore the appetite in people who have lost weight from cancer or AIDS. Nausea,...

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... Kehoe said she wanted the city of San Diego "to go on the record we support the medical use marijuana; marijuana can be a drug of necessity in the treatment of AIDS, glaucoma, cancer and multiple sclerosis. '' Many agencies, which are anti marijuana such as Drug Enforcement Agency and police departments, argue marijuana should not be legalized. These agencies believe that marijuana ... there is no evidence that marijuana is a medicine. The agencies also argues that no other drug prescribed is smoked and that knew findings show that marijuana is acutely harmful to AIDS, and Cancer patien...

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... After being charged with the cultivation of marijuana he appeared in court. Judge George King, found McWillams guilty without hearing his defense, which would have argued that he was an AIDS and cancer patient and got relief from the marijuana. McWilliams was released on $250,000 bail. The bail terms required McWilliams, be tested randomly for marijuana use. Prohibited from using ... marijuana kept the pill down. This incident confirms that prohibiting the use of medical-marijuana can cost lives (Buckley 11). Marijuana has been shown to help in the fight against AIDS, HIV, cancers, glau...

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... less or no dependency. Pro marijuana legalization groups such as the Physician's Association for AIDS Care, National Lymphoma Foundation argue that marijuana should be legalized in order to treat terminally ill patients. Among them are AIDS victims who find that marijuana stimulates their appetites so they can fight off dangerous emaciation; ... marijuana. These include: the institute of Medicine, the American Academy of Family Physicians; American Bar Association; American Public Health Association; American Society of Addiction Medicine; AIDS Action Council; British Medical Association...

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... of years, marijuana has been used for legitimate beneficial purposes. Pro-Legalization groups such as the Physician's Association for AIDS Care and the National Lymphoma Foundation argue that Marijuana should be legalized in order to treat terminally ill patients. Among them are AIDS victims who find that marijuana stimulates their appetites so they can resume their normal eating patterns and prevent weight ... lifesaving treatment possible where it wasn't before. Until 1937, there were twenty-seven medicines containing marijuana were legally available in the United States to aid suffer...

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... . The social debate of legalizing medicinal marijuana should be long over because legalizing marijuana for medical purposes would bring about more help than harm to the miserable patients suffering from AIDS, cancer, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, and other serious or terminal illnesses. Marijuana comes from the plant classified as Cannabis sativa or Cannabis indica. The cannabis plant was first used for medicinal ... of intra ocular ("within the eye") pressure, reduction of muscle spasms, and relief from chronic pain. This herbal supplement is beneficial with AIDS patients because it can...

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... have tried it. Out of that number 85% consider marijuana a "safe" drug. Marijuana uses range from the illegal recreational user to various medicinal uses in diseases such as AIDS, cancer, glaucoma, and multiple sclerosis, among others (Marijuana Prohibition Facts). Groups encouraging the decriminalization of marijuana in the United States argue that money freed up from the prison systems ... basement (NORML). These laws are a large factor in the estimated $12 billion spent annually on the war on marijuana (Marijuana Prohibition Facts). Various respected organizations such as the AIDS Acti...

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... damages the digestive system, and causes severe nausea. The patients also loose their appetites and therefore they loose weight. This leads to a condition called AIDS wasting syndrome, which is one of the major causes of death from AIDS. Wasting syndrome leaves the body weak, and therefore vulnerable to cancers and infections. To stop the wasting syndrome, patients can smoke marijuana, which stops ... by the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), it said: "Marijuana's active components are potentially effective in treating pain, nausea and the anorexia of AIDS wasting, and other symptoms."...

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... be established concerning procedures for further development and treatment. Marijuana has eased the pain of chemotherapy, severe muscle spasms caused by multiple sclerosis, weight-loss due to the AIDS virus, and other problems . Experts from the National Institute of Health or NIH have confirmed that marijuana is an effective, safe and inexpensive alternative for treating nausea caused by ... AIDS medications and cancer treatments other such ailments as glaucoma, muscle spasms, intractable pain, epilepsy, anorexia, asthma, insomnia, depression and other disorders . Other such ailments in...

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... be established concerning procedures for further development and treatment. Marijuana has eased the pain of chemotherapy, severe muscle spasms caused by multiple sclerosis, weight-loss due to the AIDS virus, and other problems. Experts from the National Institute of Health or NIH have confirmed that marijuana is an effective, safe and inexpensive alternative for treating nausea caused by ... AIDS medications and cancer treatments and other such ailments as glaucoma, muscle spasms, intractable pain, epilepsy, anorexia, asthma, insomnia, depression and other disorders. Other such ailments...

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... most drug stores (Hermes 51). In today's society, patients and doctors argue that it relieves pain, nausea, loss of appetite, muscle spasms, and other symptoms of cancer, AIDS, glaucoma, asthma, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, and paralysis (Donnelly 2). According to studies conducted by researchers at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Cornell Medical College in New York, and the ... for medicinal purposes in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Nevada, Oregon and Washington state. Also numerous organizations have taken action in support of medicinal marijuana including AIDS A...

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... the notion that smoking marijuana has medicinal benefits is currently being implemented by the Clinton Administration (Zeese). The victims in this offensive are the millions of U.S. citizens suffering from cancer, AIDS, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, and epilepsy, for whom marijuana would provide the best relief. Currently, marijuana is classified as a Schedule I controlled substance by the Food and Drug Administration. Schedule I substances include ... , with no side effects, when treated with marijuana cigarettes (Zeese). Additionally, published studies also document that marijuana stim...

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... Academy of Sciences report released in 1999, "Marijuana's active components are potentially effective in treating pain, nausea, the anorexia of AIDS wasting, and other symptoms." Loss of appetite and wasting are among the most lethal side effects of cancer treatments. Glaucoma, AIDS, cancer and MS patients have all benefited from the drug. Researchers have found evidence that THC, the active ingredient in ... tracing the biochemical pathway that pain signals follow from the site of an injury, through the spinal cord, to the brain ("New, EmergingÉ"). How can you ignore a drug that aids ...

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... could be established concerning procedures for further development and treatment. Marijuana has eased the pain of chemotherapy, severe muscle spasms caused by multiple sclerosis, weight-loss due to the AIDS virus, and other problems (www.abcnews.go.com/medmj990317.html). Experts from the National Institute of Health or NIH have confirmed that marijuana is an effective, safe and ... inexpensive alternative for treating nausea caused by AIDS medications and cancer treatments other such ailments as glaucoma, muscle spasms, intractable pain, epilepsy, anorexia, asthma, insomnia, depression a...

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... with the chills. You look in the mirror only to see a small, frail, sick looking body looking back at you. This is just a small taste of what people that have AIDS go through. These people deal with this sickness everyday of their lives. Sometimes even modern medications can't relieve the symptoms of their disease and effects of their treatments they must ... is effective in reducing nausea and vomiting and patients undergoing chemotherapy have found smoking marijuana to be more effective than pharmacy medications like Marinol. Marijuana is smoked by thousands of AIDS patients to treat ...

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