... pain, vomiting, nausea, and boosts their eating habits. Marijuana also helps people who have glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, and spasticity (American Medical Association). It improves the environment (Boje 46), combats weight loss, and eases severe headaches. Larry, a former student, was diagnosed with cancer two years ago. He lost thirty pounds over a three month period and spent most of his days nauseated. ... to get his appetite back, so he wouldn't starve to death or become severely unhealthy. In addition to being helpful to cancer and AIDS patients, marijuana is being developed as a...

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... introcular pressure; helping those 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, it combats nausea from chemotherapy and reduces vomiting (John Cloud, Time). Cannabinoids can relieve pain, reduce vomiting, and stimulate appetite in people with diseases, ... such as AIDS, that cause them to lose weight (Lila Guterman, Chronicle of Higher Education). One such report was released by the National Academy of Sciences" Institute of Medici...

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... beaten up by drunk, angry rednecks or husbands. Although research has yet to discover any specific long-term dangers to this drug, marijuana can cause psychological problems such as laziness, loss of memory, paranoia, and apathy. Additionally, excessive use can slow down your social skills and the ability to perform tasks requiring hand-eye coordination or numeric accuracy. All of these ... sight when conventional medication fails and surgery is too dangerous. In the AIDS patient, it not only relieves the nausea, but slows down weight loss by enhancing appetite as well. When patients re...

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Anxiety, apathy, guilt, hopelessness, loss of interest, insomnia or excess sleepiness, excessive crying, social isolation, thoughts of suicide, etc. It probably didn't take long for you to realize these were some of the common symptoms ... on the other hand increases serotonin levels in the brain which help improve mood without any of the bad side effects antidepressants have. My experienced side effects include: headaches, nausea, loss of appetite, nervousness and insomnia. Some other antidepressant side effects are: weakness, dizziness, tremors, liver problems, high blood pressure, fatigue...

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... the Institute of Medicine it summarized that marijuana held a particular promise for alleviating nausea and vomiting in people undergoing chemotherapy. It also proved that marijuana showed potential for improving severe weight lose due to AIDS, and that it holds usefulness r chronic pain that does not respond to morphine. Scientist from the University of California found that a marijuana-like substance reduces the ... of medical marijuana is not worth the risk." Heavy chronic use of this drug may lead to lasting behavioral problems such as loss of motivations and extreme paranoia. It ma...

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... making marijuana legal for health purposes under these laws, marijuana can be used only if a doctor recommends it. Cannabis boosts patients" spirits, helps them to eat and combat the excessive weight loss of wasting syndrome, and is also a potent antiemetic. Just a few puffs of marijuana cigarette can drastically reduce or even completely eliminate the gut-wrenching nausea triggered by chemotherapy and radiation ... often reduced nausea and vomiting when all available prescription drugs failed to work"(Conrad 89)#. Another illness marijuana helps is AIDS. Many people with AIDS have an i...

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... treatment for AIDS patients suffering from wasting syndrome. Wasting syndrome causes them to loose a great percentage of their body fat. Marijuana stimulates the appetite causing them to gain back their weight and feel healthier (Rayl). One of the most remarkable reports that came out a couple of years ago, is the fact that THC, one of the main chemicals in marijuana, may ... and painful contracting and stiffening of the muscles. This option is better than any legal treatment that we have right now for multiple sclerosis. Although marijuana causes short-term memory loss, researchers are...

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... marijuana aid in the treatment of glaucoma and many other physical ailments. A Harvard study in 1993 found that pot was able to help in reducing nausea for chemo patients, reducing weight loss in AIDS, and many spastic disorders. Marijuana has proven effective in treating osteoarthritis with no side effects. Aspirin causes more than 1,000 deaths per year and many other anti-inflammatory ... weed has an unstable mixture of over 400 chemicals, (about 421) and when smoked it produces 2000 chemicals, and which many are cancer causing substances. It can also be addictive, loss of short term ...

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... who have tried marijuana have since quit. Supporters of anti-medical marijuana argue that the drug is easily abused and can lead to numerous physical and psychological harms including memory loss, distorted perception, problems with learning and coordination, an increased heart rate, and anxiety attacks. Long-term effects include increased risk of lung cancer for chronic marijuana smokers and possible damage ... . The decision of the Clinton Administration came two months after a government-sponsored study concluded that "the active ingredients in marijuana, called cannabinoids, appeared...

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... physicians from prescribing it or testing its benefits. Well-documented, experimentally tested uses for marijuana include controlling nausea from cancer drugs, AIDS drugs, AIDS, and relieving lack of hunger and weight loss from AIDS and drug therapy. Another benefit of legalizing marijuana would be that the government would be able to tax it. Taxing marijuana sales will bring in a lot of money ... ...

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... today. The THC pill helps cancer patients treat their nausea and vomiting and help People who are suffering from AIDS gain weight because it causes them to become hungry or "get the munchies". Women who use marijuana while pregnant can loss the fetus early in the pregnancy. Studies have shown that babies born to mothers who are regular users of marijuana are ... ...

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... "sides" would work together an agreement 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 . Experts from the National Institute of Health or NIH have confirmed that marijuana is an effective, safe and inexpensive alternative for treating ... ...

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... "sides" would work together an agreement 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. Experts from the National Institute of Health or NIH have confirmed that marijuana is an effective, safe and inexpensive alternative for treating ... ...

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... even doubt marijuana's medical significance. According to numerous researches, marijuana has been discovered to have several different therapeutic uses. One use is that it can reduce the nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite caused by AIDS and by treatment with AZT and other drugs. According to the National Institutes of Health, marijuana "increase[s] food enjoyment and the number of times individuals ... legal drugs, including the synthetic "marijuana" pill Marinol, helped her situation. As a result, we finally turned to marijuana with it she kept her food down, was comfortable, and e...

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... deadly disease. Many people know radiation and chemotherapy are almost required to survive it. However, many side effects come from these treatments. Most people experience moderate to high hair loss. Many lose weight. Almost all experience nausea. It would be wonderful if there were a way to stop the nausea that causes wasting (anorexia). It is sad there is not. Then, again, is ... ...

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... marijuana. Marijuana's short-term effects include temporary problem with memory and learning. It also causes temporary distorted perception, and trouble thinking and solving problems. For some people smoking marijuana causes loss of motor coordination. Tobacco's short-term effects are a lot more serious health wise. When a person smokes a cigarette, the body responds immediately to the chemical nicotine in the smoke. Nicotine causes ... tobacco and cigars also have deadly side effects like lung, larynx, esophageal, and oral cancer. Women who use tobacco during pregnancy are more likely ...

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... 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-loss, a serious concern. Those suffering from Glaucoma said it has prevented them from going blind by alleviating the harmful pressure inside the eye, which ultimately leads to permanent blindness. According to ... ...

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... -emetic effect of cannabis can be beneficial. Patients with AIDS suffer from wasting syndrome' which is defined by the Center of Disease Control as "the involuntary loss of more than 10% of baseline average body weight in the presence of diarrhea or fever of more than 30 days that is not attributable to other disease processes-. Current therapy for wasting syndrome' is ... ...

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... "sides" would work together an agreement 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 ... ...

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... include temporary problems with memory and problems with learning. It also causes temporary distorted perception (sounds, time, touch etc.), trouble thinking and solving problems. For some people smoking marijuana causes loss of motor coordination, but it is nothing compared to the short-term effects that tobacco produces. Tobacco's short-terms effects are a lot more serious health wise. When a person smokes a cigarette ... . The harmful effects of smoking do not end with the smoker. Women who use tobacco during pregnancy are more likely to have adverse birth outcomes, including babies w...

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... " produces driving hazards through slowed reactions times and decreased spatial judgment abilities. Chronic heavy use may lead to lasting behavioral problems such as loss of motivation and paranoia, and physical problems such as impairment of lung function, and weight gain due to the appetite enhancing effects associated with marijuana use. Marijuana is sometimes prescribed by doctors to chemotherapy patients because it reduces ... ...

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... or with other added substances and other names such ascrack rock or french fries. It can be injected sometimes when mixed with heroin. You can observe mmod swigns, nose bleeds, weight loss, and in addition can lead to crime, arrest,a nd death. These persons are talkative, hyperactive, prone to accidents. Abusers carry things such as spoons, torches, glass pipes, and razor blades ... ...

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... but at the same time the price goes up. Another consideration is that the state and ATF only allow dispensaries to keep a specific amount, usually dictated by weight, in stock. Marijuana is sold by weight, grams, ounces and pounds for example. Dispensaries are very careful to be extremely accurate with inventories kept on hand and amounts sold. The state regularly audits the ... ; show how and where they plan to grow and what safety features they have in place i.e. fire safety. Each grower is also limited to how many plants and how much weight can be grown, kept on hand and sold. The gro...

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... take place with someone who does not know the facts firsthand and there for exaggerate a little. It has been said that one marijuana cigarette (Joint) which is 0.4 grams -half the weight of a cigarette, which is equal from 16 cigarettes a to a pack of cigarettes (20 cigarettes) in its damaging properties when smoked. It has been scientifically proven that a single joint is equal ... not cause birth defects. There is little evidence that suggests fetal harm. Although there is some research that suggests that marijuana use during pregnancy is a cause of a slightly reduced birth weight and...

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... , Crohn's Disease, Aids and Multiple Sclerosis. Patients who are HIV positive going through chemotherapy can have trouble keeping food down, so anything that helps them eat is helpful in gaining weight, 20% to 25% of patients in two1980s trials could completely control vomiting with marijuana, so for those feeling sick, inhaling a substance may be easier on their stomach than swallowing a pill ... , Sociologists, and Psychologists would indeed find negative effects of marijuana such as marijuana leads to other drugs but that depends on the individual, that being said the positive causes o...

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