You’re sick. Someone offers you marijuana, saying that it will alleviate your suffering. Do you take it? Many patients and doctors have insisted that marijuana is uniquely beneficial, while others say the dangers of cannabis far outweigh the benefits. We know that marijuana is a drug, but is it a medicine?
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Does Marijuana have Medical Value?
Marinol
What about that the FDA has approved Marinol-
The chief ingredient in Marinol is THC a.k.a. the active ingredient in marijuana -
Marinol "has been found to relieve the nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy for cancer patients and to assist with loss of appetite with AIDS patients." The DEA endorses this statement.
So...there is no proof that marijuana has any affect on relieving symptoms of any illness or disease, but the FDA and DEA find that TCH actually does when it goes by a different name? I call BS.
So...as long as pharma can corner the market and sell a bottle of 60 pills for 250-400 then it is ok. RIght?
- illusion
June 9, 2009 2:18PM
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When I had cancer...
my doctors tried all of the prescription drugs available to combat the nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy, and not one of them worked- even the one that cost me over $100 per pill after the insurance company paid their share. I started using marijuana when the last prescription failed, and it stopped the nausea and vomiting completely. Marinol is not effective in a LOT of patients- human cannabinoid receptors do discriminate between real and synthetic THC.
- aspiemom
August 8, 2009 1:29AM
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