... medicinal purposes. Any health effects it may cause pales in comparison to the pain and suffering caused by lethal illnesses. There is no way to deduce whether the legalization of marijuana, for medicinal purposes only, would cause an increase in its illegal use. Marijuana Controls glaucoma, suppress the nausea induced by anti-cancer drugs, relieves the pain of multiple sclerosis, and also stimulates the appetites of those with AIDS. So there is a definite need for marijuana therapy, because for patients that suffer with glaucoma the marijuana can reduce the pressure within the eye, it is also shown to help the nausea and vomiting that can accompany cancer chemotherapy, and new studies show that it may ease pain in the limbs and increase the appetites of AIDS sufferers. Thus it would be very wrong of the government to deny patients medicines that could possibly help them. Marijuana for Medicinal Purpose ...

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