What personal freedom is next?

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ps. Pot is not an effective medication. It simply makes life more comfortable for those patients. It does not treat! That does not mean that I agree with this decision, but let's get the facts straight first, shall we?
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http://www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/factsmyths/

MYTH: MARIJUANA HAS NO MEDICINAL VALUE. Safer, more effective drugs are available. They include a synthetic version of THC, marijuana's primary active ingredient, which is marketed in the United States under the name Marinol.

FACT: Marijuana has been shown to be effective in reducing the nausea induced by cancer chemotherapy, stimulating appetite in AIDS patients, and reducing intraocular pressure in people with glaucoma. There is also appreciable evidence that marijuana reduces muscle spasticity in patients with neurological disorders. A synthetic capsule is available by prescription, but it is not as effective as smoked marijuana for many patients. Pure THC may also produce more unpleasant psychoactive side effects than smoked marijuana. Many people use marijuana as a medicine today, despite its illegality. In doing so, they risk arrest and imprisonment.

http://www.edu.pe.ca/rural/botany/medicin/marijuana.htm

Medicinal Value

(http://www.hrc.wmin.ac.uk/hemp/ukcia2.html)here

    * Helps patients suffering from aids, by reducing vomiting, nausea, and lack of appetite causing the patients to eat more and gain weight.
    * It helps patients suffering from Glaucoma.  It reduces the pain and sometimes stopping the disease.
    * It helps cancer patients by stimulating the appetite and lessening the the nausea and vomiting, these are the common side effects of chemotherapy treatment.
    *  Multiple Sclerosis patients are helped by the use of marijuana by limiting the muscle pain caused by the disease, as well as alleviating tremors.
    *  Epilepsy patients can be helped with the use of marijuana to prevent epileptic seizures.
    *  Marijuana can help chronic pain by reducing the pain caused by disorders and injuries.
    *  Other patients have reported that marijuana is useful for treating arthritis, migraines, alcohol and opiate addictions, and depression and other mood disorders.



Facts About Marijuana as Medicine:

(http://altmed.creighton.edu/medicalmarij....htm)  here

    *  Ninety percent of glaucoma victims can benefit from the use of marijuana.
    * Marijuana is the best dilator of the little air tubes of the lungs, and bronchioles, opening them up to allow more oxygen into the blood.
    * Chest pain, shortness of breath, headaches and such, can be helped by light smoking of marijuana throughout the day.
    * Marijuana is the best way known to dry the mouths saliva in dentistry.  If it marijuana was legal, it would replace the toxic and deadly Probanthine.
    * Marijuana also was proved to relive asthma attacks and improve breathing.

http://www.drugwarfacts.org/medicalm.htm

The Institute of Medicine's 1999 report on medical marijuana stated, "The accumulated data indicate a potential therapeutic value for cannabinoid drugs, particularly for symptoms such as pain relief, control of nausea and vomiting, and appetite stimulation."