What personal freedom is next?

[Walkiry]

What active agent besides the THC is it that is in Marijuana that supresses that variety of symptoms for that variety of ailments?  THC is not the only compound in the weed. 

How well established are the synergistic effects of the various compounds?  From the comments, it seems that THC itself is not the only chemical acting to alleviate various symptoms for a patient.

Occhi

"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."

And not other drugs can do this?  Or is it that no single drug can do all of these things at once?

We don't know. We won't know until we do more research. We may never know because this is a polarizing issue where both sides fling poo at each other and use half-assed limited test results as an argument to hit each other on the head, having either monetary or "ethical" stakes in the discussion, and are not interested in honest research.