rt failure. Based on research by the University of California at Los Angeles, it was concluded that the use of marijuana was more useful than conventional medications when treating glaucoma, and it probably works by means of a different mechanism (Grinspoon 41). Surveys were given to glaucoma patients, and they reported that they all preferred smoking marijuana instead of paying for the expensive medication that basically had the same result. Cancer chemotherapy is one of the most developed treatments utilized during the past few decades in an effort to combat this fatal disease. Chemotherapy attacks the cancer cells, but unfortunately, it also attacks and destroys the healthy body cells. Chemotherapy can be an extremely dangerous balancing act in an effort to gain control of the cancer. Some of the side effects of using chemotherapy include deafness, life-threatening kidney failure, bleeding and bruising, destruction of heart muscle, skin erosion, hair loss, and may sometimes even cause a second type of cancer (Grinspoon 24). Many cancer patients agree that the side effects of chemotherapy are actually worse than the cancer itself. In Marihuana, the forbidden medicine, it states that the use of marijuana was effective in reducing nausea and vomiting. Based on surveys of randomly selected cancer patients, they would rather smoke marijuana then be subjected to chemotherapy (Grinspoon 39). Chemotherapy patients also suffer when taking oral medication that accompanies the chemotherapy treatment. . When marijuana is taken with these ordinarily painful medications, it has been known to suppress and even eliminate the side effects. This allows the patients to sustain the treatment. It also helps them physically to expedite the healing process. Cancer will consume the weakened patient. However, a strong patient can achieve remission. AIDS is the second most deadly disease that affects the world population. One of the main problems with comb...
