e discovered that using marijuana has prevented them from going blind by diminishing their sight retardation. 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 patients use marijuana to alleviate the severe nausea that is a side effect of chemotherapy. 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. Many cancer patients agree that the side effects of chemotherapy are actually worse than the cancer itself. In Marijuana, 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,” stated Berger (7). 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 combating AIDS is that the treatment is very expensive. There is no known cure yet. It has only been in the last few years that patients have admitted having the disease instead of suffering in silence. Victims like Ryan White gave this disease dignity and people began donating money to find the cure. Previously, AIDS patients were treated with expensive therapy. Now, however, marijuan...
