ancer patients" ("Information for Physicians" 1). The reason that nausea and vomiting needs to be controlled is that, "These can result in serious metabolic derangements, nutritional depletion, deterioration of a patient's physical and mental status, withdrawal from potentially useful and curative antineoplastic treatment, and degeneration of self-care and functional ability." ("Information for Physicians" 1). For cancer patients it is very important to control their nausea and vomiting and marijuana seems to be able to accomplish this. It seems reasonable to allow patients the option and make medical marijuana available for their use. Another disease that marijuana seems to be useful in pain relief is multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis is a painful central nervous disease for which there is no known cure. The most common complaint of multiple sclerosis patients is the pain of powerful muscle spasms, vertigo, and double vision, all of which can make life nearly unbearable ("A Daughters Pain" 1). There are some patients who say that marijuana can help in relieving them of these symptoms ("A Daughters Pain" 1). Even though there are existing medications offered to treat multiple sclerosis, many choose marijuana to relieve them of their suffering ("A Daughters Pain" 1). The reason for this is that other medications often result in severe side effects, that marijuana does not seem to have ("A Daughters Pain" 1). There is no documentation of this because there have been no controlled clinical trials that have compared marijuana with existing legal drugs ("Your Health" 3). There is proof, however, in! the fact that many patients choose to purchase marijuana to relieve their pain at any cost. Some patients are even willing to go to jail to get their marijuana, because for them, it is the only thing that proves to be effective ("Federal Foolishness and Marijuana" 1). Marijuana has also been found useful for treating patients with AIDS. It s...
