Some dismiss medical marijuana as a hoax that exploits our natural compassion for the sick; others claim it is a uniquely soothing medicine that has been withheld from patients through regulations based on false claims (Joy). ... Glaucoma, AIDS, cancer and MS patients have all benefited from the drug. ... How can you ignore a drug that aids in the relief of these terminal diseases? ... The terminally ill patients marijuana use does not pose a threat to the public or encourage the illegal trafficking of drugs. ...

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On one side there are those who claim marijuana is not an effective way to alleviate the pain of a terminal illness. However on the other side, there are those with the terminal illness who insist that smoking marijuana helps them to cope with everyday life. ... It also stimulates the appetite, and helps patients with HIV, or dementia. ... The case involved a group (the "buyers club) that distributed marijuana to terminally ill patients. The Supreme Court ruled against the buyers club, and the sick patients had no safe source for medical marijuana. ...

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Pro-Legalization groups such as the Physician's Association for AIDS Care and the National Lymphoma Foundation argue that Marijuana should be legalized in order to treat terminally ill patients. ... If the pressure is not alleviated, the patient will ultimately become blind. ... Ten patients averaged a decrease of %24.6 in intraocular pressure. ... Many cancer patients say it alleviates the severe nausea that accompanies chemotherapy, and the medicines used to treat the horrible disease. ... All it did was make the patients uncomfortable and was not nearly as effective as natural cannab...

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