AIDS, cancer, glaucoma, and chron's disease are only a few of the many diseases that can be helped through the use of marijuana. ... One such disease is chron's. This is an incurable, and painful inflammation of the digestive tract that can have life-threatening complications. ... Cheryl is the mother of Simon Johnson, who has chron's disease. ... Glaucoma is an incurable eye disease that damages the optical nerve by increasing the pressure in the eye. ...

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Medical researchers are constantly fighting against these diseases to find a cure. ... Medical researchers will cure some of the major diseases by gene therapy. ... One childhood blood disease like leukemia are now using these blood cells to fight against childhood blood diseases (Lewis 1). ... AIDS is another disease that is incurable as well as diabetes and some heart conditions (Green 1). ... For many diseases could come back or resist treatment resulting the disease to continue. ...

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Long-term effects, which happen after years and years of smoking, include Emphysema, heart disease; pregnancy complications and the well know disease Cancer. Emphysema is an incurable, smoking related disease, in which the air sacs at the end of the lung's bronchi become weak and inefficient. ... Second hand smoke increases the risk of heart disease and heart attacks by increasing a person's risk of developing blood clots. ... There are also respiratory diseases that happen to children because of second hand smoke. ... Smokings for years and years can cause lung cancer and cause rel...

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Prostate cancer, in the public image is a disease of old men. ... The PCA also states that "This year, more cases of prostate cancer in men under the age of 65 are expected than the combined number of men of ages who are victims of leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, and brain tumors." ... If politicians are beginning to come forth with incurable diseases, "everyday" people who have such diseases will be more encouraged to seek early intervention. Not only that but if politicians are getting prostate cancer, by a natural fact more public funding for the disease cannot be to...

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It has many dangerous side effects and can lead to many chronic diseases. ... In addition, smoking is the main cause of chronic bronchitis, which is an incurable disease. ... The mortality rate of smokers, due to a variety of diseases, is significantly higher than those who do not smoke (The Volume Library 1982). ... Cancer is the principal disease associated with smoking. ... This is to help students rid themselves of a terrible habit and reduce the number of individuals with smoke-related diseases. ...

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Cancer is not just one disease, it can appear in any part of the body and can take many forms, all however, involve the abnormal multiplication and spread of cells in the body which result in a tumor. ... (Kneece 22) "You"re to young, I found a lump at age 26, You have no family history, so, The mammogram was fine, are you sure, Come back in 10 years, I"d be dead, It must be a cyst, I don't think so, Let's wait, what for, You have advanced breast cancer, but I"m only 27, All your nodes are positive, Positive for what, Your hair will grow back, that's not the point, You are...

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