OxyContin is prescribed legally for the pain of terminally ill cancer patients and for some other chronic diseases (McGillvray). ... Those patients who may already have a opioid-tolerance may have a tolerance to the side effects as well. ... Patients receiving 20-60 mg per day can usually have therapy stopped abruptly ("OxyContin,"" 2541). If the OxyContin is discontinued in a dependant patient, an abstinence syndrome may occur ("OxyContin,"" 2539). ... In one detoxification center in Ashland, KY, 75% of the patients treated were treated for OxyContin ("Abuse-). ...

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Countless researches have been done over marijuana's medical uses and the conclusion is that marijuana is not the best available treatment for a patient. ... People believe that it is the safest and most effective medicine that can be used for terminally ill patients. ...

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