In 1996, Californians for Medical Rights introduced Proposition 215, which would permit seriously and terminally ill patients, with a prescription from their doctor, to use marijuana in their medical treatment and protect them from criminal punishment. ... Despite the Supreme Court ruling, patients still used marijuana as a form of treatment for their diseases. ... Scientific evidence suggests that marijuana is helpful in reducing pain and suffering for patients with glaucoma, arthritis, chronic pain, and a variety of other serious ailments (NORML 3). For example, marijuana eases the nausea...

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Pain is the most common symptom for which patients seek medical assistance. ... Its efficacy is enhanced in patients who have developed tolerance to opioids."... Pro marijuana legalization groups such as the Physician's Association for AIDS Care, National Lymphoma Foundation argue that marijuana should be legalized in order to treat terminally ill patients. Among them are AIDS victims who find that marijuana stimulates their appetites so they can fight off dangerous emaciation; glaucoma sufferers who have used marijuana said it has prevented them from going blind, and cancer patients for ...

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