In the year 1952, Dr. J. Kabelikovi. He conducted studies on rats by using an extract of cannabis. The cannabis extract was effective against many gram-positive microorganisms. After his studies, he was quoted saying, "from a study of 2,000 herbs, the cannabis, or Indian Hemp, was the most promising in the realm of antibiotics" ("Cannabis Vault 7"). The hemp was also proven useful in treating and rarely curing epileptic children. A study was conducted by Davis and Ramsey in 1949 on five children, all of which had epilepsy. After they were given tetrahydrocannabinol(THC), three of them responded at least as well as to other experiments, one was almost completely seizure free, and the fifth was totally cured (Cannabis Vault 8"). Since most of these studies were conducted in Europe and Africa in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the United States clearly has turned its back on marijuana considering its success rate. .
During the Carter Administration, the Compassionate Use Program was started. Under this program, only twelve people were allowed to begin smoking pot for their illnesses. The Compassionate Use Program was slowly but surely beginning to allow ill citizens to be prescribed marijuana for their illnesses. The Clinton Administration did away with it in 1992, grand fathering the original twelve, but not allowing anybody else to get pot from the government (MPP Home page 1"). Today only eight of the original twelve people are still alive. .
Cannabis is assumed effective in promoting weight gain in HIV and AIDS patients, not to mention reducing their pain and suffering. Many patients claim that marijuana is almost 100% effective in relieving the nausea in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy (Asseo 1). The risk of having a heart attack after smoking pot is nearly twice as risky as exercising. It speeds the heart up to forty beats per minute faster than normal.
