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My brother was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma a years back and was incredibly ill for most of his chemotherapy. Doctors shuffled anti-nausea medications
by kaiuhl 16y ago
My brother was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma a years back and was incredibly ill for most of his chemotherapy. Doctors shuffled anti-nausea medications regularly looking for something that could keep him out of the bathroom after each therapy, but the only relief he found was marijuana.
Eventually, he got into a trial of Marinol, synthetic cannabinoids that entirely cured him of the effects of chemotherapy. And, it made him feel nice.
The more these stories like this one in Slate are told, the sooner the rest of the country will adopt medical marijuana officially and people like my brother and this autistic kid stop suffering.
- seiji 16y agoI used to be anti-illegal drugs until someone I knew went through cancer: http://overcode.yak.net/3 http://overcode.yak.net/3 Marijuana gets a glowing review starting in the middle of the entries.
- chbarts 16y ago> will adopt medical marijuana Or, you know, stuff like Marinol, which is apparently as effective without the harmful effects of smoking. Hell, even the DEA likes Marinol: http://www.justice.gov/dea/ongoing/marinol.html http://www.justice.gov/dea/ongoing/marinol.html I'm fully in favor of legalization. I don't think it should be predicated on bogus reasons.