I am a medical student, and in a law and ethics class, my research project was on medical marijuana. Before my research, I had not given the subject much thought, but I am very convinced of the medicinal viability of marijuana now. Some of my findings were:

. Marijuana was listed in the U.S. Pharmacopeia as a viable medicine up until 1942.

. Chemo patients report lessening of nausea, increased appetites and ease of symptoms.

. Marijuana lessens the "wasting syndrome," a chronic and debilitating condition of AIDS patients.

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