The case for medical marijuana is growing especially for seizures, epilepsy, Parkinson, Multiple Sclerosis, Interstitial Cystitis, chronic pain, etc. These conditions and diseases are debilitating and often times marijuana offers the only relief.
A story I often share is one about when I was taking my father to his chemo appointments. I encountered a gentlemen who had had stomach cancer and was waiting for his follow up appointment. He told me that the doctors had given him little hope and that they felt that though the disease was contained in the stomach it was literally eating away at him and would soon metastasize to surrounding organs. He began chemo and radiation...nothing was working and the disease was progressing. The gentlemen stated that he stopped conventional treatments and to combat the pain he began smoking marijuana and consuming cannabis hemp oil. Months later and much to the amazement of the doctors, the tumors in his stomach began to shrink...keep in mind that he had stopped the radiation and chemo as they weren't working. He continued to ingest the hemp oil; after a period of time went by he said that they would not use the word 'cure' but they told him his tumors were undetectable.
So ... disbelieve all you want about the benefits of marijuana ... my father underwent several rounds of chemotherapy for months that weren't working and his doctor ordered his last round of chemotherapy even though he had an elevated white count. My father died 1 week after his last chemo treatment. I firmly believe without question that the chemotherapy killed my father before the cancer did.
