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I’m here to talk with you about the medical uses of marijuana. ... Yes, seven states have already approved “medical marijuana”, but I think congress needs to sit down and pass legislation that will make marijuana available to those who truly need it in all 50 states. ...
In a recent report from the Institute of Medicine, a federal advisory panel has stated that marijuana can limit the vomiting and fatal loss of weight and muscle that accompany cancer and AIDS. The National Institute for Drug Abuse said, “There is little evidence that the drug (marijuana) is physically addicting…There is nothing in marijuana itself that causes people to use other drugs…No definitive neurological study of humans has turned up evidence of marijuana-related permanent brain damage…There is no direct evidence that marijuana causes cancer in humans …” The symptoms of multiple sclerosis, particularly spasmodic episodes, are relieved by marijuana. In a study published in the March 2000 issue of the British journal Nature, scientists reported that cannabinoids, the active components in marijuana, were effective in easing tremors in mice suffering from a condition similar to MS (multiple sclerosis).
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