No, marijuana is enough of "a medicine" that a pharmaceutical company developed and markets a synthetic version of it called Marinol. Unfortunately, synthetic- cannabis Marinol doesn't work quite as well for controlling nausea in many cases and can have some substantial side-effects that marijuana doesn't have, including a heart palpitations, stomach pain and vomiting.
And for those who think "just take Marinol instead of use marijuana, because Marinol won't get you high", think again. Marinol also has the same psychoactive effect that, in some people, is even stronger than marijuana. Confusion, paranoia, anxiety, and dizziness are not uncommon with Marinol
The only advantages to Marinol is that it is in a pill form and can have a longer duration of effect than smoking marijuana.
Beyond that, unless you own stock in the drug company that makes Marinol, there are no other real advantages.
I have had friends who tried marinol because it was “prescribed” by a doctor and there was no stigma associated with it. They too suffered from heart palpitations, stomach pain and vomiting.
They found people who knew about this stuff and started taking the real thing. Problems with marinol abated and they found the relief they were looking for.
If "medical" marijuana were just about the medicines you can derive from natural substances than you might have a case. But it's not about that at all. The left has always tried to make drug use acceptable in America because it's always been one of the weapons they use to destroy productivity, morality, and belief in God. After various tactics to legalize it they finally hit upon a winning strategy. Get it on ballots by convincing enough brain dead idiots that smoking pot was really about giving medicine to people. They use the standard leftist playbook....call it "compassion" and accuse anyone who says "Hey, it's really about destroying the country" as uncaring morons.
So have fun helping leftists...
The only advantages to Marinol is that it is in a pill form and can have a longer duration of effect than smoking marijuana.
That sounds like a pretty good advantage to me.
If only there were a way to deliver asthma medication without resorting to pills. If only...