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"If any freeper disagrees with me on this ..."

I do.

What makes you think that the marijuana you give your dad doesn't contain fungi and bacteria -- portentially lethal to a person on chemo? Did you even know that, Dr. I-got-my-medical-degree-at-marijuanaiscool.com?

Hamadeh and associates. Chest, Vol. 94/2, pp.432-433, 1988. "Invasive aspergillosis has become a significant cause of death in immunosuppressed patients". Physicians should be aware of this potentially lethal complication of marijuana use in compromised hosts such as patients with AIDS or malignancies.)

Transplantation, Vol. 61, June 27, 1996. (Marijuana smoke transmits aspergillosis, a fungus having up to a 90% fatality rate if contracted by transplant patients. Researchers have strongly warned against the use of marijuana in immuno-compromised patients such as those with AIDS, chronic granulomatous disease, bone marrow transplants and those receiving chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer.)

Voth EA, Schwartz RH. Medicinal applications of delta 9 THC and marijuana: a perspective. Annals of Internal Medicine 1997: 126:791-8. (Marijuana is not a panacea. It is an impure weed that introduces immuno compromised patients to bacteria, fungi, and other toxic complications. We recommend sticking with predictable medical therapies and not deviating from FDA approved medicine in exchange for herbal remedies.

What makes you think that the marijuana you give your dad doesn't contain fungi and bacteria -- portentially lethal to a person on chemo?

How about the bread, cookies or cake you give your dad?
Millions of Americans are infected with Invasive Aspergillus (sinusitus) every day. It is the common white thread mold that grows in your refrigerator. It turns blue when it spores. How many deaths occur from this fungus? I can't find any. Why don't you post some numbers?

You left out:
"When individuals have damaged immune systems such as is caused by leukemia or a bone marrow transplant, Aspergillus Sinusitis is more threatening. This type of sinusitis is a form of invasive aspergillosis. Symptoms include fever, facial pain, nasal discharge and headaches."
You also left out the list of medicines, prescribed and over the counter, that cure the problem.
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F you and the horse you rode in on. My father died from pancreatic cancer just about one year ago. As he was dying from this horrible disease he went through hell with the pain from the cancer and the side effects of the chemo.

Note that in my original post I indicated that I would have done something at his request and if he thought it would help. At 68 years of age he was plenty old enough to make decisions as to what to put into his body.

I hope you never have to experience what my father and my family went through, but if you ever see a loved one suffering like my father did you also would have a "do anything to help" attitude.

And just for the record, Dr. Jackass, I've never used any illegal drugs nor do I want to.