That medication already exists: it's called marijuana. (And if used from a vaporizer rather than smoked it doesn't have the ill effects of smoking.)
How the heck does this work?
>>>That medication already exists: it's called marijuana. >>>
Brilliant, and accurate. If people would get over the stigma of marijuana and all the propaganda of the early 20th century we could move on from the garbage and actually start using it for good. Whiskey, honey and lemon can do wonders for a chest cold, but that doesn't mean that drinking a fifth of whiskey a day is a good thing. Why can't people understand there is a medicinal value to something just because others abuse it? Hell, I know people that abuse cough syrup, that shouldn't be illegal.
A close friend of mine, who has anorexia severe enough to inhibit her reproductive organs, would benefit enormously from an appetite-stimulating drug that didn't carry the deleterious effects that pure marijuana has.
"That medication already exists: it's called marijuana. (And if used from a vaporizer rather than smoked it doesn't have the ill effects of smoking.)"
You're correct, of course, but it's currently illegal. Aside from that, try convincing my 85 year old father-in-law to use marijuana in any form. It won't work. He'll take a pill though, if it's prescribed by his doctor.
It would be nice to have available. He doesn't eat much, and has little appetite. That's interfering with a couple of his medical conditions. I can make food he'll eat, but I can't do it all the time.
This would be a real boon. Yes, I know that marijuana should be legalized or somehow be legal to use. That's not going to help my FIL, though. It's not a zero-sum game, and my FIL doesn't have years to wait.
Medication called Marinol
And, you still get stoned. :)
Who, besides you, recognizes smoked marijuana as medicine? Certainly not any major medical organization.