"...its well known that smoking marijuana can reduce pressure within the eye, a hallmark of the disease. But the drug may also reduce the blood supply to the optic nerve - the last thing a glaucoma sufferer needs - and it doesnt seem to prevent blindness. Even if marijuana could save eyes, smoking it enough would take extraordinary effort. In order to substantially reduce eye pressure, says Dr. Harry Quigley of John Hopkins Universitys Wilmer Eye Institute, youd have to be stoned all the time."
-- Can Marijuana be Medicine?, Newsweek, February 3, 1997)
For now, let's just forget about pot as medicine - I prefer it's use for recreation & relaxation. Why should that be a problem?
I didn't see 8-10 joints underlined there, sport.