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My mother used marijuana when taking chemo. (DEFINITELY not a druggie, she was a preacher for the Church of God for crying out loud!) The other drugs given for nausea kept her virtually comatose and she couldn't enjoy her time with her family and my kids. Marijuana provided much needed relief from nausea and an appetite to improve her nutritional level during what time she had left, and still left her coherent enough to play games or whatever the kids wanted. It also helped her nerves, which is usually on edge during this treatment.
I am for the RESPONSIBLE use of a valid drug. The same drug that makes morphine is also an illegal drug in street form. But you can't discount the medicinal use of this drug.
Remember during the 2000 presidential campaign, when Bush said that medical marijuana was a states' rights issue, and that he would not use the federal government to try to bully states into accepting federal law over the issue?