[TigersEye]

Those aren't whole plant extracts such as one would find in an herb store of a given plant but a single isolated phytochemical. So it isn't really equivalent to either raw cannabis or a whole plant extract.

Just to avoid confusion with the use of the word 'extract.'

[Semper911]

Just for the record, last year I finished 5 months of grueling chemo and 6 weeks of radiation, and smoking weed was the ONLY thing that helped me get through it. I resisted at first, but one or two puffs was all it took for instant relief.

I told my doctor it was helping me, and she prescribed Marinol. All it did was make me high but did nothing for the nausea and vomiting. Marinol is not plant extract -- it is synthetic -- and although it may be chemically similar to the active ingredient in weed, it does not do the same job.

There is something in the smoke that is not in the Marinol. And that "something" saved my life by allowing me to drink fluids and eat a little during that horrible few months.

(The chemo/rad treatment worked, btw, and I am cancer free since October.)

If anyone has a loved one suffering through chemo, forget Marinol and get your hands on some weed and a pipe.