[mvpel]

My uncle could have used "the munchies" when he was recovering from chemo and radiation therapy for brain cancer. Instead, he lost about 50 pounds off of his already-compact frame.

[wideminded]

The Bush administration, pressing its campaign against state medical marijuana laws, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to let federal authorities punish California doctors who recommend pot to their patients.

I know someone who suffers from severe chronic pain. He has had multiple operations to try to relieve this pain and has to take extremely powerful pain killing medication. Doctors at a major teaching hospital just told him that they could do nothing more for him and he should start smoking pot.