The second-largest group of doctors in the United States has approved Friday the use of marijuana for medical purposes, issuing a policy statement on medical marijuana this week.
The American College of Physicians, with 124,000 members, asked the U.S. government to cancel the ban on using marijuana for treating some patients or for medical experiments, stating that the research found that the non-smoked forms of THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), (the main psychoactive element in marijuana), have been efficient in treating weight loss caused by AIDS, and nausea and vomiting pursuant to chemotherapy in cancer patients.
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- THEREIN lies much of the cruelty of marijuana, especially in its attack upon youth. The young, immature brain is a thing of impulses, upon which the “unknown quantity” of the drug acts as an almost overpowering stimulant. No one can predict what may happen after the smoking of the weed. I am reminded of a Los Angeles case in which a boy of seventeen killed a policeman.
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