AIDS | Medical Marijuana Should Be Legalized For Use By AIDS Patients

In 1996, Arizona and California voters approved propositions that legalized the medical use of marijuana. In the following viewpoint, Kevin B. Zeese asserts that medical marijuana can improve the health of patients with AIDS, cancer, and other illnesses. Zeese contends that marijuana can increase AIDS patients’ appetites and relieve their nausea and vomiting. Lower dosage levels and easier ingestion make smoked marijuana a more ideal medicine than a legalized pill that contains a synthetic marijuana ingredient, he maintains. Zeese is the president of Common Sense for Drug Policy, a...

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