Every day patients suffer from the national ban on the medical use of cannabis. The penalties are mandatory, so Massachusetts has the expense of trying and jailing people whose only crime is trying to stay healthy. At that point their medical conditions also become the expense of the taxpayers. Just ask a nauseous patient to ingest a pill. Dosage is not patient-controlled, so the powerful artificial substance may lead to psychotic episode.
Cannabis is also far less costly than pharmaceutical alternatives.
Cannabis also has been used in symptomatic treatment of eating disorders, scleroderma, vertigo, asthma, hypertension, depression and sleeplessness, among other problems. Re-search also shows promise in treatment of PMS and herpes, as well as potentiation of morphine and other narcotics so that lower, safer doses can be used for patients in pain. All rights reserved.