Between 1840 and 1900, more than a hundred articles were published in Western medical journals on the therapeutic benefits of the drug. As late as 1913, the physicians write in the Journal of the American Medical Association , Dr. William Osler was recommending cannabis as the most satisfactory remedy for migraine.
Cannabis is more popularly known as marijuana.
The issue of medicinal use of marijuana has never gone away, however. Nonetheless, the DEA overruled Judge Young's decision. Two years ago, shortly after the medicinal use of marijuana in California was legalized by voter referendum, a federal court enjoined the DEA from prosecuting physicians who wanted to discuss use of the drug with their patients. It is widely known that in some cancer patients marijuana relieves the nausea and vomiting induced by chemotherapy. It is being used to lower interocular pressure in glaucoma.