The Grass is Greener on Capitol Hill Scientific evidence supporting the use of medical marijuana is popping up like unwanted weeds on the manicured lawns of the Capitol.
Medical conditions treated with cannibas include cancer, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, and epilepsy.
It increases the appetite of those with AIDS-wasting syndrome and reduces nausea from HIV drugs. Unfortunately, McCaffry's office is not legally required to adopt any of the study's recommendations. Such research takes years and money. In the meantime, there is a nation of sick people risking arrest every time they light up. Even in California, Alaska, Washington, Oregon and other states where initiatives supporting doctor-prescribed weed have passed, the use of medical marijuana is still a federal crime.