Marijuana has many possible medical uses. Positive effects are claimed for ailments such as cancer, aids, and glaucoma. Aids can cause a loss of appetite known as the "wasting syndrome" which can lead to drastic weight loss and weakness. Chemotherapy used in the treatment of cancer causes nausea resulting in an inability to keep down food. Marijuana's healing nature for these two illnesses is a result of it's ability to increase a person's appetite as well as releiving nausea allowing a patient to regain weight. Marijuana reportedly helps glaucoma patients by reducing occular pressure which can cause damage to the eye.

INFORMATION
Institute of Medicine (IOM) Review of Medical Marijuana
1998 State Medical Marijuana Election Results
ACLU Medical Marijuana Public Opinion Poll Results
Proven : Cannabis is Safe Medicine - by Ian Williams Goddard
The History of Medical Use
DEA Ruling on Medical MJ
Interview about THC with Laurence McKinney
Info on the Oncologist Survey


JOURNAL ARTICLES & ABSTRACTS
Misc Medical MJ Journal References
More Medical MJ References


MEDIA
Court Strikes Down Marijuana Possession Law (Canada) - July 31, 2000
Medical Marijuana Activies Peter McWilliams Dies - June 14, 2000
Oakland Club to Distribute Pot on City's Behalf - LA Times, August 14, 1998 Waiting to inhale: hemp for health? - MSNBC, November, 1997
Progress on Marijuana - Orange County Register, April 3, 1997
Medical Marijuana Debate Moving Toward Closure - The Scientist, Mar 31, 1997
Study of Medical Uses of Marijuana Urged - LA Times, February 21, 1997
Marijuana's Curative Powers Stir a Dilemma - Kansas City Star , February 18, 1997
A Medical Opinion on Marijuana - New York Times , January 31, 1997
Federal Foolishness and Marijuana - New England Journal of Medicine : Jan 30, 1997
The Pot Perplex - Mr. Soros's agenda and the voters' - New Yorker Magazine, Jan 6, 1997
Medicine Man - The Guardian, Aug 9, 1993
Medical Marijuana, The Last Smoke - The Economist, March 18, 1992


BOOKS
Cannabis in Medical Practice : A Legal, Historical and Pharmacological Overview by Mary Lynn Mathre

OFF-SITE MEDICAL MARIJUANA RESOURCES

PRIMARY RESOURCES
UK Medicinal Cannabis Project
Los Angeles Cannabis Resource Center


SECONDARY RESOURCES
MPP - Chart of Medical Marijuana Laws in all 50 States and Canada
NORML - State by State list of Marijuana Laws
NORML - Medical Uses of Marijuana
Californians for Compassionate Use
Marijuana as Medicine


ORGANIZATIONS
Americans For Compassionate Use


CULTIVATION
How to Grow Medical Marijuana


ARTICLES
Supreme Court Says No Federal Medical Defense for Cannabis Clubs May 14, 2001
Editorial on Supreme Court Decision, by Chemotherapy Patient May 15, 2001