Blog Post 5
A judges plea for pot
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/opinion/a-judges-plea-for-medical-marijuana.html?_r=2
A former new york supreme court judge of 40 wrote an article about legalizing medical marijuana.
After being diagnosed with stage 3 pancreatic cancer. This most deadly of a disease leaves people dead with in months. the largest problem is it is usually caught before its to late. People with cancer often have trouble eating while going through chemotherapy. You lose your sense of taste and everything tastes like gravel. The chemotherapy already makes you weak and a loss of apatite doesn't help. A great article
I actually understand a lot about marijuana and how it can help people with cancer with pain relief, and the munchies. My brother had been diagnosed with Burkitts Lymphoma. The doctors never treated him with marijuana but they did proscribe him with marinol (a synthetic chemical that mimics THC's and CBD's effects) while that drug worked for him for a lot of people it doesn't. Marijuana is a legitimate medicine for people with cancer. It can help their appetite, and it can help ease peoples suffering.
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