Medical Marijuana And AIDS

Medical Cannabis: As someone who has lost a friend recently due to AIDS. I think it is important to restate the obvious every once in a while. AIDS patients in a Controlled Study Had Significant Pain Relief (brought on by both the illness and the medication)â?¦ AIDS patients that suffered from debilitating nerve pain got as much or more relief by smoking marijuana as they would typically get from prescription drugs â?? and with fewer side effects â?? according to a study conducted under rigorously controlled conditions with government-grown pot.

In a five-day study performed in a specially ventilated hospital ward where marijuana patients smoked three marijuana cigarettes a day, more than half the participants tallied significant reductions in pain.

By contrast, less than one-quarter of those who smoked â??placeboâ?� medical marijuana, which had its primary psychoactive ingredients removed, reported benefits, as measured by subjective pain reports and standardized neurological tests. :(