PARKINSON'S...no cure and I KNOW Mary helps tremendously based on personal experience. Of course severe cases will need help administering but they need help to even eat. I don't know how the DOH could possibly deny this. When I was 18 I lived in Dallas and worked as a Medication Supervisor w/90 residents under my care. There was only one man I didn't give any meds to...a 44yr old mathematician of whom was recognized nationally, before his disease raged, as a genius. On the swing and graveyard shifts I was solely in charge of the whole place. Around 10 or so every night that I was there another man on his scooter would go visit this poor soul and every night the sweet smell of Mary was in the air. I told my staff of 2 CNA's to not even dare harass or say anything to any of the texan managers. I assured scooter man that as long as I was in charge to have no worry,smoke all you want and continue to comfort this man. Both through companionship and the Sweet Leaf. Unless there have been pharms developed in the last ten years that really provide relief they CAN'T say no. Using Micheal J. Fox as an example I'd say that no significant progress has been made. The only thing back then that this man had available to him was St. John's Wort. I really believe that Cannabis was the only thing that gave him any relief. It is terminal and their minds go,to what extent I don't know. All I DO know is that he always welcomed his friend with the scooter,he didn't have to. Someone as advanced as he just looked like a trembling,brain blank zombie but I believe that there was still a person in there and I wasn't alone.