2006-07-18 06:40:36 · 20 answers · asked by riocrazy25 1 in Social Science ➔ Other - Social Science
I don't believe it would be a cure for aids or cancer. Maybe it could help with some of the symptoms.
I do think it may have other useful benefits such as helping with depression.
2006-07-18 10:56:35 · answer #1 · answered by Valient25 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marijuana wont HELP with cancer or AIDS. It helps a person cope with the disease better. How? The most review of the medical value of pot, by the Institute of Medicine, found that marijuana helps cancer and AIDS patients overcome intense nausea, the severe bone pain of cancer, and the wasting of AIDS and advanced cancer patients. For 20 percent of patients, legal medicines do not help their nausea, and withholding pot is inhumane and cruel.
2006-07-18 13:45:52 · answer #2 · answered by Ann Chovie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually yes.....they prescribe medicinal marijuana for many diseases such as cancer, multiple sclerosis etc. My ex had cancer and they prescribed marijuana for him, the reason they did so is that is helps to ease pain and make the person hungry while going through chemotherapy. While he was going through chemo, he had absolutely no appetite, so this would help him. So to answer your question, yes there are many ways that marijuana can help a person with a disease.
2006-07-18 13:43:00 · answer #3 · answered by somechick25 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marijuana, does nothing regarding helping (curing) these diseases. But it may help with certain symptoms, such as pain or nausea.
Also, both of these diseases (or I should say the medications for these diseases), can cause a person to loose their appetite. Marijuana is know for increasing ones appetite.
2006-07-18 13:48:00 · answer #4 · answered by aelk2004 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe marijuana can help with cancer pain. I don't know if it does anything for AIDS. I believe it actually can help cure, or at least just prevent, glaucoma.
2006-07-18 13:42:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marijuana helps ease the pain for patients that undergo chemotherapy. It also increases the appetite of AIDS patients.
2006-07-18 13:44:22 · answer #6 · answered by scott 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can help fight the pain associated with both illnesses and it has been shown to counteract the nausea that is a side effect of many of the drugs that cancer and HIV patients take.
2006-07-18 13:45:52 · answer #7 · answered by Barry_2050 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! medical cannibis helps with glaucoma, aids, cancer patience's. I lived in the Bay Area and have seen this proven!
2006-07-18 13:45:05 · answer #8 · answered by tiger_skratch 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It reportedly helps treat symptoms (e.g., nausea, loss of appetite, lack of desire to listen to Pink Floyd), but there is no evidence that it actually treats the diseases that cause those symptoms.
2006-07-18 13:44:27 · answer #9 · answered by BoredBookworm 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I beleive it is used to help with eating or keeping food down in cancer paitience. At least thats what my aunt told me why she was smoking it :)
2006-07-18 13:46:05 · answer #10 · answered by michael g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋