There have not been many in-depth and widely distributed studies into the possible medicinal effects of marijuana. However, with pressure from [[liberal]] advocates of marijuana, more otherwise accredited institutions are conducting research on the drug.
There is colloquial evidence that marijuana is beneficial as an appetite stimulant to patients on hospice dying of AIDS, and as a countermeasure for those with cancer facing radiation sickness from treatment. However, no scientific evidence has emerged to prove this. Medicinal marijuana is therefore used by proper doctors as a last-resort in states where it is illegal or semi-legal (with a prescription, honored only by the state), and abused by perfectly healthy people who simply want to get high. Medicinal marijuana, however well-intentioned, will obviously lead to abuses in that system.
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