SUMMARY: Active medicinal ingredients in marijuana, especially tetrahydrocannabinol, are among the safest and most widely applicable therapeutic substances known to man. Marijuana relieves suffering in patients afflicted with AIDS, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, anorexia associated with chemo and radiation-therapy for cancer, the "wasting" effect of tuberculosis, AIDS and cancer, migraines and spasticity both by relieving the symptoms of their affliction and by allowing them to by-pass certain other medicines which have demonstrable debilitating side-effects. The evidence indicates that marijuana is highly therapeutic in the treatment of itching, dystonia, chronic pain, as an antitussive, antidepressant, tranquilizer, topical anesthetic and uterus stimulator. It seems that no other single medicine has been discovered that has such a wide range of applications and is as completely safe to use as tetrahydrocannabinol.
THIS REPORT: Presented by Gatewood Galbraith, chairman of the Science and Truth Hearings panel which received the testimony presented by the witnesses listed; contains comments and conclusions of the author and is not intended to represent all of the opinions and conclusions of other Panel members and witnesses, including:
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