| Smoked marijuana relieves nausea and vomiting in 60 to 90 percent of chemotherapy patients in whom conventional anti nausea medications had failed to do so. (Studies carried out in six states: N. M., N. Y., Cal., Ga., Tenn., and Mich. in the 1980's, see "Marijuana, Medicine and the Law" Series, R.C. Randall, Ed., Galen Press, 1990). This allows patients to continue potentially life-saving anticancer therapy. And once the nausea has started, Marinol (synthetic THC) pills are vomited up well within the one hour it takes to produce results. Smoked marijuana, on the other hand, by-passes the upset stomach and goes directly to the blood stream, producing nausea relief within minutes. The proper dosage is achieved when the patient starts to feel the "high." |
