| The recent discovery of the second largest doctors | | | | the patients. The optimal doses of its intake must be |
| group in the U.S. on the therapeutic effects of | | | | perfected to eliminate the notions of addiction among |
| marijuana for AIDS and cancer patients will certainly | | | | possible patients. |
| create a debate whether Washington will openly | | | | Around 124,000 doctors are members of the |
| accept the proposal for its public consumption. | | | | Philadelphia-based group, whose patients are mostly |
| The American College of Physicians has proposed the | | | | adults. The organization started operating since 1915. |
| viability of marijuana for medical purposes. It said that | | | | Dr. David Dale, University of Washington professor of |
| better medicines and treatments can be taken from | | | | medicine and the group's chair said marijuana use |
| the long-standing prohibited plant according to the | | | | remains under a special category since there are |
| recent studies conducted. | | | | many concerns at stake to its probable potency. But |
| It is currently urging the federal government to lift | | | | he is confident that it may pose effective and better |
| the ban for its possible use to a wider scale of | | | | treatments for other patients suffering from all kinds |
| medical applications. The group cited that marijuana | | | | of diseases so careful evaluation must be undertaken. |
| promises better treatments among AIDS patients | | | | Time and again, modern science has yet to be |
| who are suffering from extreme weight loss. For | | | | tapped. As more diseases are on the rise, better |
| cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, it can help | | | | treatments must be prepared. With marijuana's latest |
| reduce extreme cases of nausea and vomiting. | | | | findings, more researches must be conducted if it |
| The group said further research on the prohibited | | | | really deserves to be in the list of possible remedies |
| plant needs to be taken into consideration to identify | | | | among the thousand ailments in the world. |
| its other applications in medicine. But this is being | | | | Experts need to make sure about marijuana's |
| hindered by federal laws and limited resources on the | | | | disadvantages will be neutralized once used in the |
| legalization of more studies to be conducted. | | | | human body. Before it will be advised for public |
| Certainly, the recent U.S. findings can alleviate millions | | | | consumption, there should be a series of tests, |
| of AIDS and cancer patients around the world should | | | | accounting all possible risks. We cannot just say "no" |
| these be proven by reliable studies. | | | | to marijuana use in medical applications if it will be the |
| The group still needs to present to the U.S. | | | | better way to treat patients. Doctors have to make |
| government solid evidence that the therapeutic | | | | safety precautions first before signaling its use for |
| effects of marijuana will not cause side effects on | | | | the patients worldwide. |