Opinion: I wanted to try medical marijuana. Why couldn’t my doctors help me?
Until we make it easier to study the effects of #medicalmarijuana and #cannabis, and train doctors about its benefits and risks, people who could benefit from it will continue to…
I managed to get through college in the 1980s without smoking marijuana. It wasn’t until I was diagnosed with cancer in the 1990s that I decided to give it a try.
The anti-nausea medicine I was taking to combat the side effects of chemotherapy made me feel like I was going to jump out of my skin and it didn’t banish my queasiness. So I took matters into my own hands and asked a friend for some marijuana. At the time, possessing it or using it was illegal, and there was a stigma around its use. It felt like I had a dirty little secret.
That said, when I smoked it, I felt great. My nausea disappeared, my appetite came back, and I slept like a
