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Discusses medical marijuana and its potential for controlling neurological disorders, neoplasms, pain, and AIDS, and examines its legal status, explaining the conflict between state and federal law concerning its medical use.
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Explains findings from a recent Institute of Medicine study on medical marijuana, providing patients and people who care for them with information to empower decision making. Overviews the role of marijuana in medicine and looks at evidence concerning detrimental effects, then discusses the use of marijuana as medicine in pain, AIDS, cancer, muscle spasticity, neurological disorders, and glaucoma. Also examines pharmaceuticals from marijuana, and legal issues. Mack is a science and medical writer. Joy served as the study director of the Institute of Medicine's report, Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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