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accepted and used by a substantial number of patients despite the
existence of #new # antiemetics, l_SJ
This large population of cancer patients using
marijuana is by no means an homogenous group° Patients using
marijuana belong to all different age groups _ from young
• ,,_. child_n to senior citizens _ and have completely different
social backgrounds_ With respect to age_ besides young cancer
patients_., childrenl_/ and older patients I_/ also have received
benefit from its use.
With regard to their social backgrounds, patients of
all types and walks of life have accepted marijuana as an
I/u_/ Redirect of Dr_ Ivan Silverberg_ Tr. 3-138 (fifty percent
of patients using marijuana); Cross-examination of Dr. John
Bickers, Tr. 2_110 (use of marijuana by many of his patients);
Affidavit of Mac Nutt_ _ 96 (patients are _still getting
marijuana off the streetsX); Cross-examination of Dr. Thomas
Ungerleider, Tr. 4-138 & 4=139 (receives calls from patients
every month requesting information on how to get easy access to
marijuana); Affidavit of John James Dunsmore, III_ _ 75
(currently smoking marijuana to treat emesis).
146/ Joshua Andrews_ at the age of four years_ began using
marijuana to alleviate the nausea and vo_iting resulting from his
chemotherapy treatment. Joshua's use of marijuana continued for
many years during his treatment and it _certain!y made a
difference . o . a critical difference . . o in the outceme of
[his] fight with cancer. _ Affidavit of Janet Andrews, _ 99°
Joshua's mother added that m[w]ithout marijuana's antivomiting
properties, Josh would not have been able to tolerate chemo-
therapy. He would have either stopped receiving treatment early
on and died or died as a result of complications associated with
his treatments. About this we have no doubts_ w /__. In
addition_ the evidence shows that as a result of Joshua Andrew's
experience with marijuana_ other children used marijuana and it
_ worked effectively in their treatment° _e_e i__. at _ 47, 48
(children at Washington State); _.d. at _ 73 (children at hospital
in San Diego, California).
147/ The New Mexico programs which involved 250 patients,
included individuals from eighteen to seventy-six years of age°
Affidavit of Madelyn Brazis, _ 31. S e_ _ Michigan program
(program ranged from 15 to 79 years of age) _ p. 62 n. 209.
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