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Significantly_ only 18% of the patients within the marijuana
inhalation program failed to gain antiemetic relief while
.... _ undergoing Cisplatin therapy. _54/ Such a high level of success
(82%) on Cisplatin is seldom reported with any other form of
antiemetic therapy°
-_..... . Equally significant_ none of the New York reports
suggest any serious adverse effects were reported among this
large patient population. There are, no reports for examples of
_ii...... any patient who experienced any undue physical or psychic damage.
There are no indications any patient who received marijuana
within the New Mork program required hospitalization orany other
form of medical intervention to deal with any of the side effects
caused by marijuana inhalation.
While the Department protests that these data are
incomplete and urges even more study, it is clear that, for very
large numbers of patients_ particularly patients intractable to
other formsof antiemetic therapy_ marijuanas when smoked_
provides relief from emesis which is not equaled by any other
antiemetic agent° This request for continuing study also
reflects the fact thatt in the absence of Wcontinuing study #
marijuana would become unavailable to cancer patients within the
State of New York. Viewed in this light -_ and against a
backdrop of the 93% success rate reported by patients in the New
York program -- the emphasis on maintaininq the program seems
very rational indeed.
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