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c. Mari_uana Is sa_e/___h___q_erAnt£emetics
i Physicians have testified that marijuanaSs side
effects are minor in comparison with other antiemetics_ Dr.
Silverberg testified that:
_Decadron is a dangerous drug in any
_,_,/ _-_ sense of the word_ [it is the best immune
suppressive and 3 also causes "in chronic
:_usage, secondary infections like pneumocystis
pneumonia, MAX or Micro bacterium avian intra _
cellular . o . psychosis_ bleeding ulcer,
blood disorders and on. "_{
On Compazine and Compazine_like drugs_ Si!verberg added, that:
[they] can cause hepatic damages colistatis,
jaundice and death . . _ and have caused in
several of my patients, a cere/}ellar dysfunc-
...... tion o . o they begin to shake and have
spasms of their muscles and have to go to
the emergency rooms for shots of Benedryl. 9_/
When asked how these side effects compare with marijuana_s side
effects, Dr. Silverberg emphatically affirmed:
I have never seen a serious side effect
or heard of a serious side effe_ct in any
of my patients [who smoked marijuana. ]_-_/
Dro Dansak testified that the adverse effects of marijuana
compared to the side effects of other antiemetics are "quite
mild, minor" and that marijuana's adverse effects "were quite
tolerable . o . easily manageable . . . not severer very short
lived and if you apprise the patients of them and [tell] them
_4/ Redirect of Dr. Ivan Silverberge Tr° 3=144.
39_/ /_. at Tr. 5-144 & 3-145. ___ als_ Redirect of Dr. John
Bickersn Tro 2=122 & 2-123 (metraproclamide and peradole cause
severe spasms).
__9./ /_. at 3_146_
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