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 TABiZ OF CQNTE_
 I . INTRODUCTION ...................................... l
 II. _@AL ANALYSXS .................................... 4
 _TANDARDXZATXON 13
 III ....................................
 XV_ -SAFETY ............................................ 22
 V o MARIJUANA HAS AN ACCEPTED MEDICAL USE
 AS AN ANTIEMETIC, AN INTRAOCULAR
 ANTIHYPERTENSITVE_ AND AS ANTISPASMODIC DRUG ....... 31
 A. Emesis Resulting From Anticancer Therapy ........... 31
 I. Adequate Research_ Including
 Double-Blind Studies_ Has Proven That
 Marijuana is Efficacious as an Antiemetic
 and in Some Cases Is More Effective
 Than Other Antiemetics ....................... 32
 a. State Studies .......................... 32
 (I) New Mexico ......................... 35
 (2) Georgia Study ...................... 37
 (3) Michigan Study ..................... 38
 (4) New York Study ..................... 39
 (5) Tennessee Study .................... 39
 (6) California Study ................... 39
 b° Chang Study ............................. 40
 ...._ c. The 1975 Sallan/Zir_Derg Study ........... 42
 d. 1984 Double-Blind S_udy Comparing
 THC to Marijuana ........................ 42
 2 Patient Reports on Marl3uana s Action
 as an Antiemetic are Medically Reliable
 and Valuable in Determining Its
 Accepted Use ................................. 42
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