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_ I Iooslng thelr anorexla.
2 For all of the talk about the antl-nausea
3 effects of marijuana, somewhere lost in _he shuffle is the
4 fact that there Is no FDA approved drug _hat works for
5 appetite %timulationo There are a lot for ladies --
6 MS. SHIRLEY: ObJectlon_ Your Honors This
7 is well beyond the scope of _he c_oss-examlnation at thls
8 po_nt_
9 3UDGE YOUNG: _Ii will hear ito Go ono
I0 THE WITNESS: There are a lot of medlcatlons
11 to suppress appetite° There is no drug that _'m aware of
12 as a cllnlc!an_ now having seen several thousand patients
13 in my offices that makes patlent:'s appetite come back
_4 except for _ari_uana. And _ thi_ that this i_ beyond.
_5 refute _n ou_ experience.
_6 V_rtuall7 everybody _ho smokes marijuana has
_7 an appeti_eo
_8 Again, _ don_t _no_ how far you _an_ me to
_9 go, but _ deal in a office _hat lock_ like a concentration
20 camp _n our neighborhood. We're _n the gay communltT.
2_ the_e patħents are anorexic, they_r_ thin. They can't ca%.
22 and _ have a drug _ha% even _ _ can_% totally control
23 !nausea, many of these patients _ho uae _he drug gain their
24 :appetite back and at least can _alntaln some semblance of
25 body.
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