Arizona voters to vote on medical marijuana | Deseret News

Back in New Mexico during the late seventies my father used medical marijuana as part of a very limited study of cancer patients receiving chemo therapy. It helped him stay on the chemo and gain weight. He was in our kitchen talking to his brother in law (My uncle) who was very conservative about using Pot as part of his treatment, my uncle made it clear that he thought this was just an excuse to get high and only hippies or druggies would use pot and call it medicine. My dad quit using pot that same day, died eleven months later after chemo was stopped because he had lost over 45% of his body weight (6'5" tall and weighed 140 pounds when we buried him).

I strongly support the medical marijuana legislation and I hope no one else stops using medical marijuana based on the unfounded objections/cruel comments of a relative, loved one or friend.