The measure removed state criminal penalties for patients with "debilitating medical conditions" whose doctor verifies the condition and that medical marijuana may help it.

Setting aside the controversy, marijuana has been shown to have medicinal properties and can help with some types of chronic pain.

Since it also relieves nausea, marijuana can help people who are suffering side effects from chemotherapy.

Case reports found that marijuana helped reduce tics, but validation of these results requires longer, controlled studies on larger samples.

Sagan said that marijuana helped him write some of his books.

You've probably heard that medical marijuana can help with pain.

Bachman then tells them that if the marijuana helped Cyril, it could probably help them with their side effects.

If true, this means that marijuana helped to overthrow one of the most repressive, evil regimes Mexico ever suffered.

On the other hand, while marijuana may help with pain symptoms, it does nothing for the disease progression or organ damage, Dr. Mbakwe says.

The Oregon Medical Association has advised doctors to record only on patients' charts any suggestion that marijuana could help with some symptoms.