20 May 2004

by Anai Rhoads

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AnaiRhoads.org - Vermont will soon become one the ninth states to allow patients with HIV/AIDS, cancer and those with visual problems the freedom to use marijuana for medicinal purposes.

Marijuana has been proven to increase hunger in patients who have lost their appetite, it is known as a soothing pain reliever, and it greatly diminishes nausea. Doctors agree that those patients who are whithering away due to illness greatly benefit from marijuana.

Patients will be permitted to keep up to three marijuana plants, which are only accessible by the patient or home-care nurse. Registration is required prior to the patient "growing" his or her own marijuana plant.

Vermont will now join Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Nevada, Oregon and Washington state, all of which have passed a similar law. The state of Arizona passed a different law, allowing prescription-only use, the first of its kind in history.

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