What illnesses can marijuana treat?
Marijuana can treat a wide variety of illnesses and medical problems including glaucoma, the side-effects of cancer chemotherapy, muscular spasticity disorders, the “wasting syndrome” associated with AIDS, epilepsy, and more. For further details and bibliographies please see the Fact Sheets contained in this website. Marijuana also has a distinguished history of medical use dating back more than 5,000 years. For information on the historical uses of marijuana as a medicine the Alliance recommends the Fitz Hugh Ludlow Hypertext Collection.