text: should marijuana be leaglized for medical use?   marijuana actually has many helpful benefits toward diseases / sicknesses. marijuana can reduce nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite caused by aids. it can reduce interlobular pressure, which alleviates the pain and slowing and sometimes even stopping the progress of glaucoma. common side effects of chemotherapy are nausea, loss of appetite, and vomiting, all of which marijuana would help. it can limit muscle pain and relieve tremor nad unsteadiness of gait for multiple sclerosis patients. marijuana can help prevent epileptic seizures in some patients. it can also alleviate chronic, often debilitating pain caused by myriad disorders and injuries. each one of these applications have been deemed legitimate by at least one united states court, legislature, and/or government agency.