He has a point there. Marinol is made from synthetic THC. I do not know how potent synthetic THC is compared to the real THC. The dosage of Marinol can be controlled. Options to administer the drug need to be improved.
Other ways of administering Marinol are being looked into, according to Google sources, such as a patch or inhaler. A patch or inhaler could be more effective than taking a pill for nausea, especially if you keep throwing up the pills. We had to use suppositories for one of our children when he had a major vomiting problem; had the flu.
Which is only one of the dozens of active ingredients in cannabis.
I have a radical idea: why not leave medical decisions up to doctors and their patients, rather than government? (Isn't that what opposition to 0bamacare is all about?)
I would like to refer the skeptics to this article published on June 19, 2010 in Science News:
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/issue/id/59966/title/June_19th,_2010%3B_Vol.177_%2313
Here is a partial list of cancers that have been shown to have documented sensitivity to cannabinoids (CBD, THC).
Lung carinoma - decresed tumor size
Glioma - programmed cell death
Prostate carcinoma- cell death
Lymphoma- cell death
Skin carcinoma- cell death
Is marijuana a panacea plant that will save the earth? Of course not, but it does have many beneficial uses for human health and well being. Besides combating nausea, multiple sclerosis, inflamation, it has also proven to save the lives of many of our combat veterans who suffer and commit suicide from PTSD (THC activates the part of the brain that helps us forget things, hence the “stoner” stigma of forgetting etc), but this is exactly what many our boys coming home need in order to get rid of their PTSD. And it is also why the VA has changed its own rules and now allows veterans who live in states that have legalized medical marijuana to continue to receive treatment from the VA if they use marijuana (before the VA would refuse services to such individuals).
See here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/24/health/policy/24veterans.html?pagewanted=all
And also here:
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2012/05/30/20120530veterans-say-marijuana-eases-ptsd.html
It is a shame that misinformation, stereotyping, and religious/moral judgements have gotten in the way of the truth about medical marijuana for such a long time. But the information is out there and I would ask that before you scoff or scorn, you become informed and either way you decide, become involved.