It all started when she noticed she had a pain in her stomach. She felt it was nothing to worry about. After the doctor¡s appointment it appeared that she had a kidney infection, which was easily treatable with medication. Two days later the doctor calls and asks her to come in. She sits patiently in the chair as the doctor looks through her chart.
             ¡§Maam, I am sorry to inform you that you have cancer of the kidneys.¡ She begins to cry. ¡§We will get you started on your chemotherapy as soon as possible and most likely we will be able to destroy all of the cancer.¡
             Two years later, she is at an all time low. Her bones are withering away and braking at the simplest touch. She can no longer eat anything because she just can not hold it down anymore. Her next appointment at the doctor¡s is soon to be her most important.
             ¡§There is a new medicine they have recently tested and I feel that it would help you dramatically.¡
             She agrees to take the medicine, at this point she will try anything. The doctor shows her how to take the medicine.
             ¡§First, start it once a day. The medicine will come in a can and it will be in something that looks like a cigarette. Once you start the treatment after about a week and a half start smoking it two to three times a day, when you feel pain is at it¡s worst.¡
             Soon her weight went back up, she was able to hold more food down. Her bones were becoming a slightly stronger. But the one thing that drastically changed was her attitude. She was no longer suffering. The medicine that she had been taking had made her feel like she had some kind of control of her life. The medicine she had taken was a drug known as marijuana.
             Many doctors have used marijuana as a form of treatment for centuries all over the world. Some conditions for which marijuana was formerly a common treatment, such as simple pain relief, are now treatable by other, more effective, me...