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    Glaucoma is the leading cause of blindness in the United States, and can be treated with smoked marijuana. It has been accepted by most medical associations that marijuana/THC reduces intraocular pressure, which is the main focus of the disease. It was first found, in a study by Robert S. Hepler, that the pressure dropped significantly when treated with marijuana or THC. Of the eight patients that legally receive marijuana from the government, three use it to treat glaucoma. At a round-table conference in 1997, National Institutes of Health panel member, Paul Palmberg, M.D., Ph.D. said, "In the case of smoked marijuana or Marinol, it’s quite clear that it does lower intraocular pressure, often substantially..."