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    Marijuana has shown to be helpful in the treatment of nausea and vomiting caused by cancer chemotherapy treatment. In a 1990 survey, 44% of oncologists have illegally recommended that their patients smoke marijuana to relieve their suffering. In this same survey, 54% favored making marijuana a legal, prescription medicine. Marinol, and oral THC pill that is now being used to treat many conditions, was shown to be inferior to smoked marijuana for treating nausea, vomiting and appetite loss in 6 of 7 state studies, involving almost 3,000 patients. In a 1988 study by Dr. Vincent Vinciguerra, 78% of patients that showed no response to standard anti-nauseants improved favorably when they smoked marijuana. The amount of marijuana needed to receive a positive effect is less than that needed to get the feeling of being "high." "I have seen chemotherapy patients survive only because they were able to use marijuana..." Edward Deaux, Ph.D.