articles of marijuana helping pain

these are two different cases where medical marijuana helps people because perscription medicine wont do anything.

Diane Monson had been using marijuana since 1999 to treat her chronic back pain and spasms. No other prescription medication worked. But on Aug. 15, 2002, agents from the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Butte County sheriff's deputies raided Monson's home in Oroville, Calif. Although the local district attorney agreed that Monson's six medical cannabis plants were lawful under local guidelines and California's Compassionate Use Act, the DEA agents destroyed Monson's plants; the DEA has yet to file charges against Monson.

Angel Raich suffers from an inoperable brain tumor, chronic pain and a number of other conditions that her doctor says defy conventional treatments. At one point, the Oakland, Calif., mother of two teenagers was so weak she had to use a wheelchair. With no way to relieve her pain — and because California voters had approved the medical use of marijuana in 1996 — she decided, at her doctor's suggestion, to give marijuana a try.”

The drug worked wonders, Raich says. Her symptoms eased, and she even retired her wheelchair.