i had a dear, dear friend who was in the final stages of cancer and i obtained marijuana for him. it eased his pain significantly and allowed him to eat and not throw up afterwards. personally, i wish that there wasn't such a stigma about the use of it. i strongly support it for pain control and the side effects of chemo, etc. and my ER doc friend really is an advocate for it. he says there is a tremendous difference in a patient on marijuana for pain and one who is heavily medicated with, say, morphine.