In addition to the effectiveness as pain relief and no relation to cancer, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws NZ (NORML) supports the fact that cannabis is also effective as an antiemetic (anti-nausea) for cancer chemotherapy and AIDS drug therapy which often result in frequent nausea and vomiting. Cannabis also stimulates appetite, it helps patients with anorexic problems after such therapies to gain weight and live a better life.
What is more, the herb helps neurological conditions to improve their motor sense. For example, the patients who suffer from multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, Parkinson and spinal cord injury can benefit from the substance. The active substituent THC of cannabis even reduces the chance of brain damage resulting from stroke.