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TABLE 1.2 Self-Reported Disorders Treated with Marijuana by Members of Los Angeles Cannabis Resource Center (LACRC), According to Center Staffa


Treated Disorder No. of Subjects % of Subjects
HIVb 528 71  
Cancer 40 5.4
Terminal cancer 10 1.4
Mood disorders (depression) 4 0.5
Musculoskeletal (multiple sclerosis, arthritis) 30 4.1
Chronic pain and back pain 33 4.5
Gastrointestinal 7 2.3
Neurological disorders (epilepsy, Tourette syndrome, brain trauma) 7 0.9
Seizures or migrainesc 13 1.8
Glaucoma 15 2.0
Miscellaneous 42 5.7
Total number 739 100  


    aResults are based on a review of 739 individual records by LACRC staff members. In contrast with Mendelson's survey of San Francisco Cannabis Cultivators Club (Table 1.1), only the primary disorder is indicated here. Membership in LACRC is contingent on a doctor's letter of acknowledgment, but diagnoses are not independently confirmed.

    bHIV patients use marijuana to control nausea, increase appetite (to combat wasting), and relieve gastrointestinal distress caused by AIDS medications. These uses are not indicated separately.

    cAs described by LACRC staff, some of these cases might also be neurological disorders.