Originally Posted by
Syme
As far as I can tell, Marinol has several disadvantages when compared to "natural" marijuana. Increased possibility of unpleasant psychoactive effects (which seems to be the main reason that many patients dislike it), higher cost, and slow onset time seem to be big ones. Plus one of the main things that medical marijuana is used to treat is nausea, which is a problem for Marinol because it's a pill and thus the patient may puke it back up before it can take effect (this problem is compounded by the long onset time).
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