What do HIV and AIDS experts say about medical marijuana?

What do HIV and AIDS experts say about medical marijuana?

I would say that if you surveyed all the different medical specialties, it would be the HIV/AIDS and oncologists that would be most enthusiastic and positive about medicinal cannabis. At least in those states, like California, that have state sanctioned and regulated medicinal cannabis programs. The majority of patients on those programs are HIV positive patients. They use it primarily for pain relief, but the so-called side effects of euphoria, of increased appetite, well-being, etc., are just as important as the pain-relieving properties in HIV-related disease.