of course it did. I have friends battling/ have battled stomach cancer, lupus, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, melanoma, breast cancer, Hodgkin's- and they all swear by weed. Many quit the addicting pain medications and just used weed. They say it was the one thing that made them feel better. Marijuana is schedule 1(along with crystal meth, heroin, pcp) meaning there is no medical use for it. Weed comforts what ever ails you. And drug makers make heroin and doctors prescribe- it is called oxycontin. The biggest drug dealers in the world are the pharmaceutical companys ($289 million). It is ok if big business pumps kids with xanax, oxycontin, ritalin, aderol, etc- as long as a dollar can be made. But the most useful plant in the world (marijuana) it is illegal. All this in the "land of the free". Our draconian drug laws are ass backwards