In the current study population, 25% of the patients who
entered the study died after a short period of time, less
than two months. In the group that continued the cannabis
use, it was highly effective for many symptoms connected to
advanced disease,which raises the question ofwhether physicians
are prescribing the cannabis too late, and if so, why? A
study carried out among hospice health care providers in the
USA, using a questionnaire to assess knowledge, experience,
and views regarding the use of cannabis in terminally ill
patients, revealed a generally favorable approach to legalization
of cannabis and its use in symptommanagement for their
terminally ill patients [6]. Severe side effects of cannabis or
ineffectiveness together with mild side effects caused early
determination of treatment in 12% of the patients. This patient
group had more CNS involvement but, nevertheless, was less
symptomatic than the continued cannabis users. The side
effects reported by both groups who used cannabis were
not different from the known side effects of cannabis in
noncancer patients. Although the characteristic differences