Marijuana: The Drug That Could Help Stop the Pain Marijuana is classified as a Schedule 1drug (a drug with high abuse potential, no accepted medical use, and lack of safety) in the eyes of the government. In the eyes of the medical world it's a miracle drug. It can be used therapeutically help people with such ailments as AIDS, asthma, arthritis, cancer, chronic pain, depression, epilepsy, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, migraine headaches, insomnia and many others. The governments' lack of support for medical research of the drug is the major obstacle between the drug being researched and the patients getting