2. degeneracy-moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles; the luxury and corruption among the upper classes; moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration; its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity; Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction.
Studies: Marijuana May Help Hepatitis C Sufferers. Hepatitis C is an often-fatal viral disease of the liver afflicting about four million Americans. Chronic hepatitis C infection causes fatigue, depression, joint pain and liver impairment, including cirrhosis and liver cancer. There is no cure.
But marijuana's benefit to the AIDS patient limited to its usefulness in weight maintenance. As AIDS progresses and the medical therapies utilized intensify, marijuana also provides patients with help in easing joint and muscle pain and reducing the stomach cramps associated with morphine use.