I'd be very suspicious of a claim that even if some compound(s) in tobacco smoke help with ulcerative colitis or any condition, that the clinical recommendation is to take up smoking cigarettes. But I'm open to being proven wrong

You'd probably change your mind as soon as you'd receive a devastating diagnosis, such as parkinson's.

if you knew, that nicotine could at least potentially arrest the progression, how sick would you need to get before you would try nicotine patches?

would you rather wait until you are unable to walk, talk, eat, wear adult diapers, but never ever attempt anything on your own?

"clinical recommendation" is nothing more than an OPINION, not some eternal dogma to be venerated.

Marijuana is being used medicinally en masse in many countries today. Still not a "clinical recommendation" in the US, and even an absolutely illegal drug with apparently no known medicinal use, but somehow thousands of epileptic kids manage to control their disease with Charlotte's Webb.

Strange how official "recommendation" can be total lies, no?

> Marijuana is being used medicinally en masse in many countries today

I suspect "medicinal" marijuana is just a ruse to get it legalized. Not to say there are not medicinally beneficial compounds. I also support legalization. But it's a pretty big coincidence that the only medicine with "roll it into a joint and smoke it" as the delivery mechanism happens to be used recreationally in exactly the same way. Just like alcohol was "medicinal" during prohibition.

Where does the line between recreational and medicinal really end?

Having a glass of wine after a stressful day, instead of Xanax, is that medicinal or recreational? You could argue either way, I suppose.

I don't think medicinal is smoked.