What are the approved medical uses for dronabinol, and why do some argue that smoked marijuana needs to be available to cancer patients and others in addition to (or instead of) oral thc?

Answer: Marinol is a pharmaceutical form of THC, which can be used in place of cannabis ... of cannabinoids found in natural cannabis, it can provide relief for certain conditions ... It is federally approved for medical use in the US, but has been ... Patients taking Marinol tended to prefer it to other anti-nausea drugs.