ptsd, pain, chrone s disease, even cancer. hopefully this is the best medication. we are not there yet. answers may come from places like this. it s a state-run nursing home outside of tel aviv. residents are using marijuana for pain, loss of appetite, parkinson s disease, and dementia. moshay root is one of those residents. he was 77 when he smoked his first pipe of marijuana. he s 80 now and he smokes a couple times a day. it s to help with the pain and the hand tremors caused by a stroke. it s a mixture of tobacco and marijuana. he even decided to light up during our interview to stop his hands from shaking. you re saying your hands are steady because of the marijuana? it also helped ease a deeper pain hidden from sight.