Section 3397-A. Legislative findings

The legislature finds that recent
  research has shown that the use of marijuana may  alleviate  the  nausea
  and ill-effects of cancer chemotherapy, may alleviate the ill-effects of
  glaucoma  and  may  have other therapeutic uses. The legislature further
  finds that there is a need for further research and experimentation with
  regard to the use of marijuana for therapeutic purposes  under  strictly
  controlled  circumstances.  It  is  for  such research programs that the
  controlled substances therapeutic research act is hereby enacted.