Re: Can marijuana help paraplegics recover?

bhanwara wrote:

> I happened to meet a person who became a paraplegic 13 years
> ago in a diving accident.  But he had recovered enough to be
> able to walk by himself now, though he still needs crutches
> most of the time.
>
> He had used marijuana to keep himself happy despite his
> accident.  But I wondered if there was a causal
> connection.

How do you know that he might not have needed any crutches
by now, had he not smoked anything at all?