HIV and AIDS were among the earliest indications for medical marijuana use in the states where it’s legal. There’s even an FDA-approved drug for this condition called dronabinol, which isn’t derived from cannabis but is very closely related to THC in its chemical structure and effects. AIDS encompasses many symptoms – neuropathic pain, nausea, poor appetite and weight loss, anxiety and depression – and each can be agony if left untreated. Cannabis can relieve them all, so it’s no wonder why so many AIDS patients used to self-medicate with cannabis. Now that there is an efficient cure, the issue isn’t so pressing anymore, but weed can also help with the side effects of the antiretroviral therapy itself. Find below a list of strains that other HIV/AIDS patients say help them.