Legalization of medical marijuana
Michele Sanchez
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Professor Goldberg
December 15, 2014
Legalization of Medical Marijuana My father is a diabetic and is currently a medical marijuana patient in California due to his poor eating habits. He was prescribed medical marijuana to lower and control his insulin level. In a multicenter collaboration, researchers found that regular marijuana use was associated with better blood sugar control in diabetics, according to an Elsevier press release (Rizk, par.2).
The team was able to link lower fasting insulin and a lower risk of insulin resistance. The federal government should legalize marijuana for medical purposes because illegalization is based on stereotypes of minorities and disinformation on reasons why it was made illegal, it shows great potential for improving medicine and many patients with terminal conditions can benefit from the use of medical marijuana. Many people are not aware but there was no scientific or medical research done to determine if it was a dangerous drug or why it should be made illegal. It was used in the
1800’s for medical purposes until it became affiliated with Mexicans and blacks in the early
1900’s. California was the first state to outlaw the preparations of weed and then state after state started making marijuana illegal due to various racist pretenses. At a meeting of the League of Nations in the mid-1930s, every country voted against an international ban on cannabis.
Federal Bureau of Narcotics director Harry Anslinger found that the only way to support it at home was through the adoption of a tax law that would place a prohibitive tax on the selling and buying of the drug (Ebook). When the members of the legislation met on August
2, 1937, they were told that the American Medical Association supported the bill when in fact they did not know anything about it and marijuana became illegal by the federal government but was allowed only for medical purposes. They were deceived into believing that
ENC1101
Professor Goldberg
December 15, 2014
Legalization of Medical Marijuana My father is a diabetic and is currently a medical marijuana patient in California due to his poor eating habits. He was prescribed medical marijuana to lower and control his insulin level. In a multicenter collaboration, researchers found that regular marijuana use was associated with better blood sugar control in diabetics, according to an Elsevier press release (Rizk, par.2).
The team was able to link lower fasting insulin and a lower risk of insulin resistance. The federal government should legalize marijuana for medical purposes because illegalization is based on stereotypes of minorities and disinformation on reasons why it was made illegal, it shows great potential for improving medicine and many patients with terminal conditions can benefit from the use of medical marijuana. Many people are not aware but there was no scientific or medical research done to determine if it was a dangerous drug or why it should be made illegal. It was used in the
1800’s for medical purposes until it became affiliated with Mexicans and blacks in the early
1900’s. California was the first state to outlaw the preparations of weed and then state after state started making marijuana illegal due to various racist pretenses. At a meeting of the League of Nations in the mid-1930s, every country voted against an international ban on cannabis.
Federal Bureau of Narcotics director Harry Anslinger found that the only way to support it at home was through the adoption of a tax law that would place a prohibitive tax on the selling and buying of the drug (Ebook). When the members of the legislation met on August
2, 1937, they were told that the American Medical Association supported the bill when in fact they did not know anything about it and marijuana became illegal by the federal government but was allowed only for medical purposes. They were deceived into believing that