Why Do Healthcare Providers Use Medical Marijuana Ethical?

The role of a healthcare provider is to consider and be knowledgeable of all treatments and choose the one that is going benefit them more than it is going to harm them, while still granting the patient their autonomy. (w22h) Depending on the situation and the certain disease or illness, this can be a rough decision, especially when a patient isn’t aware of a treatment. Many turn down even the consideration of medical marijuana as a treatment, because of the bad reputation that just the name of the drug alone has and how a lot of the time, it is used for illegal recreational purpose when high in THC. Although there are many ethical concerns about medical marijuana, it can alleviate severe symptoms from chemotherapy, fibromyalgia, epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, and many other sources of pain, and patients have the right to receive
(http://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/) Because medical marijuana can benefit certain patients, healthcare providers should fully inform their patients of this treatment, and after they fully understand, decide together if medical marijuana will do more good for the patient than evil. This drug should always be a known choice for patients with qualifying ailments, even if they choose to deny because of their ethical beliefs. Some may question if the benefits outweigh the risks associated with medically prescribed cannabis. Since the drug has been outlawed for so long, there is still much research going on about the effects on a human, specifically long-term effects. A six year girl named Charlotte Figi started having severe seizures at the age of only 3 months. Her seizure started to be more frequent and intense, lasting 2 to 4 hours and occurring more frequently as time progressed. She was diagnosed with Dravet Syndrome. According to Charlotte’s mother, Paige, “At 2, she really started to