Professor Campbell English 1021 02/02/15 Medical marijuana The use of marijuana is popular for its recreational use but is beginning to rise in the medical field and should be legalized for its many purposes. Legalizing marijuana will not only help those with arthritis but it could help those with insomnia and help fight off the nausea and vomiting of chemotherapy. Although people think that smoking marijuana also has many side effects regardless of whether it’s medical or not‚ it is in many ways better
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outweigh the negative effects of the drugs. Parts of the Cannabis plants are a very obvious example; there are currently seventeen states that have legalized medicinal marijuana for use by patients with a qualifying medical condition that has been evaluated by a physician. Cannabis is safe and effective at treating peripheral neuropathy‚ which causes great suffering to HIV/AIDS patients. Cannabis is also very effective in alleviating the pain and nausea caused from many other medical conditions and/or
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Medical marijuana is a very controversial topic in the news today. The people who think medical marijuana should be legal believe that it could help with symptoms of many diseases and disorders‚ like epilepsy‚ AIDS‚ and even cancer. (“Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?” :ProCon‚ “Medical Marijuana”: Drug Policy Alliance) The people who think medical marijuana is bad believe that if the drug is made legal‚ it will just encourage people to abuse it‚ making its symptoms‚ like slow reaction time
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Medical Marijuana There are a number of ethical issues that a nurse faces while in the clinical setting. One of these issues deals with using marijuana as medicine to treat patients. There has been controversy over medical marijuana ever since it was discovered that patients respond to it. There are many arguments supporting the use of medical marijuana in the health care field and many arguments in opposition of its use. The United States Congress classifies marijuana as a Schedule I substance
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probably heard something about the marijuana argument‚ where the drug is being used to help with pain relief for cancer patients and in certain cases can assist in saving lives. If you haven’t heard‚ two thirds of the Australian population support legalising marijuana for medicinal purposes‚ others feel as though it shouldn’t be legalised because it has a negative effect on the user’s actions. If medical marijuana was any other drug it would be formally assessed by the medical profession‚ but as the public
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com_criminal-charges_medical-marijuana-an-overview.pdf MEDICAL MARIJUANA The trending and often controversial term‚ "medical marijuana‚" can be loosely defined as the use‚ possession and/or cultivation of marijuana for medicinal purposes only. Because of marijuana’s history of illegality in the United States‚ its use for health purposes has been widely criticized by many and frowned upon by the government. As a politically accepted principle‚ medical marijuana or cannabis is no different than standard marijuana. It
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The Pros and Cons of Legalizing Marijuana Latrease Brown March 14‚ 2011 In society today‚ many people look for a feeling of freedom. Many people go on vacation and spend money. The most common gateway for people is drugs. Our American society is facing a tremendous drug problem. It has become a highly controversial issue whether drugs such as marijuana should be legalized or not. Some people advocate this issue and believe that legalization is the only solution left for the nation while others
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Marijuana has been used over thousands of years by different cultures for medical purposes. Throughout the decades‚ due to extensive research‚ society’s views on medical marijuana have changed. Many people are use to seeing it as a harmful substance. Medical marijuana‚ or cannabis‚ is a plant that some physicians may recommend to be use as a herbal remedie or a liquid medicine as part of a medical treatment. Cannabis has an ingredient called delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol which is often abbreviated
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Increasing use of Medical Marijuana ENGL103 Colorado Technical University March 18‚ 2013 In the United States of America‚ marijuana is a Schedule 1 controlled substance; but 17 states and Washington D.C. have legalized medical marijuana. Even though marijuana is legal within those states‚ it is still a federal offense which is punishable by incarceration and fines. There are many sick people who benefit from using medical marijuana. Medical marijuana helps cancer patients
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Jordan Koons English 101 Dr. Elizabeth Sachs 12 November 2013 Source Evaluation: Medical Marijuana In the article "The cannabis conundrum: medication v. regulation" written by Moira Gibbons; in December of 2011‚ she explains both the beneficial uses and dangers of Medical Marijuana. It is a very enlightening factual editorial‚ that describes the marijuana plant itself‚ along with its life changing effects‚ but also the dilemmas involved with Cannabis. The article gives stupendous knowledge
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