Medical marijuana is the snake oil of the 21st century. Snake oil‚ popular in the 18th century for the relief of pain and disease‚ was proven to have no real value or any remedy. Much like snake oil‚ medical marijuana has no value as medicine. Marijuana is a Schedule 1 narcotic and is among the list of some of the most potent drugs that can be taken. The DEA‚ Drug Enforcement Agency‚ considers it lacking medical merit and having a high potential for abuse as it can be addictive and people can become
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evidence that medical marijuana has benefited people socially‚ medically‚ and economically in many ways. Socially‚ allows medical marijuana patients get out of the house and experience a better life giving them the aid they need to tolerate their symptoms and live life. The plant has given some the chance to live life longer than expected and more comfortably with terminal illnesses such as HIV. There any many other diseases that have had symptoms relieved by the proper usage of medical marijuana such as
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Medical Marijuana Legalization and Controversy Emily Gilbert COM/170 February 15‚ 2013 Dr. Mary Morriss University of Phoenix Medical Marijuana Legalization and Controversy Legalization of Marijuana has become a controversy in the United States. Medical marijuana has many benefits although recreational marijuana cannot yet be controlled. Many important medical improvements will be gained when marijuana is legal. There will be a time‚ within the near future‚ when it is legal federally
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people taking medical marijuana has increased to a very large extent. The doctors at Marijuana dispensary in Graham‚ usually recommend the patients that they are going to get relief from marijuana. They describe the diagnosis of the patient in a letter and then recommend marijuana to them. A law has been made according to which the state can issue ID cards to the patients of the medical marijuana that can be used in spite of the recommendation letter. Thus‚ the use of medical marijuana is not a problem
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suffering in all forms would you? Medical Marijuana could help patients suffering from various illness‚ such as Cancer and epilepsy being some of the harshest diseases. If a child suffering from constant hourly seizures was to be treated with medical marijuana they could possibly stop the seizures all together but at the very least would reduce them significantly‚ to only two or three times per month. Due to the new medical advances cannabis sativa has been proven a medical miracle for epilepsy patients
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Medical cannabis refers to the use of cannabis and its constituent cannabinoids‚ such as tetrahydrocannabinol and cannabidiol‚ as medical therapy to treat disease or alleviate symptoms. The Cannabis plant has a history of medicinal use dating back thousands of years across many cultures. Its usage in modern times is controversial‚ and in recent years the American Medical Association‚ the MMA‚ the American Society of Addiction Medicine‚ and other medical organizations have issued statements opposing
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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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English 1101 Medical Marijuana In “Medical Marijuana Should Be Legal”‚ by Daniel J. Pfeifer‚ the author states what he thinks justifies medical marijuana being legal. I disagree with that completely‚ because medical marijuana has no proven medicinal values to make it a legal form of medication. The article states that‚ “marijuana use‚ especially by terminally ill patients‚ mitigates their suffering from unnecessary chronic and unbearable pain that persists until death.” Marijuana may help with
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The Use of Marijuana in the Treatment of Psychological Disorders The use of marijuana as a medicinal treatment has been met with much controversy. Public opinion of marijuana use‚ whether recreational or medical is sharply divided. Some dismiss medical marijuana simply as a hoax to make it legal. Others are adament about the unique medicinal properties that it has. Both sides have used science as the backbone of their case‚ supporting claims that the others have deemed false. In this report I
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Why should marijuana be legalized? Marijuana can be argued for different reasons. In my case I will be arguing the medical purposes for legalizing marijuana. Marijuana has positive features‚ and how people prefer using marijuana. Marijuana helps individuals get through a variety of things that they suffer. Marijuana provides relief from pain‚ rather than other medications out there. Many individuals prefer marijuana over anything else to relax. An argument on why people using marijuana spend more
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