Legalizing Marijuana Marijuana‚ which comes from the hemp plant Cannabis sativa‚ is the most frequently used illegal drug in the U.S. About 4% of American adults smoke pot at least once a year. Roughly 1% of adults abuse pot‚ and one in 3 00 have a pot addiction. The rates of marijuana smoking in adults have remained stable since the 1990s. However‚ the rates of addiction to pot have risen significantly over that same period. And‚ according to recent government studies‚ as many as 30% of
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One of the greatest aspects of medical marijuana is that it helps treat more than one disease. More times than not‚ a medicine is used for one or two specific sicknesses‚ but that medicine is unable to treat anymore sicknesses. According to Alison Mack and Janet Joy‚ medical marijuana has been proven‚ in multiple cases‚ to be useful in helping to treat cancer‚ acquired immune deficiency syndrome‚ unexplainable pains with no cure‚ cases of muscle spasticity‚ neurological disorders‚ spinal cord injuries
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The Medical Council believes that clear and accurate information about the services provided by doctors benefits all parties in the healthcare system. Advertising has a role to play in keeping patients informed‚ but it also has the potential to mislead. Misleading advertising coupled with alack of consumer knowledge can lead to patients being exploited‚ medical services being used inappropriately or unnecessarily‚ and patient harm. Advertising that is both truthful and not misleading is not fundamentally
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prospective increases in pain and suffering payouts in medical malpractice became dim. Lawyers reported the limit on these awards make it economically impossible to take on frequent malpractice lawsuits. According to Melanie Mason who wrote in a Los Angeles Times (2014) the discord dates back to 1975‚ when the cap was first initiated. Early on‚ separation of support was clearly defined along predominantly partisan lines. For the most part‚ the California Medical Association and malpractice insurance companies
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by Skyler Sarmento Professor Brand ENC 1101 28 September 2013 Marijuana has been around since man was created. Our founding fathers grew and smoked cannabis frequently. It wasn’t until the 1900s marijuana became a problem‚ and was looked at negatively. Legalizing marijuana would prove to aid millions in the medical field and produce billions of dollars to stimulate our economy. Marijuana was very much legal back in the day‚ it wasn’t just legal it was one of the biggest agricultural
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Medical marijuana: and Its positive and negative effects on California and Its government. Marijuana has been in use for thousands of years. The first known reference dates all the way back to China in 2900 b.c. It was “noted as a very popular medicine that possessed both yin and yang.” From then on till the 1960’s marijuana was used in almost every culture to help cure peoples ailments. Medical marijuana is now illegal in many countries. Medical cannabis has many benefits‚ but it also has many
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Medical Cannabis: The Legalization The use of marijuana in human civilization dates back to 6000 B.C. In this era‚ China found that cannabis seeds are edible and later discovered a greater use as textiles. From that time period‚ humanity has made significant advancement‚ and has discovered further uses for the marijuana plant. Today‚ marijuana can be used as medical cannabis to treat ailments that other medication cannot possibly treat. Although medical cannabis has some great benefits‚ in the
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for themselves. It keeps family members with good intentions from making the wrong decisions and the patient from prolonged suffering (Bendiksen and Hammes). “Medical directives are life-savers‚ in their own way. And the sad part is‚ is that not many people know of their existence. There are many instances in my life where the lack of a medical directive led to some very unpleasant situations. I once took care of a man who drove his motorcycle directly into a brick wall without wearing a helmet. The
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outrageous medical experiments on children‚ women‚ minorities‚ homosexuals and inmates? Think again: This timeline‚ originally put together by Dani Veracity (a NaturalNews reporter)‚ has been edited and updated with recent vaccination experimentation programs in Maryland and New Jersey. Here’s what’s really happening in the United States when it comes to exploiting the public for medical experimentation: (1845 - 1849) J. Marion Sims‚ later hailed as the "father of gynecology‚" performs medical experiments
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save so much money and resources‚ simply by legalizing drugs in the U.S. Admittedly‚ it is possible for those who are most wary of recreational drugs to argue that legalization will be seen as encouragement for use. When marijuana was legalized in California in 1996‚ critics had similar concerns. A study was composed to determine whether attitudes towards marijuana had changed because of the new legislation. It concluded that some attitudes towards marijuana changed‚ the actual use of the drug did not
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