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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A woman‚ after a bout with uterine cancer had a hysterectomy (surgical removal of the uterus). Before its removal‚ however‚ she had several eggs removed for possible fertilization in the future. Now married‚ the woman wishes to have a child with her husband. Obviously she cannot bear the child herself‚ so the couple utilizes a company to find a surrogate mother for them. The husband’s sperm is used to fertilize one of the wife’s eggs‚ and is implanted in the surrogate mother. The couple pays all
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Background: How is Cannabis used in the medical field and should it be legalized for recreational purposes as well as medical use? Medical marijuana has been used for many years in the medical field. According to AAMC‚ adjunctive therapy with cannabis has helped patients deal with their symptoms of disease or disorders. A study was done by University of California medical researchers in which they placed “an ingredient in chili peppers beneath the skin of marijuana smokers to see if it could relieve acute
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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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Medical Marijuana Arguing a Position Jon Doe May 7‚ 2006 English 101 Jane Doe The cannabis plant (marijuana) has been used medicinally by a variety of cultures around the world. It was used as medicine in the United States until when a new tax fee led to its discontinued use. Congress has voted on several bills to legalize the medical use of marijuana; however none of those bills were passed. In June 2005 the U.S. Supreme Court
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Mortality). The death rate of marijuana is zero‚ but yet the government sees it as a risk and criminalized a plant with great potential. The decriminalization of medical marijuana could create many cures and treatments‚ bring enormous tax revenue‚ and could be used for everyday needs. The criminalization of medical marijuana has proven to be a failure and a waste of resource and should be abolished. Concerns on the drug are understandable; many people fear that marijuana can lead to the use and abuse
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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 marijuana By giobanny brito My position in this topic is‚ medical marijuana to be legal because if we do there actually might not be a problem with it any more because a lot of the gunfights that happen in our state and in other states are because of drugs such as marijuana and if we do legalize marijuana‚ the gang members or the guy that wants marijuana can just go to the medical marijuana shop and get some with a prescription or a doctor’s note. Medical Marijuana’s side effects are feeling
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