The issue on legalizing marijuana is a very controversial topic in the U.S. and all around the world. This is an issue for the fact that some people are being denied medical treatments just because marijuana has been illegal and misunderstood for so long. For as long as anyone can remember medical and legal marijuana has been seen in the negative side of the news and bad opinions by the general population. In recent years people‚ local governments‚ and state governments in the United States have
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Michele Sanchez ENC1101 Professor Goldberg December 15‚ 2014 Legalization of Medical Marijuana My father is a diabetic and is currently a medical marijuana patient in California due to his poor eating habits. He was prescribed medical marijuana to lower and control his insulin level. In a multicenter collaboration‚ researchers found that regular marijuana use was associated with better blood sugar control in diabetics‚ according to an Elsevier press release (Rizk‚ par.2). The team was able to
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their patients. A well-known controversy in today’s society is the use of medical marijuana. Already 28 states of 50 have allowed its citizens to use medical marijuana when prescribed by a physician. However‚ it is still a controlled substance and a level 1 illegal drug. “In June 2011‚ the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) denied a petition to reschedule marijuana and reiterated that there was no scientific or medical evidence to support such a move (Marcoux‚ 2013).” Legislation has played
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The Ethics of Medical Marijuana: Government Restrictions vs. Medical Necessity Author(s): Peter A. Clark Source: Journal of Public Health Policy‚ Vol. 21‚ No. 1 (2000)‚ pp. 40-60 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3343473 . Accessed: 05/12/2014 23:32 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that
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Today marijuana is one of the most discussed and controversial topics in the U.S. The issue at hand is the fact that it’s being legalized for recreational use as well as medical. Many state there is a “high potential for abuse” and should remain illegal. Yet‚ among the arguments‚ proponents of medical marijuana have presented a stronger argument for legalization through their use of research and evidence. Marijuana was first legalized in Europe for recreational use. In the U.S there are nine
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About Medical Marijuana Marijuana is medicine. It has been used for thousands of years to treat a wide variety of ailments. Marijuana (Cannabis sativa L.) was legal in the United States for all purposes - industrial and recreational‚ as well as medicinal until 1937. Today‚ only eight Americans are legally allowed to use marijuana as medicine. NORML is working to restore marijuana’s availability as medicine. Medicinal Value Marijuana‚ in its natural form‚ is one of the safest therapeutically
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Whether or not medical marijuana should be legalized is a bigger controversy than it should be these days. There are advantages and disadvantages to medical marijuana being legalized‚ as there are pros and cons to any and everything in this world‚ but first I just want to add that in 1972‚ the US Congress placed marijuana in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act because they considered it to have "no accepted medical use." Since then‚ 20 of 50 US states and DC have legalized the medical use of marijuana
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Samuel E. TAYLOR BIBLIOGRAPHY Chippindale C‚ Editor. 2009. The archaeology of rock-art. Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press. 373 p. Dr. Christopher Chippindale is an archaeologist from the United Kingdom. He currently holds the honored position of Reader in Archaeology at the University of Cambridge‚ UK. He is world renown and highly respected in the fields of anthropology and archaeology for his original works and studies on stone henge‚ rock formations and rock art. The primary intent
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Ani Mouradian Ms. Myklebust Honors English 2 8 January 2013 Don’t be a Son of a Gun After the carnage in Connecticut‚ gun control discussion has once again become a relevant topic. On December 14th‚ 2012‚ twenty children and six adults were killed in a school shooting in Sandy Hook‚ Connecticut. Over the year during 2012‚ there have been many major shootings. (Zornick‚ George) Clearly‚ action must take place immediately. President Obama cannot solve this complex issue alone. He needs help
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English 102-053 1 March 2013 Is it time for the Federal Government to Bud out of States’ Rights?: An Annotated Bibliography Cohen‚ Micah. "Marijuana Legalization and States Rights." FiveThirtyEight Marijuana Legalization and States Rights Comments. The New York Times‚ 8 Dec. 2012. Web. 28 Feb. 2013. Summary: This article starts off by asking a new question about the legalization of marijuana. It doesn’t ask whether or not it should be legal‚ but if the government should change it’s laws on drug
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