Medical Marijuana

Abstract

Marijuana is one of the oldest cultivated plants in the world. Since it became illegal in 1967, there have been many questions of whether or not it is good for purposes, such as medicine. Debates between people that are for and against the use of marijuana in medicine have been heated and in recent years, referendums have been brought up in at least three states to make it available for medical treatment. Personally, I think that marijuana has the power to be a significant help with certain aliments, however, I think that more research is needed to prove its medical potential.

Medical Marijuana

The use of marijuana (Cannabis sativa) for the legitimate purpose of treating certain circulatory diseases and for pain relief has been debated consistently since the 1920s, when a campaign was launched by the Federal Government to promote the dangers of marijuana use. To a great degree, drug policy in America has been irrational, based more on fear than evidence. The federal government is dedicated to its policy on prohibiting the use of medical marijuana, ignoring all the evidence of the tremendous medical value and its many therapeutic benefits. Legislators and drug enforcers are not physicians and should not substitute their belief system for demonstrable scientific studies showing that medical marijuana does indeed benefit patients. The use of marijuana, including constituents of marijuana, THC and other cannabinoids, is a physician recommended form of medicine and herbal therapy. Still the growing evidence of the health effects of marijuana for people suffering from certain illnesses has not been sufficient to change federal policies. This paper intends to show the beneficial and therapeutic values of medical marijuana versus the negative influences and federal policies against medical marijuana.

Medical Marijuana has a great medical value and has been proven to treat numerous diseases in different types of critical patients. Marijuana, a drug that has been studied for many decades, provides for a very heated argument. No longer is it seen solely as a hallucinogen, but some claim that it is miracle drug for chemotherapy and glaucoma patients. However, no legitimate medical organizations see marijuana as a safe and effective medicine. Society is also aware of the harmful and long-term effects of the drug, and therefore are strongly opposed to it s legalization. It also has many diverse therapeutic benefits that have been proven to treat certain illnesses worldwide. The therapeutic properties of marijuana come from the numerous chemicals found in the leaves, buds, and resin of the cannabis plant. The cannabis plant, commonly called hemp, is also well known for the value of its fiber and pulp from the stalk as well as the highly nutritional seed oil. The Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of Sciences, at the request

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