Joey Fait Mrs. Neve 5 December 2012 Medical Marijuana Affairs As the marijuana industry continues to expand and sweep the nation as the drug that brings the literal meaning to the term “everyone is doing it”, there seems to be more and more legal issues with every new dispensary or Marijuana collective opened. People of the west coast still do not understand how legitimate businesses and stores are raided every day by the F.B.I and local police, even though the state confirms its legitimacy. All medicines that are distributed to patients, through doctors, like Prozac, Ritalin, Oxycontin, and Xanax are all known to be very harmful. Prescription drug overdose surpassed traffic accidents as the number one preventable death in
Bayer also stated that "Cannabis smoke contains measurable amounts of carcinogens." " It also causes irritated airways, or bronchitis, with cough and chest pains. So some patients were apt to eating the cannabis plant so they wouldn't be inhaling all the cancer-causing agents. "In the past if one needed immediate benefit from cannabis to control vomiting, one had to smoke it." Bayer
Marshi Foster 03/29/13 Period #1 Government Marijuana the Everlasting Drug War Marijuana-a harmful and addictive substance that can cause respiratory disease, mental disorders, and other health problems-is a gateway drug that leads to the abuse of other drugs. The government should keep marijuana illegal and strengthen its efforts to prohibit it. Marijuana has many effects on the body. The most psychoactive compound in marijuana is THC. Differences among plants cause the potency of pot to vary widely; meaning different types have different effects.
Legalizing Medical Marijuana Marijuana is the most common drug in the US, which most people use illegally and for medical purposes. Some people view legalizing medical marijuana as a positive effect, than other people view it negatively. Marijuana should be legalized since the US can make a profit off of it, it’s been proven to help many medical problems, there’s no such thing as an overdose, and it can help reduce the crime rate. Twenty different states have legalized the use of medical marijuana and have laws dealing with cannabis use. The states that have legalized it are Alaska(1998), Arizona(2010), California(1996), Colorado(2000), Connecticut(2012), Washington D.C(2010), Delaware(2011), Hawaii(2000), Illinois(2013),
To obtain the drug in oil form is quite a long an arduous task, but is necessary for it to be legal. The dry bud from the cannabis plant is placed in a solvent which strips the THC; this is the bit we want from the plant. It is then placed through many boiling, filtering and vaporizing processes that in turn produce the oil we want. Different methods can obtain different tinctures, some with the psychoactive effects and some with just the pain killing effects. The reason Medical Cannabis is currently being pushed so hard in Australia is because of the surfacing truths about the drug.
Prohibition versus Legalizing Medical Marijuana The use of alternative therapy is often criticized due to the lack of scientific testing and results in a strong argument of safety and efficacy. Studies show that forty percent of the general public is using some form of Complimentary Alternative Medicine (CAM) (Annas). Medical marijuana is also termed as alternative medicine, unconventional, complementary or integrative (Annas). The use of marijuana for medicinal purposes is gaining momentum because doctors have been prescribing medicinal marijuana to treat pain, nausea, severe weight loss, and vomiting which are side effects associated with chemotherapy and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Fifteen states have approved the use of medical marijuana.
Dr Robert J. DeLorenzo along with other researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University discovered that natural cannabis “plays a critical role in controlling spontaneous seizures in epilepsy.” That’s only two studies that I’m naming, there happens to be a wealth out there showing that cannabis is linked to beneficial occurrences to those in need. More examples include: Depression, anxiety, Hepatitis C, Cancer, HIV, and even Morning Sickness. So, even after all of the evidence stating that cannabis even helps people in need, it’s still outlawed…
The debate to legalize marijuana in the United States of America has been fought over nonstop since the existence of the drug and its affects, even though marijuana has been tested and proven to provide a very positive impact on the American society. Legalizing marijuana would help treat ill citizens, reduce the numbers in our prisons, and create a steadier economy by increasing
For my definition essay I talked about medical marijuana and the legalization of it. In this essay I showed my best understanding of Core Value VII. In my essay I explained the benefits to legalizing medical marijuana, which is against authority figures but Core Value VII explains how that is okay, but I also talked about many problems with it as well. Specifically, I talked about the problems in delivering the drug to patients, which in most counterarguments, was the most debated issue with
Other scholarly articles claim marijuana is an addictive gateway drug which leads users on a path to more perilous drug addictions (Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy. 2008). As the public obtains most information through the media, there is still much misunderstanding that marijuana is a gate-way drug to other, more risky drugs. The Federal Government published the “2008 Marijuana Sourcebook” which is subtitled “Marijuana: The Greatest Cause of Illegal Drug Abuse” and claims that marijuana serves as a conduit to the abuse and potential addiction to more serious drugs (Executive Office of the President, Office of National Drug Control Policy. 2008).