Why We Should Legalize Medical Marijuana

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Since marijuana was discovered, it was smoked to get high and to cope with suffering medical conditions. Scientists are now realizing that marijuana could help in some medical cases. It s not particularly effective across the board, but it may be effective for some people some times, LaMar McGinnis (medical consultant to the American Cancer Society). It should be available as a controlled substance. Marijuana helps with many medical conditions, especially cancer, AIDS, glaucoma, and some spastic conditions. Marijuana has its pros and cons, and to determine whether it should be legal or not, one has to outweigh the other. The reason that patients and doctors want medical marijuana to be legal is that it is wrong to deny patients relief…show more content…
These are the concerns that legalization will make marijuana more of an abusive drug, especially by children. Also, many people not supporting medical marijuana state that there is still little proof that marijuana has any medicinal value. The National Institute of Health studies the use of marijuana to relive pain and found some interesting facts. No clinical trials involving smoked marijuana have been performed in patients with naturally occurring pain. Two adequate and well-controlled studies in cancer pain compared graded doses of oral 9-THC to placebo, and one of these included graded doses of codeine as a control. Although there was evidence of analgesic efficacy, the studies indicate there is a narrow therapeutic margin between the doses that produce useful analgesia and those producing unacceptable adverse CNS…show more content…
Supporters think that since President Clinton was so tough on drugs, nobody is actually looking at the facts to support it. Those that are against the legalization of medical marijuana feel that, once legalized, marijuana can lead to further issues, all of which are negative. One group, Americans for Medical Rights, along with many other followers have supported several successful national campaigns in the fight to legalize medical marijuana. As of recently, the following states have legalized the use of medical marijuana: California, Maine, Arizona, Alaska, District of Columbia, Oregon, Washington, and
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