We have all heard it over and over again, listening to everyone go on about how its wrong and its not healthy, but honestly people would not act they way they do if they cared what everyone else thought. This pertains especially to those of you who smoke marijuana. If marijuana users actually cared what everyone else thought, they would not be using it, even though it is illegal marijuana is one of the most attainable illegal substances out there. If marijuana is so attainable, and so many people like to indulge in using it then why has it been so hard to get it legalized? Marijuana can be extremely beneficial in several ways. Medical marijuana has many uses, its helped in easing pain, side effects of chemotherapy, and it can also help with the symptoms of many other diseases; marijuana could also potentially boost the economy through all of its revenue and help drop the crime rate.
Since 1619 marijuana has been deemed as a valuable resource of natural growth. Jamestown, Virginia ordered Indians to grow hemp seed (Guthier et al.). In 1910, marijuana was made illegal in Utah, since then states followed the trend (Guthier et al.). Marijuana has been associated with a number of negative publicity stunts. Yellow journalism played a key role. Harry Anslinger, a journalist, had an investment in the paper company. Due to the threat of loss in his business, he published public records towards the plant. Since the public grew fearful, marijuana has been illegal. Sates now pardon these laws and allow marijuana for medicinal uses. The fight for legalization is growing fiercely and rapidly.
Marijuana is illegal, but can be used all throughout the medical field. It can be beneficial to vast amounts of patients. It is often ...
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Is it possible for an illegal drug to be deemed legal for medical purposes? Well for an illegal drug like marijuana, that is the question. There are currently many people who use marijuana legally to suppress their illness. Marijuana should be allowed for medicinal purposes.
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People want to escape, not just physically but mentally, whether it is a dead end job or the stresses of an average life. Imagine if a person could come from a hard day of work and actually be able to take a break from reality for a night. Marijuana, known as a gateway drug to other substances, should be more known as a gateway drug to a more stress free and healthier lifestyle. Marijuana should be legalized because of its effects to relieve stress and not be as harmful as other substances, especially with techniques of vaporization and edibles to not experience the harmful effects of smoke, and help people who are in serious pain make it through a day without thinking of ending it. Most of the negative effects from marijuana are caused by the laws and the people who don’t know how to use the drug responsibly. Marijuana should be legalized to people but they have to be older than eighteen and have a job with those two credentials it will ensure people will try to use it responsibly like alcohol.
Attention getter: Do you suffer from pain, migraines, eating disorders or other sicknesses? If so, you may want to consider marijuana as a treatment.
To Some people, it’s a relaxing herb, something to temporarily pull the mind from reality. The aroma is unmistakable, the potency various, and there are roughly sixty five million people smoking it. I’m talking about Cannabis Sativa, the illegal strain of hemp known as marijuana. This plant provides many medical benefits that far outweigh the side effects. It has yet to be proven to be addictive or deadly. Marijuana as it stands right now is an illegal narcotic, but I think the drug, with it’s physical, psychological, spiritual, but most importantly, medical benefits, should be legalized.
According to Martin Luther King Jr., “There are two types of laws: there are just and there are unjust laws” (King 293). During his time as civil rights leader, he advocated civil disobedience to fight the unjust laws against African-Americans in America. For instance, there was no punishment for the beatings imposed upon African-Americans or for the burning of their houses despite their blatant violent, criminal, and immoral demeanor. Yet, an African-American could be sentenced to jail for a passive disagreement with a white person such as not wanting to give up their seat to a white passenger on a public bus. Although these unjust laws have been righted, Americans still face other unjust laws in the twenty-first century.
Marijuana is a relatively harmless drug that governments around the world have made illegal. If legalized, marijuana can be beneficial to society in a number of ways: whether it be for medical, economic, or public safety reasons. Marijuana has been proven to treat several life debilitating, and even life threatening diseases. Although it is not a cure, marijuana can ease the pain and suffering of a dying person. Another benefit of legalization is the financial gains that governments will accomplish through the taxation of marijuana. This is a realistic claim if marijuana sales are compared to that of cigarettes; governments make billions each year from cigarette taxes (Caputo and Ostrom 484). Every year law enforcement spends countless man-hours trying to apprehend marijuana dealers and growers. This time would be better utilized in dealing with more serious crimes. This essay will display some main reasons why marijuana is a substance with beneficial uses and applications. First, marijuana can be used as a treatment for the effects of diseases such as AIDS, cancer, glaucoma, and other terminal diseases. A study carried out in California clearly demonstrates the effectiveness of marijuana as a treatment for cancer: “Over 74 percent of the cancer patients treated in the program have reported that marijuana is more effective in relieving their nausea and vomiting than any other drug they have tried.”(Zeese 1990). Chemotherapy for cancer patients often produces nausea and vomiting. Marijuana has been proven to relieve these symptoms and there have been no known side effects recorded (Ad Hoc Group of Experts part 4).
prescribe the marijuana in order for a patient to take it. It would be almost
The debate on Medical marijuana has been a controversial subject mainly because people have an abundance of opinions and very little scientific research to back up either side of the debate. The most important question here is “will medical marijuana be used for medical purposes or will it be used inappropriately?”
The public presser to allow the medical use of marijuana, marijuana Is the most commonly used illegal drug in the united states and is considered by young adults to be the illicit drug with t...
If it benefits others and helps them have a better life and to be pain free why uphold it and try to make excuses as to why it’s unhealthy when an again there are plenty of legal drugs abuse and causes serious damage to a person mentally and physically. It’s a nature plant that even the Native Americans use as a source of healing, not to light up and get high for recreation. There are some good to the plant that could help with a lot of other diseases and disorders but people need to be a little open minded because most of the people who use medical marijuana are use it for medical reason.
Should Marijuana be Legalized for Medical Purposes? Marijuana has been used extensively as a medical remedy for more than five thousand years of experience. In the early 1900s, medical usage of marijuana began to decline with the advent of alternative drugs. Injectable opiates and synthetic Drugs such as aspirin and barbiturates began to replace marijuana as the physician's drug of choice in the twentieth-century, as their results proved to.
Marijuana use for medical purposes has been a major controversy in the United States and other countries for several years. A few doctors favor medical marijuana use because it specifically helps certain types of medial issues such as cancer, Aids, etc. It is obviously hazardous to give a patient too much medication and in some cases, the medications that is prescribed does not help and can make the patient more sick. Across the United States doctors should be allowed to use it to help patients whose conditions may be alleviated by marijuana use. Doctors should legally be able to use marijuana to assist patients who have certain types of medical problems.
Despite the 1976 ruling by the federal government that marijuana has “no acceptable medical use”, sixteen states have passed medical marijuana laws that allow for patient use o...
Marijuana is a cannabis drug that may be used for medical purposes. It was used to soothe malaria and constipation in many Asian countries including India and China (Ashton). It has the capability to relieve the pain of a serious sickness like malaria as well as a common every day stomach sickness like constipation. Marijuana has also been used therapeutically for the common disease asthma (Ashton). It “exert[s] a bronchodilator action on the small airways” therefore allowing a person to breathe better (Ashton). Marijuana has not only been used for amusement but it has been a treatment for many illnesses therefore; we need to consider all the characteristics of marijuana before making a decision to legalize it for medical purposes.