Colorado voters made history when they approved Amendment 64, making the possession, sale, and home, cultivation of marijuana legal. Marijuana has been a controversial issue for some time now. Although there have been many slanderous claims about the use of marijuana, the truths are slowing starting to resurface. Marijuana has many benefits, such as, health, profit, and helps many civilians. Even though marijuana may seem like a harmful drug, it can actually be quite rewarding. Until I researched this topic I had no idea this was once a legal medicine. Marijuana and cannabis are one in the same.
Using marijuana for medicinal purposes is no recent discovery. In fact, written references to the use of medical marijuana date back to 4000b.c Western medicine embraced marijuana’s medical properties in the mid-1800’s and by the beginning of the 20th century, physicians had published more than 100 papers in the western medical literature recommending its use for a variety of disorders. (library.thinkquest/03oct/01474/history.htlm)
According to michiganmedicalmarijuana.org the following is a list of agents marijuana can help with. More than 15 million American are affected by Asthma, taking a hit of marijuana has been known to stop a full blown asthma attack. Fourteen percent of blindness in American is from glaucoma, cannabis smoking would benefit 90% of our 2.5 million glaucoma victims. Cannabis is also an incredibly successful herb for reducing many types of tumors. “Marijuana is the best agent for control of nausea in cancer chemotherapy,” stated Dr. Thomas Ungerleider, who headed California Marijuana for Cancer research program from 1974-1984. Marijuana also helps with epilepsy, multiple sclerosis, back pain, muscl...
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...e of doing harder drugs like cocaine and heroin. Just because most people that do hard drugs started with marijuana does not mean that marijuana will cause people to do harder drugs. If someone wants to experiment with cocaine they are going to do it regardless if they have tried marijuana before. People need to stop putting the blame of heavy drug users onto this harmless plant. To this day, I have not heard an intelligent argument against the legalization and regulation of cannabis that cannot be quickly dismissed or refuted. The public has gotten it into their heads that legalizing marijuana is the same as condoning it, which it is not. One doesn’t have to condone the smoking of marijuana to vote for its legalization. Marijuana is a profit maker, pain reliever and helps many civilians. I hope one day other state will legalize marijuana just as ours did.
Marijuana is one of the oldest cultivated plants (Nahas 8). Since it became illegal in 1967, there have been questions of whether or not it is good for purposes, such as medicine, other than being a leisure drug. Debates between pro and con groups for the use of marijuana in the medical profession, have been heated and in recent months, referendums have been pasted in a least three states to make it accessible for medical treatment. Personally, I feel that marijuana has the potential to be a significant help with certain aliments, however, more research needs to be done to maximize its potential.
...o treat many conditions; an ancient Chinese emperor prescribed it to cure conditions such as gout and malaria, soon its healing properties were heard around the world and the use of cannabis as a medicine spread like wild fire to many other regions (Earleywine, p. 168). In fact marijuana was legal in the United States till 1942 when against the medical communities recommendation it was removed from the list of acceptable medications. Today there are numerous studies being conducted on the effects of medical marijuana and scientists have proven its effects on treating many symptoms. According to Dale H. Gieringer in his book Medical Marijuana Handbook he states, Marijuana is proven to be effective as an anti-nauseant and an appetite stimulant for people going through chemotherapy and as an analgesic for patients suffering from chronic pain (Gieringer, p. 39).
The history of marijuana in the United States dates to early colonial times. ``In 1619, America's first marijuana law was enacted at Jamestown Colony, Va., `ordering' all farmers to `make tryal of' (grow) Indian hemp seed.” (Tribune) A by-product of the cannabis plant is hemp. Today, hemp can be used to make fabrics, construction, paper, medicines, oils, body care products, and molded plastics. In colonial times hemp was used to make various textile products and in the 1800s hemp was found to have medicinal benefits. Herer says in his book, The Emperor Wears No Clothes, “various marijuana and hashish extracts were the first, second or third most-prescribed medicines in the United States from 1842 until the 1890s. (Herer) For centuries people have recognized the medicinal properties of cannabis; “depending on the c...
So far, twenty-three states have legalized cannabis for medical uses. Originally, medical marijuana was use for lesser ailment like pain or insomnia due to the lack or research. Then as people started to do more research they realized marijuana could actually help patient with more serious conditions like glaucoma, or to help those who suffer form seizures, or even to fight cancer. Marijuana helps people with cancer a great deal. For starters, the chemicals in marijuana make patients hungry and help to keep patients strong. Second, research has shown promising evidence that the chemicals in cannabis fight the spreading of cancer cells and even help to kill cancer cells. Medical marijuana also helps to prevent users from obtaining other serious afflictions. Currently, researchers are studying the way the chemicals in marijuana effect amyloid plaques. Amyloid plaques, are the number one cause of Alzheimer’s disease, and researchers now believe marijuana use can help fight and help prevent this horrible disease. All of these studies could help to one day make incredible break throughs in modern medicine, and possibly find cures for Cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. Medicinal marijuana is just one reason for the legalization of
Stanley, Janet E., Stanley J. Watson, and John A. Benson. Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base. Washington D.C.: National Academy P, 1999.
The drug marijuana has been around for many years. Until recently, the public opinion for the most part has been one of no tolerance. People were once appalled by marijuana and the drug was closely associated with many sketchy practices like gangs and criminals. But within the last few years, a trend has started that is shifting American’s minds into thinking that marijuana isn't so bad after all (Galston and Dionne Jr.). Many activists are pushing for the legalization of the drug for both medical and recreational purposes. Let’s start with medical marijuana. According to procon.org, there are twenty-three states where the use of medical marijuana is legal. Twenty of these states require the user to live in state (“23 Legal
I cringe upon hearing how some parents, teachers and co-workers "laugh-off" the devastating effects of excessive and addictive marijuana use. It is a dangerous misconception that marijuana is not addictive. One of the primary reasons for so few marijuana addicts ever receiving treatment for their addiction is because the magnitude of the damage it causes and the drug itself is undermined and misjudged. *Here, I will briefly outline some of its major harmful effects: Mental Short term memory loss, is one of the very early effects of marijuana use. As using continues, this progresses to extreme long-term memory loss where abusers of this drug forget extended periods of time within their lives.Mental fatigue occurs amongst users as a
Due to its comparatively less adverse effects, people have decided to incorporate marijuana in the practice of medicine. They were then compelled to research into all the aspects of the drug and were surprised to find the myriad of benefits marijuana brought in small quantities.
Medical marijuana users claim the drug helps relieve pain and suppress nausea. there's a spasm Leeuwenhoek’s illness. Chaz is one among many that presently have the illness. Chaz’s condition causes non-stop spasms within the abdominal muscles that causes sharp pain thought his body, and result his respiratory and speaking. Smoking marijuana was ready to calm the attacks presently. Another case was with a trifle woman, her oldsters treat their 5-year-old female offspring employing a “medical marijuana strain high in cannabidiol and low in psychoactive drug.” (23 Health Facts of Marijuana, Jennifer Welsh) Researches found “cannabidiol (CBD) impacts the brain principally while not a high, whereas THC (THC) has pain relieving properties.” (23 Health Facts of Marijuana, Jennifer Welsh) Marijuana has slashed her seizures from three hundred every week to simply one each seven days. The doctors United Nations agency suggested this treatment say that "the cannabidiol within the plant interacts with the brain cells to quiet the excessive activity within the brain that causes these seizures.” (23 Health Facts of Marijuana, Jennifer
Dating as far back as medieval times, marijuana has been used to treat numerous medical conditions including anxiety, severe pain, and certain types of cancer. In 2014, a scientific study found that over 90 percent
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...
One of the latest problems facing health personnel is that of severe and long-lasting pain which mostly affects the elderly in the developed nations across the world. These problems faced by medical professionals are quite specific and generally involve taking care of patients who are difficult to treat due to intense suffering from pain. Pain necessitating treatment ranges in cause from cancer, multiple-sclerosis, neuropathic, pancreatitis, pain from previous injury and many others. In most cases, these conditions are only mildly mitigated by conventional treatments that include opiates, non-opioid pain relievers, and antidepressants. External pain management (such as TENS units, ice, and heat) also fail to provide adequate relief. America
Cannabis, also known as marijuana, refers to the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa. All parts of this plant are known to contain delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), which is popularly attributed to the infamous “high” feelings (NIDA). Cannabis is associated under many different titles, but not limited to weed, Mary Jane, loud, kush, pot, etc. This plant can be consumed in many different ways, with the most common being inhaled or consumed through the digestive system. If it were not for the effects that cannabis has on our bodily systems, the drug would not be as popular and highly debated as it is. Although the chemical effects may differ slightly from person to person, the feeling of exhalation is the desired and attractive end goal of consumption.
Do you think Marijuana should be legalized. I will give you 3 reasons why shouldn’t it be legal and why should it be.The issue is that California barely announced that Marijuana was legalized. But Marijuana is still a type of drug. I think Marijuana shouldn’t be legalized because first of all it smells bad and it's bad for your lungs.
First of all, marijuana can have many positive effects on crime. Legalizing marijuana can actually decrease crime rates in the U.S. This past year, it was counted that 6.9 million people are inside the American’s jails and prisons. 60,000 of these individuals were there for marijuana according to one study. With the legalization of marijuana, it would cut the amount of tax we pay for these jails and prisons, costing us a total of 1.2 billion. Last year a total of 7 to 10 billion dollars was used towards arresting and processing against marijuana. The big picture here is that 90% of those arrests were just for possession. It is crazy that as a country we spend most of our time trying to stop the biggest drug in America when it is just wasting our money. There are less arrests on violent crimes than marijuana charges combined. These “violent crimes” consist of assault, rape, robbery, and murder. How awful is it that we waste our time on this drug when there are so many other bigger problems we could be solving or people to be saved. Cocaine and heroin arrests have actually decreased by 1/3 from 1991 to 2000. While marijuana has more than 700,000 people are ar...