Argumentative Essay: The Legalization Of Marijuana

Marijuana is an olive-drab combination of the preserved herbs of Cannabis sativa. More and more states are legalizing marijuana for recreational and medicinal purposes. My personal beliefs is that marijuana should be available in all states for medicinal purposes only. My father could have used marijuana for an anti-nausea/ appetite stimulant while suffering from Renal Cell Carcinoma cancer many years ago.He had chemotherapy and radiation that lasted until his death and suffered with nausea and many other symptoms. Medicinal marijuana, or medicinal cannabis, is cannabinoids that are recommended by medical practitioners for their patients. Few to little proof displays marijuana can decrease revulsion and vomiting at the same time during chemotherapy, boost appetite in human beings with HIV/AIDS, decrease convulsive attacks,decrease constant physical suffering and muscle contractions. The cannabis plant has a history of medicinal use dating back thousands of years across many cultures. Medicinal cannabis can be prescribed to patients in an assortment of ways: dermal patches,Capsules, lozenges, tinctures, oral or dermal sprays, or cannabis edibles. I always believed that marijuana was a gateway drug, and never considered the medicinal properties. I believe now that the United States should legalize Marijuana all over the country for medicinal usage that has been given to a patient by a doctor in the form that does not have the THC high in marijuana, but has the capabilities of still helping chronic illnesses.

In the United States and Washington D.

C. , there are 29 states that have legalized medical marijuana. The first state was California in 1996 , passed by the Compassionate Use Act of 1996 or Proposition 215. California had a lot of opposition against medical marijuana until the year 2009. Every state that has medical marijuana has different possession limits and no two states are the

same.

There are many reasons why medical cannabis has not been as thoroughly researched. Marijuana is considered as a Schedule I drug by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). This doesn’t quite seem fair, because Heroin,LSD and ecstasy are all in the same category. Because of the stigma of marijuana and how it is rated by the government , researchers need a special license to handle and research medical cannabis. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration even considered making it a Schedule II Drug. This would put it in the same category as oxycodone. There is always going to be a negative stigma attached to marijuana whether it is used for medicine or recreational use.

Children that have numerous and extended convulsive attacks that will create brain loss.