Purpose Statement: I am here to inform you about benefits of Medicinal Marijuana and however negative some may think it is; it has been proven to help with pain management. Thesis Statement: I would like to show you through my research that, Medicinal Marijuana, when used correctly can be beneficial to patients with debilitating diseases that cause them pain and discomfort and should may legal throughout the United States. Introduction: I am Tamu and I will provide some insight on the benefits of using medical marijuana for sick patients. Attention Getter: Imagine being diagnosed with a disease that causes you so much pain that it makes impossible for you to maintain your home, spend quality time with your family, work a regular job and …show more content…
to have a social life. During the course of your diagnosis, you’re given the option to try an alternative treatment to manage your pain, and with this treatment, it gives you back most, if not all of the things that you had to sacrifice. Overview of Main Points: I would like to present this speech in an attempt to inform you first, about benefits of Medical Marijuana to patients with various diseases and how it can help to control their pain, secondly about the changes in the State Laws and U.S. Congress to legalize Medical Marijuana in more states and lastly… (Transition from intro to first main point) According to www.MPP.org, it is the belief of many doctors and specialists that Medical Marijuana is one of the safest substances that can be used for therapeutic purposes. I. First main point. According to a 1988 USDA petition, cannabis was found to be safer for consumption than many foods that we eat in our daily lives. A. Support for 1st Main Point. Twenty-two states have effective state medical marijuana laws that allow a very controlled number of patients to use the CDB oil of marijuana. 1. Some of the states that allow CDB oil are Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. 2. B. Support for 1st Main Point. Minnesota enacted what is considered a limited cannabis law that entails various stipulations. 1. Minnesota residents must register annually, pay a fee and receive certification from their provider to prove the qualifying condition. 2. They are not allowed to smoke the plant in the traditional sense but can take it in the form of pills, liquid or oil. (Transition): Pain management for patients is a significant reason to take the appropriate steps to legalize it for people that truly need to get through the day. II.
Second main point: With a change to their medication, some patients have been allowed a second chance to live their lives and be comfortable while they fight through their diagnosis. A. Support for 2nd main point: According to www.MPP.org, studies have been conducted so I will provide some of the major medical conditions that can be helped with the use of Medical Marijuana. 1. Health providers have found the properties or medical marijuana to be helpful with diseases, such as AIDS, Hepatitis C, Glaucoma and Cancer, just to name a few. 2. Additionally, according to an article written by Dr. Sanja Gupta on medicalmarijuana.procon.org, he stated that, THC has been proven to slow down the progress of Alzheimer's disease in patients. B. Support for 2nd main point. In addition to Dr. Gupta, MPP.org also discussed some additional benefits of using Medical Marijuana for the diseases that I spoke of above. 1. Medical marijuana studies have been proven to reduce vomiting, nausea and loss of appetite in patients with AIDS, Cancer and Hepatitis C. 2. According to an article published on www.businessinsider.com, marijuana has also been proven to reduce the pressure and prevent nerve damage in the eyes of patients that have been diagnosed with
Glaucoma. (Transition): With so many positive results that have been proven with fact based studies and data, why do so many people have difficulty accepting this as a form of pain management. III. Third main point: Marijuana has a negative connotation associated with it, mainly due to it being abused for pleasure over the years. But it has been scientifically proven to help will issues caused by certain diseases. A. Support for 3rd main point: Pain management seems like it would be the natural desire of medical providers for their patients, but some conservatives just can seem to get past the “street” feeling of the drug. 1. Law enforcement wants to ensure that there are laws in place to keep drug dealers from selling marijuana under the ruse of its “it’s for medical purposes.” 2. They see legalization opening the doors to more crime because it will make the individuals that are certified to grow and sell medical marijuana more prone to crimes against them. B. Support for 3rd main point: There have been safeguards put in place to try and control who can legally distribute it and they have guidance that they must follow to be protected by the law. 1. Each state has different rules and guidance on how to become certified to grow and sell marijuana legally. 2. If the rules aren’t followed to the letter of law, legal distributors risk jail time and fines.
Mekdlawit Demissie IGED 130-06 Informative Speech Outline Topic: Marijuana Speech Goal: To inform the audience about the long and short term effects of marijuana usage. Central Idea: Marijuana is the most commonly used drug amongst young people in the United States. Introduction: I. Attention getter:
Thesis: Despite its legal status cannabis and CBD has been recognized as being beneficial in many ways. After all, cannabis and CBD has been medically beneficial when treating pain, seizures, and cancer.
With marijuana is becoming legal in some states for medical reasons, other states are still questioning how marijuana can be beneficial and even a problem. In “The Truth about Medical Marijuana” by Carrie Shortsleeve, published in 2013 on the website Men’s Health, Shortsleeve describes how tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, found in marijuana, can be used for medical benefits. In the passage, she explains how the immune system and brain are affected by THC especially if the substance is high in dosage. When Dr. Mahmoud ElSohly, Ph.D., “the director of the University of Mississippi’s Marijuana Project,” injured his back, he begins to research what benefits marijuana has when using the drug as medicine, and Shortsleeve shares this with people who maybe considering medical marijuana. Shortsleeve uses statistics, in depth research, and real- life situations to show how some people trust marijuana as medicine; even though, some of these people were once against medical marijuana.
More and more nurses and doctors are turning their heads when patients are in the hospital and have marijuana tinctures or lotions, because they know that patient needs to have that relief. It is estimated that 2,604,079 people in the United States use a type of medical marijuana. (Number of Legal Medical Marijuana Patients, 2016) If those 2,604,079 people were to be hospitalized, then every single one of them would be losing their ability to use that medical marijuana for an plethora of conditions. Medical marijuana helps HIV patients to help increase their appetite, patients with epilepsy to decrease the neuron signals in the brain, patients with chronic inflammatory issues, cancer patients to help increase their appetite, patients with chronic pain, and even in patients who have
The article discussed several potential health benefits to medical cannabis. For example, medical marijuana can be used to test glaucoma by slowing the progression of the disease and preventing blindness. It can help control epileptic seizures and decrease the symptoms of a severe seizure disorder known as Dravet’s Syndrome. The chemical CBD may help prevent cancer from spreading. In addition, it may decrease anxiety, ease the pain from multiple sclerosis, and slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Medical marijuana may lessen the side effects from treating some illnesses such as hepatitis C. It has also been used to alleviate pain, reduce inflammation, and promote
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.
pros of medicinal marijuana as well as dispelling the rumors of major impairment behind the
...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 main reason marijuana should be legalized, is because it’s been proven to be a better pain reliever than most other pain killers on the market today. Based on Health Day’s Reporter Brenda Goodman should marijuana get clinically legalized in all states it will put most of other pain killers out...
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?”
Millions of people are suffering needlessly because of the prohibition against using medical marijuana, Rosenthal and Kubby assert. They conclude that marijuana should be decriminalized. ”(Rosenthal, Kubby) Today, I am going to help you understand the real benefits of marijuana. By the time that we are through, you will be agreeing with me and will want to be a part of the effort needed by citizens to legalize such a beneficial drug.
Stanley, Janet E., Stanley J. Watson, and John A. Benson. Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base. Washington D.C.: National Academy P, 1999.
There are many other uses for medical cannabis including treating symptoms of IBS, Chron’s disease and other gastrointestinal disorders, pain relief from cancer and multiple sclerosis, the prevention of Alzheimer’s and helping individuals suffering from ADD, seizures or Tourette’s. Unfortunately, the federal government fails to see the many benefits of cannabis and clear proof shown in the countless peer-reviewed studies done through the years and instead maintains its classification as one of the most dangerous drugs with no acceptable medical benefits. More and more states are taking steps to regain their rightful authority from an over-reaching federal government, and taking the necessary steps to offer relief to many patients suffering from a wide array of maladies.
To the AIDS or cancer patient, marijuana is the plant that fights nausea and appetite loss. To the nutritionist, its seed is second only to the soybean in nutritional value and is a source of cooking oil and vitamins. To the paper or cloth manufacturer, it is the plant that provided much of our paper and clothing for hundreds of years and produces four times more fiber per acre than trees. To the environmentalist, it is the plant that could greatly slow deforestation, restore robbed nutrients by other crops, and help prevent erosion. Preliminary findings show the drug may prove effective against glaucoma and asthma, and control such side nausea in cancer treatment. I concretely believe that marijuana should be legalized in the United States, primarily for the use of medicinal purposes. In technical or for the average American, marijuana, it is used only for recreational purposes. I think marijuana is a plant that could save many lives if it was made legal. My goal is to reverse prejudices, relieve ignorance, and inform people of the known and potential therapeutic uses of this remarkable plant.
Marijuana has several healing effects that people hesitate to accept due to it’s bad reputation. Marijuana has been proven countlessly that it has healing effects that can treat a wide range of illnesses. It has also been proven that marijuana has health benefits far beyond the drugs that are approved by the FDA. Marijuana is becoming more and more accepted by today 's culture, supporting its cause to be legalized. Only good can come from legalizing marijuana from medical, to economical