Medical Marijuana Debate

From a Nursing standpoint, after watching both documentaries, it is extremely difficult for me to find an argument opposing the legalization of medical marijuana. As a Nurse, I am a patient advocate and I feel that marijuana has incalculable medical benefits. I most defiantly shed a few tears while watching these families who had run out of options for their children; with the exception of marijuana. I cannot even fathom the thought of giving my own child marijuana. Although, if I felt it would help him and I had run out of other options, you had better bet I would before I could watch him suffer. Until watching these documentaries, I never acknowledged the possible benefits of medical marijuana in children.
My resistance to medical marijuana is the element there is no homogeneousness in the final product …show more content…
Patients begin to report medications prescribed are no longer effective. While, the drugs continue to have the ability to affect their central nervous system, affecting their respiratory and cardiac systems, these individuals have developed a tolerance to the drugs euphoric effects. Hockenbury and Hockenbury (2014) points out “To lump marijuana with the highly psychedelic drugs mescaline and LSD is somewhat misleading. . . . Low to moderate doses of THC typically produce a sense of well-being, mild euphoria, and a dreamy state of relaxation.” (pg. 175) With marijuana, you may develop a tolerance over time nonetheless, how many times have you actually heard of a marijuana overdose? This is a reason why I feel marijuana is a much safer option.
Children like Charlotte and Vivian in the documentaries seem to have no other option. The second reason I agree with legalizing medical marijuana is because it appears to work for these patients. I am sure there are many who will never get the opportunity to benefit from medical marijuana because of uneducated