For years the controversy topic of medical marijuana has caught the attention of many Americans; especially in the last couple of years with the few states that voted to make it legal. The majority of people are blind sighted to the facts that society has shaped into the norm. Many categorize this drug as “bad” or “harmful”. Just like there are pros and cons of every controversial topic, medical marijuana has both valid points across the board. Besides the prevalent fact of this drug being illegal, there a few reasons why Americans are not fond of medical marijuana. On the opposing side, multiple reasons stand supporting the “pro” side of the argument.
A significant con of medical marijuana is how most label it as a gateway drug. The RAND Drug Policy Research Center collected evidence supporting the theory that marijuana is a gateway drug. According to the studies, marijuana users are eighty-five times more likely to use more intense drugs than those who have never partook in marijuana use. RAND also found that hard drug users do not start with marijuana first. The associate director of RAND’s …show more content…
Some desperate parents of the unresponsive children have reported that marijuana helps to maintain their children’s seizures. In order to help their children fight off horrendous seizures, parents are going out of their way to either buy pot at a medical marijuana dispensary or illegally buy it off of the streets. Cannabidiol is the purified compound developed from cannabis. Researchers have found that cannabidiol is what shows promising in treating epilepsy for both adults and children. Researchers are now making first efforts to test cannabidiol in intractable epileptic children. A year-long clinical trial will test whether it decreases epileptic seizures in one hundred and fifty intractable epileptic children
A significant con of medical marijuana is how most label it as a gateway drug. The RAND Drug Policy Research Center collected evidence supporting the theory that marijuana is a gateway drug. According to the studies, marijuana users are eighty-five times more likely to use more intense drugs than those who have never partook in marijuana use. RAND also found that hard drug users do not start with marijuana first. The associate director of RAND’s …show more content…
Some desperate parents of the unresponsive children have reported that marijuana helps to maintain their children’s seizures. In order to help their children fight off horrendous seizures, parents are going out of their way to either buy pot at a medical marijuana dispensary or illegally buy it off of the streets. Cannabidiol is the purified compound developed from cannabis. Researchers have found that cannabidiol is what shows promising in treating epilepsy for both adults and children. Researchers are now making first efforts to test cannabidiol in intractable epileptic children. A year-long clinical trial will test whether it decreases epileptic seizures in one hundred and fifty intractable epileptic children