1. What are the negative effects of marijuana?
2. What are the medicinal properties of marijuana?
3. Should marijuana be prescribed for severely ill?
From this essay one can gauge situations that prompt use of Marijuana as a medicinal prescription …show more content…
Long term effects of marijuana include: chest illness, coughing, and lung cancer ( NIH, 2014, paras 1,2)
Marijuana’s medicinal science progressed with the discovering of 483 different medicinal compounds (cannabinoids) in the plant. Some of these compounds are THC and THCA. Dr.Kourtney assures that most of these compounds are non-psychoactive and treat epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and cancer. THC treats arthritis, chemotherapy side effects and HIV related peripheral neuropathy. THCA treats acne, diabetes and kills cancer cells ( United Patients Group, 2014, paras 2,3,5,7,9).
The late Dr. Tod Mikuriya found that 200 different medical conditions positively responded to marijuana in his 15 years experience of handling 10,000 patients. Dr. Grinspoon, Havard school of medicine argues that cannabis causes no death “you can’t find one” Dr. Grinspoon expounds that other prescription drugs kill 100,000 people globally every year. (Dave, 2014,para 1,2).The institute of medicine (1999) recommends use of marijuana for terminal cancer patients for the medical harm associated is of little consequence. (Paras