Medicinal Marijuana Research Paper

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When you ask a simple civilian the truth behind medicinal marijuana, they will either reiterate to you about what they had seen on a television show or reinstate unethical statements that the media states to the people not knowing the difference between medicinal marijuana and recreational marijuana. When you ask a person who is suffering from different medical conditions such as cancer, AIDS, Glaucoma, epileptic seizures, anxiety, Alzheimer's and even Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), the medicinal purpose behind this one drug has greatly enhance in alleviating some of the symptoms cause by these diagnosis or diseases in people. The reasons why medicinal marijuana should be legalized in all 50 states of the Unites States of America is because medicinal marijuana can alleviate some health problems that are afflicting our society today. A drug, such as medicinal marijuana, should be viewed as acceptable and can be legalized in all 50 states for medicinal purposes. …show more content…
But, compared to medicinal marijuana, this medicinal drug it will help to alleviate many problems caused by different diseases that affects many humans, such as PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), seizures, anxiety, pain relief and other symptoms. Just by knowing these small facts about the treatment of medicinal marijuana, would you not agree that medicinal marijuana is very important to us on a medical

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