Studies have proven medical marijuana has therapeutic effects on pain management, nausea, vomiting, seizures, and appetite loss, for patients suffering from medical conditions. A current teacher of mine has a cousin suffering from epilepsy, a seizure disorder, where she has over forty seizures a day. After seeking treatment, the only help she could find was in medical marijuana. Unfortunately, the state where she lives still makes it a crime for someone suffering from a serious disease to turn to the cannabis plant for relief.
Legalizing marijuana as a medical remedy for treating disease symptoms would improve a patient's quality of life and promote positive responses to treatment. Legalizing medical marijuana as therapeutic medicine could …show more content…
When researchers and chemists receive the marijuana plant, they follow a series of processes to separate two elements of the plant, THC and CBD (Abuse). These two elements are the main components that help treat many patients throughout the US. THC is the main mind-altering ingredient of the plant, but it is also addictive (Abuse). It is not possible for patients to become addictive to it because the government regulates the distribution of this treatment (Abuse). Every patient receives this treatment with certain amounts of cigarettes throughout a certain time period (Abuse). Patients who qualify for this treatment are ones with conditions such as seizures, glaucoma, peripheral neuropathy, asthma, migraines, bipolar disorder, cancer, Parkinson’s disease, and Huntington’s disease (Bearman, Par 23). Currently, 1,246,170 are legal medical marijuana patients (Number). 2,604,079 (estimated) patients would use medical marijuana as a treatment if it was legal in all states (Number). Medical marijuana treatment could provide therapeutic benefits to over 687 million cases of ailments or diseases in the United States (How). A change within our legal system needs to occur to relieve pain of those who are suffering in the best way possible, through medical
Legalizing marijuana as a medical remedy for treating disease symptoms would improve a patient's quality of life and promote positive responses to treatment. Legalizing medical marijuana as therapeutic medicine could …show more content…
When researchers and chemists receive the marijuana plant, they follow a series of processes to separate two elements of the plant, THC and CBD (Abuse). These two elements are the main components that help treat many patients throughout the US. THC is the main mind-altering ingredient of the plant, but it is also addictive (Abuse). It is not possible for patients to become addictive to it because the government regulates the distribution of this treatment (Abuse). Every patient receives this treatment with certain amounts of cigarettes throughout a certain time period (Abuse). Patients who qualify for this treatment are ones with conditions such as seizures, glaucoma, peripheral neuropathy, asthma, migraines, bipolar disorder, cancer, Parkinson’s disease, and Huntington’s disease (Bearman, Par 23). Currently, 1,246,170 are legal medical marijuana patients (Number). 2,604,079 (estimated) patients would use medical marijuana as a treatment if it was legal in all states (Number). Medical marijuana treatment could provide therapeutic benefits to over 687 million cases of ailments or diseases in the United States (How). A change within our legal system needs to occur to relieve pain of those who are suffering in the best way possible, through medical