A number of studies have shown the effects that medical marijuana has on the human body. Medical marijuana has many practical uses; today it is used as a part of modern medicine. However, the risk factors associated with medical marijuana use, pose a threat to medical marijuana’s legalization. As of April 2015, 24 states have legalized the use medical marijuana (ProCon.org, 2016). As research continues to expand, states are legalizing medical marijuana throughout the United States. This is due to the benefits of medical marijuana greatly outweighing the risk factors. Medical marijuana should become legal in all 50 states because it will provide patients with a safer more effective alternative medicine to present-day prescribed medications.
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Medical marijuana has been dated back to 2900 BC, when Emperor Fu Hsi referenced cannabis as a very popular medicine (Deitch, 2003). Medical marijuana was brought to Western Medicine in 1839 by W.B. O’Shaughnessy. O’Shaughnessy was a surgeon who learned of medical marijuana’s medicinal properties when he was working in India for the British East India Company. Based on the fact that medical marijuana has been around for thousands of years, it is safe to assume that medical marijuana is utilized and proven to have effective medicinal properties. The medicinal properties of medical marijuana come from the chemical components, cannabinoids. Cannabinoids, activate receptors in the central nervous system and the immune system. The effects of medical marijuana’s cannabinoids on the human body, are analgesic, anticonvulsant, and anti-inflammatory. As a result, medical marijuana, is an effective method of treating certain illnesses (Cancer.gov, …show more content…
Currently, the United States Food and Drug Administration has ruled that medical marijuana is a Schedule I drug. A Schedule I drug is described as a drug with a high risk of abuse and has no current accepted medical usefulness (Cancer.gov, 2016). The presented research in this article has shown that medical marijuana has medical usefulness; some of which has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (Sirven, 2015). The United States Food Drug Administration contradicts its own findings in this case by approving medical marijuana (a Schedule I drug) for medical use. Due to the United States Food Drug Administration’s restrictions, it makes it difficult to research medical marijuana through clinical trials. Due to this, scientists are unable to provide long term solutions for using medical marijuana (Cancer.gov,
Medical marijuana has been dated back to 2900 BC, when Emperor Fu Hsi referenced cannabis as a very popular medicine (Deitch, 2003). Medical marijuana was brought to Western Medicine in 1839 by W.B. O’Shaughnessy. O’Shaughnessy was a surgeon who learned of medical marijuana’s medicinal properties when he was working in India for the British East India Company. Based on the fact that medical marijuana has been around for thousands of years, it is safe to assume that medical marijuana is utilized and proven to have effective medicinal properties. The medicinal properties of medical marijuana come from the chemical components, cannabinoids. Cannabinoids, activate receptors in the central nervous system and the immune system. The effects of medical marijuana’s cannabinoids on the human body, are analgesic, anticonvulsant, and anti-inflammatory. As a result, medical marijuana, is an effective method of treating certain illnesses (Cancer.gov, …show more content…
Currently, the United States Food and Drug Administration has ruled that medical marijuana is a Schedule I drug. A Schedule I drug is described as a drug with a high risk of abuse and has no current accepted medical usefulness (Cancer.gov, 2016). The presented research in this article has shown that medical marijuana has medical usefulness; some of which has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (Sirven, 2015). The United States Food Drug Administration contradicts its own findings in this case by approving medical marijuana (a Schedule I drug) for medical use. Due to the United States Food Drug Administration’s restrictions, it makes it difficult to research medical marijuana through clinical trials. Due to this, scientists are unable to provide long term solutions for using medical marijuana (Cancer.gov,