For years pharmaceutical companies have put millions of dollars and countless hours of research so that one day there will be cures for cancer, alzheimer’s, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, and other “incurable” diseases. However, recent science claims that using marijuana as a form of medication might be the answer to curing these diseases and disorders. Marijuana has been used for its medicinal properties as far back as 1,550 BCE in Egyptian papyri, ancient India, and ancient Greece (Malerba). Medical marijuana should be legalized in all fifty states as a medical option to treat various diseases and disorders because it helps manage various physiologic disorders as well as facilitates the process of cancer treatment.
In the past five years, …show more content…
However, according to Medical Marijuana: The Pros and Cons of Legal Cannabis, “the medical use of marijuana is documented in Egyptian papyri dating back to 1,550 BCE. It was used in ancient India to treat insomnia, headaches and labor pains. And the ancient Greeks used cannabis for tapeworms, nosebleeds and ear infections.” Even though marijuana was used in the past to cure things that can be easily cured today with current medical technology, scientists have recently found that marijuana could help cure and manage serious illnesses that can’t be cured with today’s medicines. For example, marijuana has been effective when helping with certain physiological disorders including OCD, anxiety, and depression. Scientists do not know for sure how marijuana helps people with physiological issues, but their research shows that it most certainly does. According to Medical Marijuana for Psychiatric Disorders by Jeremy Spiegel M.D., medical marijuana has …show more content…
However, recently it has been determined that it might serve useful as helping with cancer treatment. According to Marijuana and Cancer by The American Cancer Society, the two main chemicals that are found in marijuana that help with cancer treatments are THC and CBD. THC could prove helpful as it is known to relieve side effects that one might receive from chemotherapy including pain and nausea. THC has actually been seen to give back cancer patients appetites after not being able to keep food down for days. In some cases these two chemicals could even kill cancer cells or stunt their growth (American Cancer Society). There is no question that marijuana has many different medicinal healing properties and that if legalized, it could help cure many people of their
In the past five years, …show more content…
However, according to Medical Marijuana: The Pros and Cons of Legal Cannabis, “the medical use of marijuana is documented in Egyptian papyri dating back to 1,550 BCE. It was used in ancient India to treat insomnia, headaches and labor pains. And the ancient Greeks used cannabis for tapeworms, nosebleeds and ear infections.” Even though marijuana was used in the past to cure things that can be easily cured today with current medical technology, scientists have recently found that marijuana could help cure and manage serious illnesses that can’t be cured with today’s medicines. For example, marijuana has been effective when helping with certain physiological disorders including OCD, anxiety, and depression. Scientists do not know for sure how marijuana helps people with physiological issues, but their research shows that it most certainly does. According to Medical Marijuana for Psychiatric Disorders by Jeremy Spiegel M.D., medical marijuana has …show more content…
However, recently it has been determined that it might serve useful as helping with cancer treatment. According to Marijuana and Cancer by The American Cancer Society, the two main chemicals that are found in marijuana that help with cancer treatments are THC and CBD. THC could prove helpful as it is known to relieve side effects that one might receive from chemotherapy including pain and nausea. THC has actually been seen to give back cancer patients appetites after not being able to keep food down for days. In some cases these two chemicals could even kill cancer cells or stunt their growth (American Cancer Society). There is no question that marijuana has many different medicinal healing properties and that if legalized, it could help cure many people of their