Benefits of Medical Marijuana Essay

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    Legalizing Marijuana and its Benefits This 12 year old little girl was fighting with putting up with seizures. Her parents had no idea on how to help her. Soon after doctors prescribed the use of medical marijuana which made her seizures go from 300 to 1 or 2 a month. Medical marijuana is a new way to be able to cure people's diseases and help them with a better chance in life. Many oppose of the policy because people say that it can hurt their system. Medical Marijuana should be legalized…

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    that could benefit everyone? What if that plant had the ability to help people with medical needs? What if that plat was marijuana, one of the most political debates in the United States. In this paper one will be informed of all the advantages and disadvantages about marijuana. Marijuana is not a bad drug; because it can be used for benefiting the government, schools would receive money from the taxation, it can also be used for medical purposes and possibly lower the war on drugs. Medical…

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    Are the benefits of marijuana pushing for its legalization? “If the government legalized weed, the crime rate would go down. People would just wanna chill”, this comical quote from Snoop Dogg, who is famous for smoking marijuana frequently in his music videos, just shows how Americans feel about the legalization of marijuana. For a few decades now, most citizens of the united states have been pushing for the legalization of marijuana. Residents of the united states plea for the legalization of…

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    October 2015 Annotated Bibliography Carroll, Aaron E. "How 'Medical' Is Marijuana." The New York Times. The New York Times, 20 July 2015. Web. 12 Oct. 2015. . In the newspaper article, “How ‘Medical’ Is Marijuana”, Aaron E. Carroll explains the medical benefits and hazards of marijuana, and also some other issues surrounding the topic. The author states that from certain research information and statistics show that medical marijuana can help in relieving and curing special diseases or…

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    people believe that smoking marijuana would make them go insane or commit violent crimes. There was no proof of the accusations, but it scared enough people to keep them from smoking marijuana. The movie was intended to give marijuana a negative reputation, and it succeeded. In today’s society there is a stigma surrounding the use of marijuana, which I believe the movie helped to create. Over the last hundred years, Americans have trusted the government opinion on marijuana, that it is a…

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    won’t surprise you to learn medical marijuana has side effects too. While some of them aren’t exactly pleasant, others are actually beneficial! The Effects of Medical Marijuana Many people seek medical cannabis for its painkilling properties. Cannabis is also effective in the management of a number of conditions, including epilepsy, Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s disease. It’s often given to cancer patients to assist them with the management of treatment. Medical cannabis is an effective…

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    Legalizing Medical Marijuana Many say that medical marijuana is a negative substance, but medical marijuana has been proven to be very beneficial in the medical field. It helps with pain, healing, and tends to have better outcomes better than other treatments. Take three year old Landon Riddle as an example; he is a focus of medical marijuana. Landon has acute lymphocytic leukemia, or ALL, a cancer affecting the blood and bone marrow. It's the most common cancer in children. Landon’s mother says…

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    Should Marijuana Have A Place In Medicine? Dating back to ancient China, marijuana has been used throughout history for its medical benefits. Recently though, marijuana has come under fire from many different groups as to what exactly those benefits are and if it’s a safe alternative to modern medicine. Opinions on its use is widely divided between experts of the medical world. Considering that many physicians support marijuana use for its documented medical benefits and the benefits of…

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    world. The legalization of medical marijuana has been a very controversial topic in the United States. In the year 1970 the United States government classified marijuana as a Schedule 1 substance that has no medical value. Even though marijuana has been considered illegal since the 1970s it is the most widely used illicit recreational drug. In 1996, California became the first state to legalize medical marijuana. In 2016, there are 28 states that have medical marijuana legalized and of those 28…

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    purchase and sell marijuana in the states of Colorado and Washington. However, there is a limit on the amount you can buy and sell. In fact, the use of marijuana was legal in the United States until the 1970’s when the Controlled Substances Act was signed by President Nixon (“Marijuana). Marijuana should become legalized in the United States for the following reasons: health benefits of medicinal marijuana, positive impact on the economy, and public opinion. By legalizing marijuana, many people…

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