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    Marijuana is illegal in many countries, such as Thailand, Japan, and Singapore. On the other hand, it is legal in various countries, like Canada, some states of U.S., and Australia. In the past, many people used to believe that it was a dangerous drug without any advantage, but right now the medical marijuana helps to cure many diseases and alleviate the pain during the operation. More importantly, cancer causing many people deaths can be cured by the medical marijuana. In U.S., although this…

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    nowadays there has been a trending alternative to these addictive pain medications; Medical Marijuana. Medical Marijuana has been used to treat many illnesses, such as muscle spasms, caused by multiple sclerosis, nausea from cancer chemotherapy, multiple different seizure disorders(WebMD) and many more illnesses. Marijuana has an immense amount of names such as weed, pot, loud, cannabis, and many more. Marijuana is basically a plant that contains cannabinoids which extracted from the plant. The…

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    using cannabis and medical marijuana as medicine has been a very controversial topic, people all around the country abuse the use of medical marijuana and partake in recreational use only. Cannabis and medical marijuana use should no longer be legal due to the highly addictive content within the drug, drastic incarceration rate increase, and also fatal incidents due to the recreational use rather than medical use and should be banned within the United States. Medical marijuana is something that…

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    “Contrary to what we’ve all been mis-taught, marijuana is not a harmful drug, it is a drug remarkable free of toxicity providing it’s used intelligently.” (Dr. Lester Grinspoon, Harvard Medical School). Marijuana known as the gateway drug is inaccurately portrayed by society. It has received a bad reputation through the years of misuse and abuse. However, many studies have proven the health benefits of marijuana. Medical marijuana should be legalized because the benefits outweigh the risks, it’s…

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    herb increases, the louder the conversation becomes about how awesome the benefits are. Believe it or not there are countless ailments that can be treated and sometimes cured simply by enjoying a little marijuana. Here are a few you never thought of: Asthma- Surprise! Research shows that marijuana may be just as effective in treating Asthma Attacks as other asthma medications. In the United States Asthma is considered to be a chronic disease occurring when the bronchial tubes become inflamed…

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    Marijuana. There have been a variety of medical and legal issues surrounding rescheduling marijuana for decades. As previously mentioned, marijuana is classified as a Schedule I drug per the Controlled Substance Act. Marijuana is considered by the CSA to have great potential for abuse, no established medical usage, and cannot be used in a safe manner (Belenko & Spohn, 2015, p. 20). The number of legal issues pertaining to rescheduling marijuana are countless. Since marijuana is a Schedule I…

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    Medical Marijuana Medical marijuana has many great effects on many different people with many different health related problems. Marijuana has been proven to help with pain, nausea, appetite, etc. Many cancer patients, patients with HIV, patients with seizures, patients with neurological disorders, and many more have benefitted from medical marijuana. There are many states that have already legalized this for medical purposes, but there are still many who have not. Many people are worried that…

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    Marijuana being legalized for medicinal purposes has raised significant apprehensions about the conveniences and appeal it has to the community, especially drug addicts. The objective of this research is to educated people about what marijuana is, how it is used, how it affect brain functions, how it may affect one’s health, how addictive the drug can be. After that, we will proceed further by focusing on the medical aspect of it. For instance, the differences between street marijuana and…

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    Intro Many people have been bias about the topic of Marijuana being a new cure that helps patients with illnesses instead of pharmaceutical drugs helping the patients die quicker. As we know the cost of pharmaceutical drugs are going up in price by the minute, but there have been some studies that Marijuana is helping more patients and its less cost effective then medicine. We know that many people are against marijuana drug, and we have a lot of politicians that are fighting that this drug to…

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    Marijuana is a psychoactive substance that is obtained from the cannabis plant. The term medical marijuana refers to the use of the substance for treating symptoms of health disorders. Doctors authorize the use of marijuana— either unprocessed or its extract — for relief from different symptoms. In this post, you will learn about the benefits and uses of marijuana for medical purposes. Seizures Marijuana has been used to control and reduce the frequency of seizures. The substance has been…

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