Medical cannabis

Cannabis The topic of cannabis has become a big thing. Whether or not it should be legalized recreationally or medically. If it becomes legal does that mean it’s moral? Is it moral to not be in a normal state of mind? In a health article about Medical Marijuana the author talks about the medical use of what can be healthy from it and what is unhealthy. “The cannabinoids in marijuana act as central nervous system depressants, diminishing pain perception and increasing pain tolerance”(50). This…

hallucinogen, and marijuana. Yes, you read that correctly, weed is in the same category as heroin and some cactus that makes you trip. According to the DEA website, “Schedule I drugs, substances, or chemicals are defined as drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.” So according…

Lately, in the last two decades, legalizing marijuana has been a topic of debate around the United States. Washington, Colorado, Alaska and Oregon are states that have legalized the distribution and use of marijuana, for medical and recreational purposes. Cities such as Portland and South Portland in Maine, and Keego Harbor in Michigan have legalized marijuana. Contrary to the legalization, people still believe that marijuana is bad and that it is just a drug to make a person lazy and overeat.…

The Effects of Marijuana on the Human Body Marijuana or cannabis, has been in use by humans since ancient times in China. “Its use spread from China to India and then to N Africa and reached Europe at least as early as A.D. 500.” (History of Marijuana, n.d., para. 1). Historically, marijuana has been used for its medicinal purposes and psychoactive properties. Only recently in the past century has the restriction of marijuana usage been legislated into law. The ongoing debate about marijuana’s…

Medicinal cannabis; an informative essay Marijuana is made up of dried flowers, leaves and stems of the hemp plant and is also known under the name Cannabis Sativa. Medicinal marijuana has been used as a medicine for thousands of centuries. One of the earliest references that can be found dates back to 2900 BC from The Chinese Emperor Fu Hsi “whom the Chinese credit with bringing civilization to China”(Deitch, 2003) made reference to the Chinese word for cannabis being Ma, stating that it was…

resource can provide a solution for many problems, the state continues to prohibit one from using it. Medical marijuana establishes itself as the neglected resource. Medical marijuana continually proves itself as a necessary alternative to the drugs supplied by pharmaceutical companies. Why let someone constantly suffer? Why should citizens endanger their freedom to reap the benefits of medical marijuana? Citizens of the state of Florida want to believe that the state wants the best for them.…

Mary Jane, and a vast number of other slang terms—is a greenish-gray mixture of the dried, shredded leaves and flowers of Cannabis sativa—the hemp plant (1). It has been in the picture even during 2900BC when the Chinese Emperor Fu Hsi, whom the Chinese credit with bringing civilization to China, seems to have made reference to Ma, the Chinese word for Cannabis, noting that Cannabis was very popular medicine that possessed both yin and yang (2). According to Statistics Canada, there has been 3.4…

use of medical marijuana has been a huge discussion topic in the United States. Many people argue the pros and cons of this drug being used for medical purposes. The large scale debate incases many different opinions on this drug. There are more patients that are claiming that marijuana is effective in treating symptoms from many different types of illnesses and disease. Learning more about the drug, the chemicals that can be extracted from the plant, can have the most benefits to the medical…

to expand upon my previous research, The Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research at UCSD provides the opportunity to perform translational research in the quickly growing field of Cannabinoid Medicine. While Cannabis is becoming as recreationally accepted as alcohol in society, the depth of research that should be performed for safety, efficiency, and oversight is limited within America even though we have arguably the most legal Cannabis in the world. While research for recreational use is…

used for medical purposes to help with medical issues. He states, “They found 79 trials involving more than 6,400 participants. A lot of the trials did show some improvements in symptoms, but most of those did not achieve statistical significance. Some did, however.” In contrast, the language by the scientist in the scientific report is technical and obviously used to give information about the experiments and marijuana. The scientist start off by providing a few definitions, “Cannabis is a…