This debate has been going on for over 4743 years. The first dated use of marijuana was in 2737 BC when the emperor of China‚ Shen-Nung‚ prescribes cannabis for beri-beri‚ constipation‚ ’female weakness‚’ gout‚ malaria‚ rheumatism and absentmindedness. One of the most interesting factors in this pro and con debate is that until the late 1800’s not many people were against the use of cannabis for medical purposes. But from 1856 - 1937 marijuana’s image as a medicine turned into the image as an intoxicant
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Medicinal Marijuana Should Be Legalized April Dawn Stieber Axia College of University of Phoenix Medicinal Marijuana Should Be Legalized “Marijuana is an addictive gateway drug” (Drug Policy Alliance Network‚ 2009). There is no good reason to use it‚ and it does nothing but ruin lives. These statements are frequently made by people who oppose the use of marijuana for medicinal reasons. Unfortunately‚ these statements are false. Medical breakthroughs would never
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from life threatening substances such as alcohol and tobacco to beneficiary marijuana. Marijuana has been seen as a “safe” drug to use with no serious side effects or any type of out of control addictions like cocaine‚ crack and heroin to some people. Marijuana should be legalized for its legitimate medical effects‚ benefits for the government and reduce of exposure to other drugs in the illegal market. The fact that marijuana has been illegal makes it very difficult for people to accept the fact that
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English 1101 Medical Marijuana In “Medical Marijuana Should Be Legal”‚ by Daniel J. Pfeifer‚ the author states what he thinks justifies medical marijuana being legal. I disagree with that completely‚ because medical marijuana has no proven medicinal values to make it a legal form of medication. The article states that‚ “marijuana use‚ especially by terminally ill patients‚ mitigates their suffering from unnecessary chronic and unbearable pain that persists until death.” Marijuana may help with the
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Why marijuana should be legalized in the United States I believe that marijuana should be legalized in the United States. Below here I will explain exactly why I feel so strongly about legalizing marijuana and the positive attributes that it possess. Once you finished reading you might have a different take on the matter at hand. First‚ even though marijuana is currently illegal it is less damaging to the body than other things that are legal such as tobacco and alcohol. People say you can get
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“WHY MARIJUANA SHOULD BE LEGALIZED” Since the 1930s‚ marijuana has been illegal in the eyes of the U.S. government. Its classification is a Schedule I drug‚ which is said to have a high potential for abuse‚ no medical use‚ and not safe to use under medical supervision. In this day and age‚ it’s being prescribed to patients of severe health problems to treat their pains‚ nausea‚ etc. Compared to logical reasoning‚ the government takes a very different stance on marijuana. Some say prohibition serves
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Medical marijuana is a very controversial topic in the news today. The people who think medical marijuana should be legal believe that it could help with symptoms of many diseases and disorders‚ like epilepsy‚ AIDS‚ and even cancer. (“Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?” :ProCon‚ “Medical Marijuana”: Drug Policy Alliance) The people who think medical marijuana is bad believe that if the drug is made legal‚ it will just encourage people to abuse it‚ making its symptoms‚ like slow reaction time
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that smoking marijuana as a means of taking it represents a significant health risk. Although‚ cannabis has been smoked widely in Western countries for more than four decades‚ there have been no reported cases of lung cancer or emphysema attributed to marijuana‚” states Lester Grinspoon‚ a medical doctor. Over 70% of Canadian’s approve of the decriminalization of marijuana. Legalizing marijuana‚ growing hemp‚ producing it’s products‚ supporting research and development into it’s many uses‚ cutting down
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Marijuana is often portrayed as a dangerous illicit drug by the government and the media‚ but what if you found out that it cures the symptoms of chronically ill patients and was safer than most other legal substances. Today ladies and gentleman my speech is going to be on the current issue of marijuana legalization and I agree that it should be legalized. 1000s of scientific studies have been recently analyzed by the National Academies of Sciences‚ Engineering and Medicine in a report which clearly
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It Should Be Law! Handguns and teens do not go together. Why then is the number of young people being killed by handguns increasing each year? It is against the law for anyone under the age of twenty-one to handle a gun‚ but it seems that this law isn’t being followed by the world today. Many people have guns in their homes‚ for “protection” they say‚ but one cannot honestly say that the weapon killing young people is a good means of protection. As a nation‚ a society‚ the people of today should
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