Abstract: Background: How is Cannabis used in the medical field and should it be legalized for recreational purposes as well as medical use? Medical marijuana has been used for many years in the medical field. According to AAMC‚ adjunctive therapy with cannabis has helped patients deal with their symptoms of disease or disorders. A study was done by University of California medical researchers in which they placed “an ingredient in chili peppers beneath the skin of marijuana smokers to see if it
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Should cannabis be legalised in Australia? Your response should provide a considered discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of both legalisation and criminalisation which shows evidence of wide and varied reading. Cannabis originated from Central Asia generations ago‚ with references to Cannabis dating back to medical and religious Chinese and Indian texts. Cannabis was also used in the West as hemp fibre‚ for industrial purposes‚ before it was used for medical use by W.B. O’Shaughnessy
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Literature Review Introduction Cannabis Sativa (Marijuana) is a natural herb that has been around and being utilized for ages. Recent societies‚ however‚ have prohibited the widespread distribution and use of the plant. As such many researchers have conducted all kinds of research to figure out if the Legalization of Marijuana is in fact the best route for these societies to take. Literature on this matter is abundant as it has been a long debated topic. The Belizean society has chosen to keep
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Illicit Substance Laws- Cannabis in Canada Marijuana is a drug that seems to defy law enforcement and continues to be publicly supported and used. After many years there have been billions of dollars spent on enforcing marijuana laws without any noticeable effect. Leaving marijuana illegal creates an underground economy funding various criminal activities‚ thus further supporting crime. No matter how many people are arrested and incarcerated it seems as though there has been no effect on the use
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Professor Campbell English 1021 02/02/15 Medical marijuana The use of marijuana is popular for its recreational use but is beginning to rise in the medical field and should be legalized for its many purposes. Legalizing marijuana will not only help those with arthritis but it could help those with insomnia and help fight off the nausea and vomiting of chemotherapy. Although people think that smoking marijuana also has many side effects regardless of whether it’s medical or not‚ it is in many ways better
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Legalization of Medical Marijuana Marijuana is not like other helpful drugs that have amazing medical benefits. It is not made available to thousands of patients that could gain quality of live from it. Many Americans are forced to use second rate drugs to help them deal with conditions such as nausea‚ glaucoma‚ chronic pain‚ and multiple sclerosis. Why does the “world’s best health care system” use drugs that are not as effective as marijuana‚ but have more side effects? The United States
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Drew Beavan Professor Hoffman English 103 10 November 2013 The Great Debate over Medical Marijuana Over many years and especially in recent times people have been debating whether or not marijuana should be legalized for medical use. Those who support legalization claim that marijuana has legitimate medical benefits. Many argue that marijuana is a better alternative than pills because it is less addictive and no known marijuana overdoses have been reported‚ as opposed to the numerous that are
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We’ve all heard about the drug cannabis‚ the drug is a part of twenty-two point five million lives every day. It’s illegal mostly everywhere except 8 countries. Five countries in America‚ one Europe and two in Asia but some people disagree that it shouldn’t be illegal. This has been widely discussed in like America mostly‚ but there are protesters everywhere in the world‚ the drug is‚ after all‚ the most used drug in the world after alcohol. Most people are against it without really knowing much
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Medical Marijuana Arguing a Position Jon Doe May 7‚ 2006 English 101 Jane Doe The cannabis plant (marijuana) has been used medicinally by a variety of cultures around the world. It was used as medicine in the United States until when a new tax fee led to its discontinued use. Congress has voted on several bills to legalize the medical use of marijuana; however none of those bills were passed. In June 2005 the U.S. Supreme Court
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com_criminal-charges_medical-marijuana-an-overview.pdf MEDICAL MARIJUANA The trending and often controversial term‚ "medical marijuana‚" can be loosely defined as the use‚ possession and/or cultivation of marijuana for medicinal purposes only. Because of marijuana’s history of illegality in the United States‚ its use for health purposes has been widely criticized by many and frowned upon by the government. As a politically accepted principle‚ medical marijuana or cannabis is no different than standard marijuana
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