One of the greatest aspects of medical marijuana is that it helps treat more than one disease. More times than not‚ a medicine is used for one or two specific sicknesses‚ but that medicine is unable to treat anymore sicknesses. According to Alison Mack and Janet Joy‚ medical marijuana has been proven‚ in multiple cases‚ to be useful in helping to treat cancer‚ acquired immune deficiency syndrome‚ unexplainable pains with no cure‚ cases of muscle spasticity‚ neurological disorders‚ spinal cord injuries
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Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes What is Societal Problems?? A social problem is a condition that at least some people in a community view as being undesirable. Everyone would agree about some social problems‚ such as murders and DWI traffic deaths. Other social problems may be viewed as such by certain groups of people. Medical Marijuana is a big societal problem in the U.S. lately. Some toke for pleasure‚ others for better health. But what ’s the truth about "medical marijuana?" Medical
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f cannabis for himself and his many subjects. Emperor Shen Nung is considered the father of Chinese agriculture and wrote about 365 different kinds of medicine; however‚ cannabis was considered by him to be one of the most beneficial herbs available to mankind. In his book The Herbal‚ Nung talked about the therapeutic effects of cannabis and how to prepare it into medicinal form. Nung prepared the herb by consuming it in a drink made of hot water and cannabis leaves‚ called Ma. The drink would be
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Should Marijuana be Legalized? Citizens of the United States have long asked themselves whether or not marijuana should be legalized. Marijuana has benefits and disadvantages which lend it to being a controversial topic for the government. Those in favor and those in opposition of legalization alike‚ put quite a bit of pressure on the government for resolution on the issue. Today in the United States and most parts of the western world (like Britain‚ Canada‚ and France) marijuana is illegal
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Marijuana and It’s Affects on Teens 1/17/2010 COM220 Final Project Nicole Taylor Thousands of young teens do it; over 140 million people worldwide use it. What could it be? It is called Marijuana and it is the most widely used illegal drug in the United States today‚ Over 46 percent of people aged 12 and older have admitted to using marijuana at least once in their lifetime. (1) Marijuana is considered a major gateway drug in teens which means after using marijuana it often leads to doing
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ABOUT DRUGS AND YOUR BODY ABOUT DRUGS AND YOUR BODY MYT TS HEADS UP REAL NEWS HS vs. FAC MARIJUANA MARIJUANA FACTS: BREAKING DOWN THE MYTHS M arijuana use among teens had been on the decline since the mid-1990s—until now. According to the 2010 Monitoring the Future survey‚ teen marijuana use is no longer declining; in some cases‚ it is even increasing‚ particularly among eighth graders‚ the youngest group studied. Why? One possibility is that some teens don’t see marijuana as harmful
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I have always been against the use of all illegal drugs including marijuana‚ but while researching this topic‚ I have learned a lot about some of the positives of legalizing marijuana use. Considering it is classified as an illegal controlled substance‚ I have always been under the assumption that marijuana was bad for people‚ no matter what my friends may have said about how good it was. I was peer pressured into trying it when I was fourteen. I knew right away that it was not for me. It made
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Persuasive Speech – COM 1010 By: Jordan Eliuk Topic: Medical Marijuana Introduction: “Cannabis isn’t for everybody‚ but patients are entitled to pick and choose their own medicine.” Michelle Rainey (VanMusic‚ 2010‚ Pg. 1) Thesis: The prescription drug companies dispense medicines that are harmful and that is what I am here to change your minds about today. This will explore what Medical Marijuana can be used for‚ the lies you’ve been told about Marijuana and how corrupt the Pharmaceutical
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Studies of coffee have been conducted extensively on whether caffeinated coffee is beneficial or harmful but until now health experts cannot prove the future of it. Experts were concerned about caffeine in coffee and they chose coffee to conduct studies on caffeine as it is a widely consumed and accepted food stimulants. There is much debate on the safety of caffeine. The results from studies‚ even in carefully controlled scientific experiments‚ were contradictory on the effects of caffeine. Most
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Camomile is one of the most famous medicinal herbs known to mankind‚ used in a number of medicinal properties and aesthetic purposes. It belongs to the scientific family of Asteraceae/Compositae and has two common varieties‚ German Chamomile (Chamomilla recutita) and Roman Camomile (Chamaemelum nobile). Chamomile is a one-year season plant‚ growing up to 35 centimetres high. The flowers grow in extreme heads‚ and white-yellow in colour. Camomile‚ widely known for a myriad of medicinal benefits and
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