Medical Marijuana Argumentative Essay

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    Should the use of medical marijuana in Adolescent be legal? Marijuana, according to the “DEA/ Drug Scheduling” (n.d.), is classified as a Schedule I drug, which means “substance, or chemicals, are defined as drugs with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse”. Marijuana is one of the most discussed and controversial topics in the United States today. Many say that is has medicinal benefits and should be made legal. While others say that it has a high potential for abuse

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    The use of marijuana has been a controversial topic for quite some time now, but is this only because people are looking at it from a point of recreational use? Have you ever felt pain, nausea/ vomiting, loss of appetite the way a cancer patient has? Envision not being able to eat because you want to throw up everything, or have pain caused by nerve damage. Cancer patients go through these things and more daily. They don’t have the appetite to eat or are in too much pain to even think about eating

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    The word Marijuana is used to define a mixture of shredded stems, dry flowers, and seeds of the cannabis plant. Marijuana is also called several different names on the street, such as weed, ganja, pot, dope, and grass. Some people mostly roll it up and smoked it like cigarette for relaxation, others smoked it in a pipe, or mixed with food and eaten. In addition, when consumed for medical reasons it can be brewed as tea or mixed with food such as cookies and candies. From the time Marijuana has hit

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    In earlier days, marijuana was considered mainly for recreational purposes, thereby dealing with this herb was totally illegal. However, with the passage of time and medical science, now marijuana can be used in manufacturing of a number of goods, including paper, clothes, gasoline, kerosene oil, paint etc. As a result, dealing with marijuana is not illegal in most of the regions across the globe. Nowadays, marijuana can be sold in the form of indica, sativa and hybrid. Infused with other cannabis

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    Legalizing Medical Marijuana Would you want to legalized marijuana for medical use? Wouldn’t you want to decrease illegal drug? I want to because because of marijuana in the criminal hand, a lot of crimes had gone up dramatically and most of all a lot of people life was taken from addiction and overdose. Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska had already legalized marijuana for medical use or Decriminalized. California, Maine, Massachusetts and Nevada are on the 2016 ballot. Legalizing Medical marijuana

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    prescription drug abuse has been officially considered an epidemic. So the question, “Is marijuana a medical option?” a yes or a no? In this essay you will learn why marijuana should be a legal option. Is it a good substitute for prescription painkillers? Does it help with the after effects of chemotherapy? HIV/AIDS, and the loss of appetite, can marijuana help? In the NFL players are allowed to use marijuana as a substitute for prescription painkillers. Why can’t the rest of the United States? Prescription

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    If something helps people, why is it illegal? Marijuana has many more benefits than risks. The main ingredient in Medical Marijuana CBD, is so helpful because it helps patients without making them feel “high”. Another great thing about Medical Marijuana is that it can help fight and even kill some cancer. Marijuana should be legal for medicinal purposes because it has very few side effects, anyone with the problems can qualify for it, it helps fight cancer, and if people would realize all that it's

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    being able to prescribe marijuana for medical reasons. However, what those opposed to the legalization of medical marijuana don’t see are the many reasons this “feel good” drug can help people reduce symptoms of their medical ailments. Many of the reasons marijuana has yet to be legalized is because it has been put in the “hallucinogenic substances” category and labeled a Substance 1 drug, which means that it has a high potential for being abused. However, the California Medical Association has proved

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    Medical Marijuana Benefits Although some people think that marijuana is harmful to humans, study show that the have a few benefits. There have been many studies into the benefits and risks of the usage of medical marijuana. For the most part, marijuana or cannabis is beneficial to people who are going through chemotherapy. It is also helpful to people who have been diagnosed with chronic pain. The research into medical marijuana has been done for two main reasons. The one being the possibility

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    Organic Medical Marijuana “The White House of National Drug Control Policy reports that prescription drugs are second to Marijuana as the drug of choice for teens. But medical drugs account for seven of the top ten drugs used by high school students.” Cannabis is called a gateway drug, but why and for what purpose? About 50 years ago pot aficionados had no choice but to deal with criminals to get their stash. In studies, It turns out that associating with people who use hard drugs is the

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