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"Medical marijuana shows considerable promise in reducing chronic pain from a widespread number of causes, including cancer, spinal cord injury and disease, severe spasms, post-traumatic stress disorder, nausea, glaucoma, Parkinson’s and other debilitating ailments. The drug could prove useful in other applications if patients are allowed to use it (The Herald).” In the world, millions of people continue to be in constant pain or have medical problems that medicine cannot always solve. In the United

Cannabis is widely known by the terms Marijuana, Pot, Mary Jane or Ganja. Growing up your parents would tell you “Drugs are bad for you”. But your parents were always right, so you would listen to them. You could never understand why people would smoke marijuana even if it was illegal and put themselves in the position to get into trouble with it. I’ve had my experiences with marijuana and what it does to you mentally and physically and still didn’t quite understand why it was illegal. People say

SWOT Analysis: Medical Marijuana, Inc Strengths: Name recognition – company name is representative of the industry they are in. One of the largest marijuana companies in terms of market cap, with company valued at over $250 million (Speights, 2017). Domestic market, one of the very few large industry companies in the U.S. Risk-protected portfolio (many products produced contain cannabidiol (CBD) instead of the highly regulated THC). Financially invested in multiple cannabis-related companies

Weed, joint, blunt, ganga, spiff, marijuana, kush, whatever you want to call it it's Cannabis. A drug that the Canadian government wants to legalize as if we don't already have enough dangers. This is an outrage how can the government who is supposed to protect us going to allow a drug that can lead to so many different types of harm. From mental and physical illnesses, to the fact that it ruins lives and dangers us all; cannabis is a horrible substance. We all have seen or heard about

Even if you do everything by the book, pregnancy is not promised to be perfect, there are so many unknowns. Many mothers can go months without knowing their pregnant, especially if they are told they can’t have kids. At this point, many females will pick up bad habits. “Marijuana is dried leaves, flowers, stems, and seeds from the Cannabis Indica plant. The plant contains large amounts of a mind-altering chemical THC and other similar compounds” (Anonymous, 2017). Marijuana is popular, and it can

Do you know how many people have died from the use of marijuana? Not one single death has occurred from the use of marijuana, but yet you hear people are dying from alcohol and tobacco nearly every day in Australia. (Reference) Yet marijuana is illegal, and common things such as alcohol and cigarettes can be bought nearly everywhere, things that cause over 9,000 deaths a year are not, ironic isn’t it. (Reference) Now I would like you to imagine that you are suffering from a disability and as a result

In the United States, we have enacted various drug policies in order to prevent the damage that would be caused by the harmful effects of drugs. Some are regulated by the government while others are completely banned altogether. We fear the risk of the latter in particular, which includes heavy and hard drugs like cocaine, methamphetamines, and heroin. However, as time goes on, we change and so do our perspectives. We realize that some things are not as foreboding as we once thought. These substances

Introduction Medicinal marijuana is one of many ethical issues that are encountered in the medical field. According to National Institutes of Health Medicinal marijuana is a “cannabis plant that contains the mind-altering chemical delta-9-tetrahydrocannabino (THC) and other similar compounds such as cannabidiol (CBD). THC and CBD are the two most important ingredients in medical marijuana. Both THC and CBD have synergistic effects, but THC has the psychoactive compounds which alters the mind”

Legalization of Marijuana “Marijuana is the most widely used illicit drug among adolescents in the United States” (Pardini et. al. 1204). Since it is so widely used, a large amount of money could be made if the government legalized and taxed it. Even though opponents argue that marijuana is a harmful drug that kills brain cells, the US should legalize it because of economic benefits, health benefits, research opportunities, and population control. Since Colorado legalized marijuana in November

Could you live in a world where marijuana is legal? The world is coming to a change and marijuana is growing more and more popular. More states are legalizing it for medicinal use and now even for recreational purposes. If drugs like alcohol and nicotine are legal then the least harmful one should be also. Legalizing and taxing marijuana for recreational purposes can help bring money in for states, it can help with symptoms of HIV, has anti inflammatory properties plus other pain relieving symptoms