Public opinion on the medical value of marijuana has been sharply divided. Some dismiss medical marijuana as a hoax that exploits our natural compassion for the sick; others claim it is a uniquely soothing medicine that has been withheld from patients through regulations based on false claims (Joy).

For thousands of years, the drug marijuana has been used to treat a wide variety of ailments ("The Need toÉ"). Between 1840 and 1900, European and American medical journals published more than 100 papers on the therapeutic use of the drug known then as Cannabis Indica (or Indian hemp) and now as marijuana. It was recommended from such things as an appetite stimulant to a muscle relaxant ("Marihuana as MedicineÉ").

There is a 5,000-year medical history of marijuana. This history has almost be

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