... of all prescription drugs on the market today. Marijuana posses many medical benefits which could be used by wide variety of patients. In fact Physician's Association for AID's Care and National Lymphoma Foundation, among others, all support the movement for legalizing marijuana for ... medicinal purposes to treat the terminally ill. For people with glaucoma, when marijuana is smoked it has been shown to reduce the intraocular pressure that causes damage to the optic nerve. Out of all the drugs produced for patients with glaucoma none has been proven to be ... marijuana to stimulate th...

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... not supported by the American Glaucoma Association and doctors agree that there are more effective medicines available. Ophthalmologist Amrum Lakritz, MD, states "My patients haven't had to turn to marijuana. There are so many new drugs for glaucoma coming out all the time" (Lacayo). Fact's discrediting ... available in pharmacies for decades. In the synthesized form of marijuana, better know as Marinol, the active ingredient (THC) is isolated and controlled. Patients who require the use of marijuana are better off to take it as a pill instead of smoking it. In pill form, the dosage rema...

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... not supported by the American Glaucoma Association and doctors agree that there are more effective medicines available. Ophthalmologist Amrum Lakritz, MD, states "My patients haven't had to turn to marijuana. There are so many new drugs for glaucoma coming out all the time" (Lacayo). Fact's discrediting ... available in pharmacies for decades. In the synthesized form of marijuana, better know as Marinol, the active ingredient (THC) is isolated and controlled. Patients who require the use of marijuana are better off to take it as a pill instead of smoking it. In pill form, the dosage rema...

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... with this drug. Doctors have expressed opposite opinions, making this theme very controversial. I have researched for its positive effects when used properly, so that marijuana can be considered in treating patients. Much of the opposite opinions about this issue have to do with the hands of the government, which says that marijuana is not a safe medicine, versus the doctors who research ... . The Institute of Medicine has also this controversy when it said smoking marijuana is risky, but also recommended that critically ill patients should be allowed to use it under closely monitored se...

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... , also studied marijuana. He declared it "by far the most useful of drugs in treating painful maladies." ("Disease Categories"). Moureau de Tours and Dr. John Bell, M.D., reported that the mentally ill could be calmed down and controlled after smoking marijuana. It also treated manic and depressive disorders ("Cannabis Vault 6"). Doctor Roger Adams and Todd Mikuriya were able to rehabilitate numerous alcoholics ... Use Program was started. Under this program, only twelve people were allowed to begin smoking pot for their illnesses. The Compassionate Use Program was slowly but surely begi...

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... have any benefits on antidepressants. As you continue taking antidepressants, the side effects get worse; nevertheless, you can't stop medication as you become ill. Cannabis on the other hand increases serotonin levels in the brain which help improve mood without any of the bad side effects antidepressants have. ... antidepressants only help those with severe depression, cannabis helps those from severe to moderate depression. Also, antidepressants increase the risk of suicide in younger patients (teens), marijuana doesn't. Every year, 30,000 people in the US die by suicide, according t...

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... use of this drug. Marijuana has undergone analysis for its use as a medicine and the results have shown improvements in the patients who were treated with this drug. Doctors have expressed opposite opinions, making this issue very controversial. As the debate about marijuana's ... ignited the controversy when it said smoking marijuana is risky, but also recommended that critically ill patients should be allowed to use it under closely monitored settings. A specialist at the National Cancer Institute authorized his patients to use the drug, but not over dose on it. With all the speculatio...

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... the use of this drug. Marijuana has undergone analysis for its use as a medicine and the results have shown improvements in the patients who were treated with this drug. Doctors have expressed opposite opinions, making this issue very controversial. As the debate about marijuana's ... the controversy when it said smoking marijuana is risky, but also recommended that critically ill patients should be allowed to use it under closely monitored settings (Koch 707). A specialist at the National Cancer Institute authorized his patients to use the drug, but not over do it (Koch 708). With all ....

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... use, he gives the case against legalization; that many believe that the drug is dangerous and could have long-term effects. Yet, he argues that these patients have nothing to fear, at least as far as long-term effects, as their illnesses do not provide that long-term future for them. He believes ... is wrong in preventing the treatment from being available; as he puts it "a federal policy that prohibits physicians from alleviating suffering by prescribing marijuana for seriously ill patients is misguided, heavy handed and inhumane" (670). In the essay the author makes a clear point of a...

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... of Medical Marijuana Research). Consequently, after so many testimonies and evidence from both sides, the unity of scientists, doctors, and medical cannabis patients nationwide urged the DEA to comply with the court's finding and halt the federal obstruction of medical cannabis research. The Obama administration also concurs ... research. Another problem of rescheduling cannabis to a less restrictive schedule would not prevent people from being arrested and punished for using cannabis recreationally. Patients must have a safe immediate access to their medical cannabis by dispensaries, ho...

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... that states that marijuana does not qualify for medicinal use and the medicine issue is a carefully orchestrated campaign by aging hippies, lawyers, and marijuana users against the sick and ill who really need marijuana to relieve their pain. My answer to this statement is that through my own personal experience, not all marijuana smokers are hippies, lawyers or criminals ... the illegality of marijuana is a terrible mistake. No one admits it, but something went really wrong and now everyday it is more difficult for governments to legalize it. Luckily (for patients that need it) legaliza...

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... At the peak of the Drug Wars in the late 1980s, the Department of Health and Human Services began receiving dozens of applications from AIDS patients, for whom marijuana's hunger inducing effects was the only thing that separated them from life and death. As they lost weight and strength, ... may last for hours or even days after each treatment, followed by days and even weeks of nausea. Patients may break bones or rupture the esophagus while vomiting. Furthermore, many patients eat almost nothing because they cannot stand the sight or smell of food. Marinol works because it duplicates ...

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... told you about an herb that could slow and sometimes stop this condition, but like always, here is the catch; that herb is ill! egal. So you would have to be willing to risk arrest, fines, court cost, property loss, incarceration, probation, and criminal records ... there are many others that I did not mention. B. Marijuana is frequently beneficial in the treatment of many serious conditions. 1) Marijuana is useful in patients with: Glaucoma, cancer, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, chronic pain, and Aids. 2) All of those things that I just mentioned have been deemed legitimate by ... usef...

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... 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 ... pain, nausea, the anorexia of AIDS wasting, and other symptoms." Loss of appetite and wasting are among the most lethal side effects of cancer treatments. Glaucoma, AIDS, cancer and MS patients have all benef...

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... of Sciences" Institute of Medicine in 1999. After an eighteen-month review of already published research on medical marijuana and testimony from doctors and patients, the report's authors concluded that the active components in marijuana appear to be helpful in treatment of pain, nausea, AIDS-related weight loss, ... and muscle spasms in multiple sclerosis (Jennifer Thomas, USA Today). Some AIDS patients prefer to use marijuana instead of their prescription drugs because it does not have the negative side effects that their prescription drugs do, and ... government could not punish Ca...

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... suggest that marihuana should be legalized just because it "feels good". It reportedly produces a high that makes life more enjoyable, and gives the user a sense of well being without any ill effects. Some users argue that marijuana is safer than alcohol and tobacco in that it produces fewer negative side effects. In fact, the U.S. National Institute of Drug Abuse reports that ... reported it to be helpful in the treatment of glaucoma and seizures as well as in treatment of AIDS wasting syndrome (2-5). Other studies point to the value of marijuana in patients suffering from MS, epilepsy...

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... they can have easier access to it and use it for recreational purposes. People believe that it is the safest and most effective medicine that can be used for terminally ill patients. They consider the U.S. to be heartless to refuse to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes. Those people argue that the legalization of the drug would not make matters worse because it ... ...

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