... legalized because it will reduce the great amount of money spent on the related law enforcement and there are many benefits to be considered especially in pain reduction for the terminally ill. Legalizing marijuana would increase our country's revenue. Marijuana should be taxed heavily. Marijuana and other drugs would be made by the same people who make aspirin so the quality would ... & violent crimes. The courts would also be relieved of hearing some drug cases as well. The black market would disappear and it would by all means make the life of terminally ill people happier. Legalizin...

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... is no question, marijuana should be illegal, there is another side to the story. On March 17, 1999, the U.S Institute of Medicine reported that smoking marijuana has benefits for the terminally ill. It was suggested that studies should begin on how to create an inhalation device for an alternative to the dangers of smoking. "The study concluded that cannabinoids can be useful ... in treating pain, nausea and appetite loss caused by advanced cancer and AIDS". (http://www.onlinepot.org/medical/positivepot.htm) The fact that marijuana could help the terminally ill is something that needs t...

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... 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 ... associated with the use of cannabis but most of the risks involve heavy use and do not occur one hundred percent of the time. I say it is unethical to deny a terminally ill patient of a drug th...

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... justice for years. Pro-marijuana legalization groups such as the Physician's Association for AIDS Care and the National Lymphoma Foundation argue that Marijuana should be legalized in order to treat terminally ill patients. Anti-marijuana legalization groups such as the Drug Enforcement Agency and city police departments argue that the legalization of medical marijuana can lead to the use of other drugs ... on the record for supporting the medical use of marijuana. Marijuana can be a drug of necessity in the treatment of AIDS, glaucoma, cancer and multiple sclerosis". Among some of the ...

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... spent on anti drug programs targeting much more dangerous drugs like cocaine and morphine. Somewhere in between providing bored high school kids something to do and being used to treat terminally ill patients marijuana has acquired the title of the "gateway drug." What does that really mean? Well on a dictionary outlook it means " A habit-forming substance whose use may lead to the ... substance." Marijuana still has a lot of controversy to lay to rest before becoming accepted by society as more than just a feel good drug, but rather as an effective medicine for ill people. Altogether, ...

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... that marijuana is bad when so many government studies say it has so many benefits. Where other medicines have failed, marijuana has succeeded and has brought new hope to the terminally ill. Patients have said that the therapeutic uses of medical marijuana have even had more substantial affects than some pharmaceutical counterparts. Medical Marijuana can be used for many health problems including ... and help the sick. Due to the fact that the drug has been proven to be useful in medicine I hope that maybe someday politicians will open their hearts to the ill and try to reconsider their ...

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... for legitimate beneficial purposes. Pro-Legalization groups such as the Physician's Association for AIDS Care and the National Lymphoma Foundation argue that Marijuana should be legalized in order to treat terminally ill patients. Among them are AIDS victims who find that marijuana stimulates their appetites so they can resume their normal eating patterns and prevent weight-loss, a serious concern. Those suffering from ... ...

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... in the relief of these terminal diseases? Marijuana is more effective than conventional drugs in many instances. Denying cannabis treatment to the sick and dying is cruel and unnecessary. The terminally ill patients marijuana use does not pose a threat to the public or encourage the illegal trafficking of drugs. Strong majorities in several states have approved medical marijuana initiatives. The federal government ... ...

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... pro marijuana and those who are anti marijuana. Pro marijuana legalization groups such as the Physician's Association for AIDS Care, National Lymphoma Foundation argue marijuana legalization in order to treat terminally ill patients. Among them are AIDS victims who find that marijuana stimulates their appetites so they can fight off dangerous emaciation; glaucoma sufferers who have used marijuana said it has prevented ... ...

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... marijuana use, or negative impacts upon adolescent use. In 2001 NORML was involved in a Supreme Court case in California. The case involved a group (the "buyers club) that distributed marijuana to terminally ill patients. The Supreme Court ruled against the buyers club, and the sick patients had no safe source for medical marijuana. The largest organization on the Internet that strongly opposes the ... ...

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... that 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 ... ...

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... kill pain. While there are pro marijuana legalization groups such as the Physicians Association for AIDS Care, National Lymphoma Foundation arguing that marijuana should be legalized in order to treat terminally ill patients. Many anti marijuana agencies such as the Drug Enforcement Agency and police department argue that marijuana shouldn't be legalized because there is no hard core evidence that proves that ... ...

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... same pharmacologic effects as morphine and to be just as addictive. In many parts of the world, it is used as an analgesic (for relief of pain), particularly for the terminally ill. Although in the United States the manufacture and importation of the drug are prohibited and it is not used medically, heroin predominates in illicit narcotics traffic because it provides more ... ...

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... pro marijuana and those who are anti marijuana. Pro marijuana legalization groups such as the Physician's Association for AIDS Care, National Lymphoma Foundation argue marijuana legalization in order to treat terminally ill patients. Among them are AIDS victims who find that marijuana stimulates their appetites so they can fight off dangerous emaciation; glaucoma sufferers who have used marijuana said it has prevented ... ...

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