... without differentiation and has systematically and hysterically resisted science."(Koch 714) Possibly if the two "sides" would work together an agreement could be established concerning procedures for further development and treatment. Marijuana has eased the pain of chemotherapy, severe muscle spasms caused by multiple sclerosis, weight-loss due to the AIDS virus, and other problems . Experts from the National Institute ... stimulants, but it is not quite as addictive . With all the research and time spent on the use of marijuana as a medical treatment, one would think that cannabis is...

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... a claim for assistance based on income, W-2's, and CFX140's. Most patients come by way of referral through the county courts, Department of Corrections, substance abuse centers, and diagnostic centers. The treatment involved at the 1016 House is mostly therapy and counseling. If patient needs detoxification therapy or methadone treatments they are referred out to another facility. This center does not discriminate ... is addressed, (addicts) get better mentally and physically. This does not mean (they) ignore the other aspects of this illness while in treatment. Treatment is based on spi...

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... , and do not become addicts. Some surveys on marijuana use in America have shown that nine out of ten people who have tried marijuana have since quit. Supporters of anti-medical marijuana argue that the drug is easily abused and can lead to numerous physical and psychological harms including memory loss, distorted perception, problems with learning and coordination, an increased heart ... dependence can result in stunted emotional and social maturity as some users lose interest in school, job, and social activities. About 100,000 people each year resort to drug abuse treatment programs t...

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... the practice of sales, distribution, and trafficking of the substance provided to them by treatment clinics. Methadone treatment creates a high level of both tolerance and toxicity within its users. The American Medical Association (2010) and the American Society of Addiction Medication (2000) concluded that methadone treatment as a harm-reduction protocol and as a means of controlling heroin, morphine, and ... the community because of its long-lasting effects (approximately 24-36 hours) after administration (Department of Justice, 2007). As a treatment protocol that has been given the a...

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... cure. Patients with opiate physical dependency were considered to have inherited an addictive personality or psychological disorder or to have suffered with a dysfunctional family life. The medical community lacked the desire to find a treatment for what they believed was a hopeless condition and refused to deal with it. This problem must be addressed and dealt with. Some feel that replacement therapy ... already overcrowded jail system. Nationally, opiate addiction is going to be a problem until the right avenues are pursued for effective treatment. Medical insurance has to change and th...

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... of the Controlled Substances Act, which divided drugs into five schedules and placed marijuana in Schedule I, the category for drugs with high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use."(Lykestos, 2) In 1972, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Legislation (NORML), an organization that supports decriminalization of marijuana, unsuccessfully petitioned the Bureau of ... Schedule II. NORML argued that marijuana is therapeutic in numerous serious ailments, less toxic, and in many cases more effective than conventional medicines. Thus, for 25 years the medical mariju...

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... for severe pain, cough suppression, and sometimes before surgery. It is seldom used illicitly except by doctors and other medical personnel who have access to the drug. It is injected, taken orally or inhaled, or taken through rectal suppositories. Methadone treatment has been useful in curing morphine addiction. cocaine Related: Pharmaceuticals (kōkān', kō'kān) , alkaloid drug ... derived from the leaves of the coca shrub. A commonly abused illegal drug, cocaine has limited medical uses, most often in surgical applications that take advantage of the fact that ... to cocaine's being ...

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... to treat illnesses (Lapey, "Marijuana as Medicine"). In over twelve thousand studies on marijuana, the drug has never been proven to be effective for treatment (Lapey, "Marijuana is NOT"); nevertheless, this controversial debate over legalizing marijuana for medical use parallels with another dilemma in history. Kevin Costello, MD, reflects upon a time when the United States was arguing over the legalization of ... Laetrile, a drug that was not FDA approved but was believed to be an effective cancer treatment (McNaughton). He states, "The public made a great outcry that the medical estab...

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... keep it from helping people? Although, according to the NEI, medical marijuana may have no medicinal value at all. "In an effort to determine whether marijuana, or drugs derived from marijuana, might be effective as a glaucoma treatment, the National Eye Institute (NEI) supported research studies beginning in ... smoked marijuana. 

The identification of side effects from smoked marijuana, coupled with the emergence of highly effective FDA-approved medications for glaucoma treatment, may have led to diminished interest in this research area" ("Top"). Side effects of marijuana can be ...

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... would have much easier access to it. Countless researches have been done over marijuana's medical uses and the conclusion is that marijuana is not the best available treatment for a patient. Years ago, the American Medical Association considered the therapeutic potentials and hazards of marijuana. As the American Medical Association examined marijuana's emerging therapeutic possibilities, they found more and more evidence that marijuana ... have proven to be safe and effective for both adults and children and generally have only mild side effects. Another group of drugs proven safe and ef...

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... suffering from seizures. By the time she reached the age of three, she was having up to 300 seizures per week, all while being on seven different medications. After beginning treatment using medical marijuana, her seizures decreased to two or three per month. (Grupta, 2013) follows up with, "I have seen more patients like Charlotte first hand, spent time with them ... approximately $5.9 billion.  Taken together ($15.3 billion), this is just over six percent of the nearly $237.8 billion adjusted for 2009 inflation) in alcohol-related costs from health care, treatment services, lost prod...

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... for the National Review, just "because a cocaine addict used marijuana first doesn't mean he is on cocaine because he smoked marijuana" (Lowry, "Weed Whackers"). Marijuana succeeds as a medical treatment where other prescription drugs fail. Experts from the National Institute of Health or NIH have confirmed that marijuana is an effective, safe and inexpensive alternative for treating nausea caused by ... of marijuana. One strategy would consist of the government exercising strong regulatory powers over all large-scale production and sale of marijuana. The second strategy is to make drug...

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... Civil War, morphine (a derivative of opium) was implemented for it's anesthetic qualities and was used as a main ingredient in many medicines. Marijuana was also implemented by the medical community in the treatment of migraine headaches, insomnia and rheumatism and cocaine to treat sinusitis, hay fever, and chronic fatigue. These drugs were not only medicinal, however, and they became popular ... Australian Commonwealth Department of Human Services and Health, the American Public Health Association, the British Medical Association, and the New England Journal of Medicine have produced ...

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... market with minimal negative effects on the body. Other legal drugs are not as safe, but still are sold over the counter. The use of Marijuana should be allowed for medical purposes, and the Federal Government should change its laws towards this natural substance. Cannabis sativa is a hemp plant that grows in warm weather, or inside under strictly controlled conditions. There ... are beginning to permit certified patients to use marijuana. Currently ten states have laws that allow licensed pharmacist to distribute marijuana type drugs to a person receiving radiation or cancer chemothera...

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... , thanks to today's equipment and medicine, patients can conquer their dependence and live ordinary, productive lives. The fundamental goal of all treatment programs is to enable the patient to permanently abstain from substance abuse; short-term goals are to minimize the medical and social consequences of drug use, and help recovering addicts function normally in a clean society. Over the past few decades ... , studies conducted by the National Institute of Drug Abuse show that treatment does in fact work to reduce drug intake. Some medications are also used to ... or group counseling. ...

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... from using drugs; by setting an example of traffickers, the government could force potential dealers to seek out other economic pursuits. In time, other components were added such as enforcement, treatment, education, and pre-venting for the would-be user. During the 1970s it became apparent that the war on drugs was winning few, if any, battles. New avenues for supply ... marijuana smoke for a year found no evidence of structural or neurochemical changes in the brains of rhesus monkeys. In fact, following the publication of two 1977 JAMA studies, the American Medical Association (AMA) ...

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... symptoms of drug dependence. According to the IOM, observable cannabis withdrawal symptoms are rare and have only been identified under unique patient settings. These remain limited to adolescents in treatment facilities for substance abuse problems, and in a research setting where subjects were given marijuana or THC daily. Compared with the profound physical syndrome of alcohol or heroin withdrawal ... agitation and sleep disruption. However, for the overwhelming majority of marijuana smokers, these symptoms are not severe enough to re-initiate their use of cannabis. Critics of the medi...

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... of balancing prison and jail overcrowding, public policy, the right to fair and equal treatment, and assessing those who can be rehabilitated have the opportunity to additional resources. Every taxpayer should care about it. Taxpayer money is spent housing, clothing, feeding and medical care on offenders in jails and prisons that are not providing much in the ... court works closely with prosecutors, public defenders, probation officers, social workers, and other justice system partners to develop a strategy that will pressure an offender into completing a treatment program and abstaini...

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... for those convicted of a crime but did not need residential housing. One could conclude that such agencies represent an alternative to traditional models that found little to no rehabilitation or treatment taking place for those convicted of a drug related crime. As stated, in the agencies thirty years of operation, it service offering has increased to over twenty-five programs. Unfortunately ... serve the masses of people dependent to drugs and alcohol. Problem Statement The problem for Oriana House is straight forward. Throughout its history, the facility and treatment programs catere...

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... was classified as Schedule One, not having any medicinal value and addictive (Whitebread 15). In 1996, Californians for Medical Rights introduced Proposition 215, which would permit seriously and terminally ill patients, with a prescription from their doctor, to use marijuana in their medical treatment and protect them from criminal punishment. The proposition passed and other states, such as Arizona, Vermont, Ohio, Massachusetts ... ruled that the state laws were unconstitutional since they violated the federal drug law (Supreme Court 1). Despite the Supreme Court ruling, patients stil...

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... possess a gun. In other words, the large majority of these felons should not be viewed as individuals endangering our society. The truth is, behind these preconceived views, there are substantial medical values. Marijuana is a very versatile drug, and is capable of relieving a wide range of symptoms. Marijuana does less damage to the lungs than cigarettes do over time, it is ... fractured bones caused by the constant coughing. Some doctors believe that as many as one in three patients will discontinue their chemotherapy treatment because of the unbearable nausea. For many patients, when ...

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... component that promotes addiction recovery is that the individual enter into an appropriate treatment program suited to the type of addiction and their specific needs. Treatment may include a combination of programs, facilities, services and therapies including pharmacologically based treatment. Depending on the nature of the addiction and personal needs, the medical community strongly suggest that an individual considered the following options and combination thereof ... : 1. a twelve-step program, such as Alcoholics Anonymous or Rational Recovery, 2. an outpatient treatment program off...

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... as methadone is an addicting drug and patients are required to take daily doses of methadone,maintenance of abstinence is impossible. Instead, successful outcome is assessed by voluntary retention in treatment, increased productivity (as evidenced by employment or education), cessation of criminal behavior, and termination of drug abuse (Platt, and Labate 267). The Internet site DRCNet.org list ... black market opiate addictions, and their negative social health/economical implications may be rapidly spreading. According to the World Wide Web site by Narconon of California, "Methadone ma...

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... legal and illegal drugs, it is unlikely to create a dramatic increase in demand for narcotics. As Michael S. Gazzaniga, professor of neuroscience at Dartmouth Medical School, puts it, There is a base rate of drug abuse, and it is [presently] achieved one way or another (121). Gazzaniga and ... Furthermore, Dutch efforts to license legal heroin use quickly ran aground amid huge increases in crime and overdose deaths, despite many efforts of treatment and information programs. The consensus legalization opponents have come to is if legalization will not work overseas, there is nothing to...

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... and ensures correct distribution of tax dollars. On October 18, 2002 Michigan's Governor Engler stated "We know that drugs are a significant barrier to employment, and testing and treatment for welfare recipients for drug use is consistent with our goal of helping them reach true self sufficiency." When seeking employment many companies require drug tests before hiring an individual ... . These tests are crucial in order to prepare individuals on welfare for the harsh realities of the working world. A drug dependent welfare recipient who acquires drug treatment and effectively completes ...

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