... an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; of the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government of a redress of grievances" (Rosenthal 10).The government is not to make any law restricting religion, ... this fact can be used to enhance medications to work more economically. Survey data on appetite stimulation showed that ninety-one percent of marijuana users eat every time they smoke. It was also concluded that ninety-three percent of marijuana users reported that it made them en...

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... any problems that the drug may cause. For years, chemotherapy and glaucoma patients have smoked marijuana to alleviate the terrible pain that illness inflicted upon them. Yet, many of these people are sentenced to jail time because they are caught using the substance. Only a few states, such as California and Arizona, have allowed residents to buy prescription marijuana for medical reasons ... order to reduce the pain that medicines like Tylenol simply do not affect. The product also increases appetite, and is sometimes used to encourage underweight AIDS and anorexia patients to eat. Al...

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... began to unravel the positive effect of the "gate way drug" Medical marijuana should be legalized because of its helpful effects on patents suffering from cancer, HIV, and epilepsy. Many people around the world are suffering and dying slowly of cancer, and many have been put through the harsh side effect of chemotherapy. The side effects can be so devastating that ... help those suffering from cancer its also helps those suffering form the fatal diseases such as HIV. Many patients have found it to help stimulate their appetites helping them to eat when suffering away in the wasting proc...

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... widely used drug in North America after a alcohol and cigarettes, which are both legal. Both of which are considerable worse for you health wise. Anthropologists would also find that many people have already shown that they feel marijuana should be legal which is shown through the wide spread usage, we should take that as a strong indication and courts should too. It ... . (www.drug-statistic.com). Finally they would find out how much it is costing government to enforce Canada's pot laws is estimated at 300 million dollars, with only 20,000 people arrested on marijuana possession charges...

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... Proposition 215 and thus exempt from any state level penalties. Since then, nine states have followed suite with the latest being Maryland earlier this fall. But why do thousands of people claim to use marijuana for medicinal purposes? The therapeutic effects of smoked marijuana lie in the result of the drug itself. When smoked, marijuana gives the user a "euphoric state" (Barber ... dry heaves, the worse and more profound of these being the constant nausea and vomiting that accompanies chemotherapy. Due to the constant vomiting many patients become progressively less willing to eat lea...

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I was introduced to marijuana as a 15 year old through my best friend. Every Friday night we walked to our village to eat pizza and wait for someone to buy us beer. One night he introduced me to an older neighborhood friend who brought us into the woods, ... reduced cost. It has also shown effectiveness as an anti-spasmatic in conditions such as MS, epilepsy and paraplegia as well as a pain reliever and appetite stimulant for people with H.I.V., AIDS and cancer. Billions of dollars are spent annually on prescription drugs used to lift our spirits or calm our nerves. Harmful or highly addictive...

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... consumer health and safety. Economically, the production of drugs in the United States would benefit the financial well being of the American government and people. Taxes would immediately be placed on marijuana, thus resulting in a significant increase in government income. The more money the government receives is money ... of profound nausea and vomiting, which can last for days or even weeks. Patients begin to lose weight and strength because they cannot eat or even stand the sight or smell of food. The lack of strength and loss of weight makes it more and more difficult ... of naus...

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... medicinal purposes because federal law includes it in Schedule I, a category for drugs deemed unsafe, highly subject to abuse, and possessing no medicinal value. After many scientific researches and people investigating the evidence, this has been proven to be quite inaccurate. First of all, Francis L. Young, the Drug Enforcement Administration's chief administrative law judge, concluded not only ... caused by AIDS and by treatment with AZT and other drugs. According to the National Institutes of Health, marijuana "increase[s] food enjoyment and the number of times individuals eat per da...

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