... minutes. Since the illegalization of Marijuana, there has been a controversy over if it should be legalized or not. This drug has worked a wide variety of causes between medical mirales to teen deaths. Before making the decision to legalize marijuana one needs to consider both the pros and cons of the situation. Marijuana can be used in one of three ways. The ... the Institute of Medicine it summarized that marijuana held a particular promise for alleviating nausea and vomiting in people undergoing chemotherapy. It also proved that marijuana showed potential for improving severe weight ...

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... other alcohol related incident, averaging out to roughly one person every 53 minutes (MADD, 2013). The CDC (Center of Disease Control) released their ARDI report (Alcohol Related Disease Impact) stating "teen alcohol use kills about 4,700 people per year, more than all illegal drugs combined " (MADD, 2013, par. 22). As a result of no accidents being reported due to marijuana impairment alone ... , Kolosov, & Pitt, 2013, p.3). Every aspect of the industrial hemp plant can be used to produce products, including the seed. A fully mature hemp plant can contain up to half its dry weight in se...

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... other alcohol related incident, averaging out to roughly one person every 53 minutes (MADD, 2013). The CDC (Center of Disease Control) released their ARDI report (Alcohol Related Disease Impact) stating "teen alcohol use kills about 4,700 people per year, more than all illegal drugs combined " (MADD, 2013, par. 22). As a result of no accidents being reported due to marijuana impairment alone ... , Kolosov, & Pitt, 2013, p.3). Every aspect of the industrial hemp plant can be used to produce products, including the seed. A fully mature hemp plant can contain up to half its dry weight in se...

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... smoked marijuana within the past month, and just less than one-half had tried marijuana during their lives ("How Marijuana Works"). According to "Up rise in Teen Usage of Marijuana," a new federal survey finds that more teen-agers are using marijuana because fewer of them see it as a dangerous drug. That perception led to an increase in Brown 6 overall drug use by ... month when they were surveyed last year, compared with 9 percent in 1996. The drug of choice among the group was marijuana, with 9.4 percent using it in 1997("Up Rise in Teen Usage of Marijuana"). According to "Medical Use...

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... did not show a significant IQ drop compared to the teens who smoked heavily (Health Effects of Marijuana Use, 2014). Another important aspect for many teen girls to be concerned with, due to the high rate of teen pregnancies in the United States, is smoking marijuana while pregnant. Smoking marijuana while being pregnant can affect the developing endocannabinoid or communication systems of the ... ...

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... vomiting that accompanies chemotherapy. Due to the constant vomiting many patients become progressively less willing to eat leading to a lack of strength and loss of weight. Some instances have even been recorded that at the sight of a member of the treatment team or the entering of the treatment room patients have ... "(Maier 22). Much like cancer patients the treatment of AIDS and the drugs that are used to do so cause nausea and rapid weight loss. The most commonly used drug in the fight against AIDS is "zidovudine" (85). Unfortunately, this drug causes additional nausea for the pati...

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... is not taken again there is a gradual lessening of the craving, although conditioned cues may exert an effect years afterward. Long-term use can result in digestive disorders, weight loss, general physical deterioration, and marked deterioration of the nervous system. Most drug-related emergency room visits are cocaine-related. marijuana Related: Pharmaceuticals or marihuana, drug obtained from ... can cause restlessness, acute anxiety, and, occasionally, depression. Although lysergic acid itself is without hallucinogenic effects, lysergic acid diethylamide, one of the most powerful dru...

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... enhances the sensory appeal of food ("Workshop"). Marijuana helps prevent nausea and vomiting during cancer therapy, which in turn, does cause the cancer patient to maintain a health body weight. Inhaled marijuana has the potential to improve chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting. The combination of a serotonin antagonist, in marijuana, plus dexamethasone prevents chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting in ... to HIV infection is increasingly prevalent in the era of effective prophylaxis for Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. Significant weight loss, more than twenty percent of ideal bod...

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... take place with someone who does not know the facts firsthand and there for exaggerate a little. It has been said that one marijuana cigarette (Joint) which is 0.4 grams -half the weight of a cigarette, which is equal from 16 cigarettes a to a pack of cigarettes (20 cigarettes) in its damaging properties when smoked. It has been scientifically proven that a single joint is equal ... not cause birth defects. There is little evidence that suggests fetal harm. Although there is some research that suggests that marijuana use during pregnancy is a cause of a slightly reduced birth weight and...

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... introcular pressure; helping those afflicted with glaucoma. Spacsticity, it is believed to help calm spasms from spinal cord injury. Stomach, marijuana helps restore the appetite in people who have lost weight from cancer or AIDS. Nausea, it combats nausea from chemotherapy and reduces vomiting (John Cloud, Time). Cannabinoids can relieve pain, reduce vomiting, and stimulate appetite in people with diseases, ... such as AIDS, that cause them to lose weight (Lila Guterman, Chronicle of Higher Education). One such report was released by the National Academy of Sciences" Institute of Medic...

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... put in the body to kill the cancer cells. Unfortunately, this also causes many unwanted side effects, one being extreme nausea. Some patients spend hours vomiting and coughing, resulting in weight loss and sometimes broken or 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 progression of the disease by attacking the HIV. Unfortunately, this drug damages the digestive system, and causes severe nausea. The patients also loose their appetites and therefore they loose...

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... herb (143). Smoking marijuana provides many affective treatments for people who suffer from cancer. Grinspoon points out that marijuana stimulants appetite which is important to cancer patients because of rapid weight loss they experience (143). Another way marijuana helps cancer patients is by preventing or reducing the nausea and vomiting the patient experiences after their chemotherapy treatments (Grinspoon 143). The advantages ... lessen the drawbacks of these drugs, the answer is within marijuana, which Grinspoon states as useful for people who suffer from AIDS because it relieves ...

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... most important cancer treatments developed. Along with this therapy comes the side effect 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 for the patient to sustain the will to live (24). Consequently, these side effects can cause the patient to jeopardize the effectiveness of the ... ...

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... loss of sight when conventional medication fails and surgery is too dangerous. In the AIDS patient, it not only relieves the nausea, but slows down weight loss by enhancing appetite as well. When patients regain lost weight, life can be prolonged. Recent research done by the Medical College of Virginia discovered that cannabis is an incredibly successful herb for reducing many types ... ...

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... , Crohn's Disease, Aids and Multiple Sclerosis. Patients who are HIV positive going through chemotherapy can have trouble keeping food down, so anything that helps them eat is helpful in gaining weight, 20% to 25% of patients in two1980s trials could completely control vomiting with marijuana, so for those feeling sick, inhaling a substance may be easier on their stomach than swallowing a pill ... , Sociologists, and Psychologists would indeed find negative effects of marijuana such as marijuana leads to other drugs but that depends on the individual, that being said the positive causes o...

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... stimulate their appetites helping them to eat when suffering away in the wasting process of the HIV and Aids infection. Many providers have also been impressed with positive results in weight gain and mood in those who smoke medical marijuana. In 1988 the DEA's own administrative law judge Francis L Young said, " marijuana is one of the safest therapeutically active substance known ... has proven its self to have some harmful long-term side effects, why let's those suffer who are already dying. I personally think that in comparison of marijuana the pros out weight the cons of the use me...

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... nine months." (New Scientist). Marijuana should be legalized in the United States for medical purposes. Greg Scott has aids and to prolong his life he began taking protease inhibitors. His weight dropped dramatically due to this drugs side effects like nausea, loss of appetite, and pain. "In fact, I"m certain that, had it not been for marijuana, I would have died," (CNN) Scott ... perfect medicine for this because it both suppresses nausea and increases your appetite," (CNN). There are many in the USA with aids who are taking protease inhibitors and suffering with weight loss and a lack...

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... marijuana is banned in most of the states, there are still many students using marijuana illegally everyday. According to a report on CBSNews "Frequent marijuana smoking up 80 percent among teen", there is about 1 in 10 teenagers said that they smoke marijuana at least 20 times a month. It's so dangerous for teenagers' development because the brain and the body has ... ...

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... high school seniors smoked it in the past year. Legalizing marijuana would keep minors from possessing or using it as frequently then in its current state of prohibition. With the height of the rate of seniors lighting up, it clearly states that pot prohibition is not working especially (coming from personal experience) when a bag of weed is easier to obtain than ... ...

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... . Long-term use of marijuana may destroy not only the body and mind, but also the whole life career. If a person starts using marijuana for recreational goals when he is a teen, he will become highly addicted several years later. This kind of drug-addiction may deeply affect his brain development. Therefore, his academic performance is really poor, and the probability of ... ...

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... victims undergoing the tragedies of society, and that they must rebel. If marijuana weren't illegal, none of this would occur. No long term effects and damages would occur to the teen's mind because there is no fear engraved into the many heedful and good-hearted young people among the United States. Instead, they would simply view it as an advanced cigarette ... ...

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... , migraines and nerve pain. Some benefits of medical marijuana include: anxiety relief, treatment for nausea and vomiting related to chemotherapy, pain management, boosts metabolisms, helps sleep disorders, and HIV related weight loss. Specialist state that medical cannabis works the same way as many popular antidepressants. Although a variety of drugs are available for depression, it is not effective in all cases, including ... ...

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... ?" 2007). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says depression is described by a lack of interest in activities which used to stimulate pleasure, inappropriate guilt, fatigue, a depressed or sad mood, weight gain or loss, difficulties concentrating, psychomotor agitation or retardation, as well as always having thoughts about dying. ("The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention: Depression ", 2013). Many people that suffer ... ...

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... children if used by their mothers during pregnancy. Although there is considerable disagreement among scientists and doctors as to the severity of the problem, there is evidence that low birth weight and physical abnormalities have occurred among babies whose mothers used the drug during pregnancy. There is stronger evidence that marijuana use has a negative impact on athletic performance, a result of research ... ...

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... intense chemotherapy for stage three breast cancer "(Patients fight for legal use of medical marijuana)." Along with nausea, patients undergoing chemotherapy often find it hard to maintain normal weight, and typically lose a considerable amount during the process. Marijuana has been shown to not only to reduce nausea, but stimulate appetite as well. For patients with cancer, marijuana can improve ... ...

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