... possession. Is this sick man our enemy? A middle-aged man who does not have much time to live so he chooses to smoke a little weed to help ease the pain? A doctor put a pump of morphine in his body. Morphine is highly addictive and one can overdose on it. Yet marijuana is not addictive, one cannot overdose on it, and it would ... be illegal for a doctor to give this man any. So he is forced to go off and purchase off some street peddler and in turn become a convicted criminal. This is disturbing knowing that this ... arrest. These facts show that many states are aware of marijuana's me...

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... this classification is incorrect. Currently in the United States there are nine states that have passed laws that allow for the use and possession of marijuana by those deemed by a doctor to warrant the prescription of marijuana (Rose 14). The leader of these states was California that became the first to pass such legislation in 1996 with the ground breaking "Proposition ... be impossible and that the negative effects of smoking marijuana would outweigh any therapeutic value. The use of marijuana for medicinal purposes under the correct circumstances and as prescribed by a doctor shoul...

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... much rather deal with being fat from eating all the food the medical marijuana caused me to crave than to battle another disorder or pill addiction from the medications that a doctor prescribed me. In a March 2004 Providence Journal Joycelyn Elders, MD Former US Surgeon General stated, "The evidence is overwhelming that marijuana can relieve certain types of pain, nausea, vomiting and ... effects, how potent the marijuana is and its purity. The use of medical marijuana she be only allowed by patients that are registered and possesses a valid medical marijuana card from a doctor. Doctors...

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... the usage of their product in the states with "medical-marijuana laws". This is because once the state passes the law more people ask for marijuana and the doctor prescribes Marinol first. This standard doctor's practice is to issue all conventional medications before resorting to experimental drugs (i.e. marijuana). ". . .[O]nly about one in ten patients prefers Marinol to smoking pot"(44). This shows ... ...

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... other drugs, even aspirin that causes gastrointestinal bleeding, killing hundreds of people every year (Grinspoon/Bakalar 4).3 There are lots of drugs American society does not let people use except under doctor's care, for instance, cocaine, Demerol, est. No one thinks we have legalized cocaine because we let surgeon or anesthesiologists use it. Therefore, the notion that there is a link between medical ... , they point out smoking harms the lungs (Donnelly 3).4 The American Medical Association does not condone the use of marijuana, although it does support further stating that under th...

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... , the only thing that made them hungry and decreased their nausea were several hits of marijuana each day. Neither of them had ever been marijuana smokers before, but everything their doctor prescribed for them failed. In March of 1990, twelve police officers put a battering ram through the door of their mobile home, took their two 10-inch marijuana plants, and arrested ... those people whose last alternative for relief is marijuana. These people who are ill should not be punished by suffering. Prescription drugs are not to be taken unless prescribed by a doctor. So in fact, we are not l...

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... to using every illegal mind altering drug he ever studied. Another expert admitted he had not kept up new medical or scientific information on marijuana for over 18 years. Another doctor claimed there was voluminous medical research on the effectiveness of marijuana, but under oath, when asked to cite the number of the studies, he replied 'I would doubt very few.' (Use ... a list of ailments, including chronic pain, arthritis, migraine, and any other illness for which marijuana provides relief. Anybody wishing to use pot legally would only need an oral recommendation from a doctor" (Leo...

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... to using every illegal mind altering drug he ever studied. Another expert admitted he had not kept up new medical or scientific information on marijuana for over 18 years. Another doctor claimed there was voluminous medical research on the effectiveness of marijuana, but under oath, when asked to cite the number of the studies, he replied 'I would doubt very few.' (Use ... a list of ailments, including chronic pain, arthritis, migraine, and any other illness for which marijuana provides relief. Anybody wishing to use pot legally would only need an oral recommendation from a doctor" (Leo...

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... in those early days of America that Virginia introduced legislation in 1762 that exacted penalties on farms that didn't produce it. George Washington was an early hemp farmer and made notes in his diary about the quality of the hemp . There is nothing to indicate that George Washington smoked marijuana but the myth is prevalent among marijuana advocates. In 1793 the ... ...

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... medicine to treated diseases such as Alzheimer's, Glaucoma and Cancer. There should be limitations on legalizing marijuana by who can access this drug and for certain conditions or even from a doctor's recommendation. Marijuana should be legal to the public in terms of the citizens having a right to choose what they put in their bodies. The constitution defines our freedom and we ... ...

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... that I got my hands on came from my very best friend. Many people that I knew who had there hands on anabolic steroids, simply came from stealing and forging their family doctor's prescription pad. Fans of many sports have different opinions on sportsmanlike conduct. Do fans  really care if their favorite player is using enhancement drugs? For example in baseball, as stated ... ...

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... and the country needed to decriminalize Marijuana laws (Abramsky, 2010); that President Obama in 2008 stated it seemed appropriate to treat medical Marijuana like any other controlled drug prescribed by a doctor (Parloff, 2009); that the US Attorney announced the DEA would no longer perform raids on approved medical Marijuana dispensaries; that the Department of Justice (DOJ) would not prioritize prosecution of ... ...

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... ?' for this question 22 out of 30 people believe that it does not cause health issues. Many believe that its effects are only temporary and short term and that if a doctor feels as though it is necessary then it should be allowed. Of the 8 participates that believe marijuana causes health issues most of them stated that it can cause respiratory, memory ... ...

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... "). 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 by substituting smoked marijuana for alcohol in 1942. Out of seventy cases of alcoholics, fifty-nine reported clinical alleviation ... ...

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... are suffering from nausea. A home remedy, which pregnant mothers take for morning sickness, is to eat ginger biscuits. Kristin off of babycenter.com states, "I had severe nausea and vomiting, my doctor prescribed declectin and it worked. I felt normal and was able to eat properly and finally start to gain weight"(www.babycenter.com/tips/254.html). When ones stomach is upset ... ...

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... or not marijuana is superior or inferior to other drugs but whether or not some patients may obtain added or better relief from marijuana. Conclusion: So in conclusion, if a person's doctor believes marijuana will help them, and they are not opposed to taking it themselves, a patient should not be denied the potential benefit of cannabis or any of its derivatives. Cannabis ... ...

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... 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 therapy with complaints to the doctor in lowering the dosage. However, using marijuana in conjunction with the treatment of chemotherapy can prevent these horrible side effects. According to Lester Grinspoon and James B. Bakalar, "In a study of ... ...

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... , 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, and Virginia, began passing similar ... ...

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... medication was in China in 2727 BC. Marijuana was commonly used in the 19th century for treating PMS. Queen Victoria used it for premenstrual symptoms and menstrual cramps. An early doctor once said that when pure marijuana is one of the most valuable medications we possess. It is known as a drug that improves quality of life in certain cases, with few ... ...

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... they are more apt to become additive. Marijuana also can become additive but doctors give many of their patients a controllable dosage. Today, you cannot obtain this drug unless prescribed by a doctor, however the potential damages to the human body far outweigh the known benefits. Works Cited Dreyfuss, Robert. "Another Victory for Medical Marijuana." Rolling Stone 13 May 1999: 32-33, 105 ... ...

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... for a reason and it should stay that way. But the research which was performed and regurgitated to him was very surprising to him at the time, despite him being a heart doctor. Here is what I found. The most generalized question had to be asked, which is what do you think the negative effects of marijuana are? He simply stated all of the ... ...

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... whose last alternative for relief is marijuana. These people who are ill should not be punished by their own suffering. Prescription drugs are not to be taken unless prescribed by a doctor. So in fact, we are not legalizing a drug, only introducing a new weapon for fighting illnesses. This essay was to hopefully alleviate some of the hostilities toward marijuana. Its uses go ... ...

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... the safety of marijuana than most other legal drugs. Marijuana clearly has the ability to relieve nausea and vomiting, and when it is used under control with the consent of a doctor, it can be an effective alternative to currently legal nausea-relieving drugs that do not work for a patient. Like Chemotherapy, the standard treatments for HIV infections are very toxic. To ... ...

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... is illegal, it is legal for individuals who have cancer a and need this drug to get by in their daily lives. They would only be issued this marijuana with their doctor's approval. (www.mpp.org/statelaw/app_g.html) Common Defenses to Criminal Charges: All individuals accused of a crime are legally presented to be innocent until they are then convicted, either in ... ...

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... , Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Oregon. California has gone a step further and allows patients to possess and grow marijuana for personal medicinal use providing a doctor approves it. Missouri has gone out on a limb and petitioned the federal government, requesting a lift on the ban of marijuana(http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9702/weed.wars/facts/state ... ...

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