... of the medicinal use of marijuana. There are many different things that must be considered other than the morals of the government and its citizens, or the rights of seriously ill patients, such as the research of marijuana's medicinal values. Others include the governments' laws, distribution and dosage complications, and possible drug abuse problems. The purpose of this paper is to ... those sufferers and the benefits of this substance.""(Young, 1988, p.1). However, not everyone shared his views, and prohibition continued, and marijuana remained a schedule 1 drug, closed to medical re...

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... marijuana has legitimate medical applications and should be available to doctors. Lyn Nofziger, former deputy chairman of the Republican National Committee, said, "Marijuana clearly has medicinal value. Thousands of seriously ill Americans have been able to determine that for themselves, although illegally. Like my own family, these individuals did not wish to break the law but they had no other choice ... California Action Network, the National Association of People With AIDS, and the New England Journal of Medicine ("Medicinal Marijuana Facts"). In conclusion, marijuana does have ther...

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... More calls for legalized cannabis 5). Political Turmoil and Reality Serra states that "We all appreciate that California voters passed Proposition 215, which allows for medical usage of marijuana for seriously ill Californians: a person with a recommendation from a doctor is entitled to grow and use marijuana" (74). Serra then illustrates somewhat of the opposite of what we saw in relationship to understanding medicinal ... up front that they are doing everything they can to de-actualize that law. That is, they will arrest people who have doctors' recommendations. They will seize plants...

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... to smoke it and "get high". This raises many questions as to why medical marijuana should be legalized. It is certainly not going to the right causes for terminally ill patients. It also isn't morally right to sell these drugs to people off of the streets. They say this drug is being used for a good cause, to help people in ... ...

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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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