1. Medical Marijuana
In any case, marijuana is useful in the medical field and should be legalized for that purpose. ... However, during the 1930's, the plant's favor began to fall as petrochemical plants lobbied for the plant to become illegal in order to reduce competition (Conrow 8), and despite objections from the American Medical Association and the pharmaceutical industry, the cultivation and consumption of the plant was finally banned in 1937 by the Marijuana Tax Act. ... According to studies conducted by researchers at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Cornell Medical College in New York, and the ...
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