Argumentation-Persuasion Essay

Davy Jones

Professor Mills

English 2010

7 July 2004

Politics Ignoring Science of Marijuana

Medical marijuana has been a for debate for many years . Where once , many years ago , it was almost unheard of , the times of science and reality are coming along and pulling ahead , and certainly bringing the medical properties of the herb along with it , and a doctors note

There are people and politicians alike who consider marijuana to be a gateway drug to harder drugs and a less than savory lifestyle . There are those who

claim that there really is no medicinal value to this leaf of THC . Those who claim this also claim that there is always an FDA approved drug out there that by far outweighs marijuana , in its usefulness , for the same problem . In a recent study by the Mayo Clinic , THC was shown to be less effective than standard treatments in helping cancer patients regain lost appetites (Exposing the Myth of Smoked Medical Marijuana-US DEA

The FDA , DEA and those on Capitol Hill are constantly trying to deny any medicinal purpose of marijuana . The FDA claims that there is no FDA testing submitted yet in 2004 the FDA turned down Dr . Lyle E . Craker 's request to perform an FDA trial (NY Times April 21 , 2006 . With not even being allowed to perform an actual clinical trial for the FDA the FDA cannot get the truth whether it be right wrong or indifferent . This just goes to demonstrate that politics do...