Medical Marijuana

Running Head : MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Medical Marijuana

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Introduction

Medical used of Marijuana ranks among the unique and controversial issue in today 's world . The argue usually centers around two groups those who support that marijuana is for medical used (pros and those who don 't support that marijuana is for medical used (cons . Marijuana is a prepared mixture of the dried , flowering tops , leaves , and stems of the hemp plant , Cannabis sativa (Milhorn , 1994 . Proprietary

Cannabis extracts containing a mixture of cannabinoids , terpenoids , and flavonoids are currently being developed and tested (McPartland , 1999 Cannabis has become one of the most widespread and diversified of plants (Grinspoon , 1993 . Cultivated and grown wild throughout the world in temperate and tropical areas , the leafy cannabis plant grows for one season , dies , and then reproduces through its seed . Many research findings have ambiguous results on marijuana for medical used . This helps the reader to have deeper understanding of marijuana in terms of medical used . It provides grounds for pros and cons for medical used of marijuana . As my opinion , I support marijuana is for medical public used

PROS to Marijuana for Medical Use

Marijuana in its natural form is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man ' stated Frances Young , chief administrative law judge for the Drug Enforcement Administration (Chilcutt , 2000 .Opponents claim there is no thorough scientific or medical research to support the medical use of marijuana . This is disingenuous . In a 1999 study sponsored by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy , the Institute of Medicine concluded that 'marijuana is an effective treatment and is neither addictive nor a gateway drug ' Scientists like of pharmaceutical companies that develop and distribute 'orphan drugs ' for rare diseases have diligently studied and supported the use of medical marijuana for the sick and debilitated Marijuana is relatively safer than alcohol in terms of its drug effects on the human individual and society . It is a tamed drug , and does not cause a hundred thousand deaths each year as alcohol and does not result in cirrhosis of the liver , marijuanaism ' or numerous other health problems related to alcohol abuse . The dramatic change of view is the result of clinical experience . Doctors and nurses have seen that for many patients cannabis is more useful less toxic , and less expensive than the conventional medicines prescribed for diverse syndromes and symptoms , including multiple sclerosis , Crohn 's disease , migraine headaches , severe nausea and vomiting , convulsive diss , the AIDS wasting syndrome , chronic pain and many others (Grinspoon , 2003

Good Effects Marijuana

The hazards used of marijuana have been somewhat controversial and ambiguous , because many of the early adverse reactions were studied using an animal model , rather than a human one . But now , the effects of marijuana on humans are more clearly known , due to extensive research

The scientific community is certain that marijuana reduces coordination slows reflexes interferes with the ability to measure distance , speed and...