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This purpose of the inquiry is to determine that marijuana should be legalized based on its medicinal properties

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Marijuana should be legalized based on its medicinal properties

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Marijuana is a substance with many well-documented beneficial , medicinal properties , including analgesia , muscle relaxation , bronchodilation appetite stimulation , and sleep induction , among others .1-11 Marijuana has remarkably low toxicity and lethal doses in humans have not been described . This is in stark contrast to a number of commonly prescribed medications used for similar purposes , including opiates , anti-emetics antidepressants , and muscle relaxants , not to mention legal substances used recreationally , including tobacco

and alcohol . Arguably , marijuana is neither a miracle compound nor the answer to everyone 's ills . Yet it is not a compound that deserves the tremendous legal and societal commotion that has occurred over it (Simons et . all 255-74

a neuro-toxin , showing it to be less harmful than alcohol and tobacco Anti-legalisation activists would counter this by arguing that allowing teenagers to freely smoke marijuana would lead to an increase in consumption and an increase in the consumption of other drugs (Hawe Shiell 871-85

However this is not the case . According to the US Institute of Medicine marijuana is not addictive and is not a gateway drug . The US Department of Health also backs this up saying in 1995 "Most marijuana users do not go on to use other drugs " Since marijuana is not a toxin , it does not have a fatal dose indeed it has been estimated the user would have to smoke 100 pounds of marijuana a minute for fifteen minutes...

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