Marijuana has had analysis for its use as a medicine and the results showed improvements in the patients who were treated with this drug. ... I have researched for its positive effects when used properly, so that marijuana can be considered in treating patients. ... The Institute of Medicine has also this controversy when it said smoking marijuana is risky, but also recommended that critically ill patients should be allowed to use it under closely monitored settings (Koch 707). A specialist at the National Cancer Institute authorized his patients to use the drug, but not over do it (Koc...

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This prohibition has denied thousands of critically ill patients a drug that would effectively treat their illness and relieve their pain. ... Graham Boyd, an attorney representing a group of plaintiffs including eleven prominent cancer and AIDS physicians in San Francisco presented to a federal judge on Friday, April 11, 1997 the following statement: "The federal government has issued broad threats against physicians who might recommend marijuana to some of their seriously ill patients. ... We assert that doctors have the right to discuss medical marijuana with patients, and we are seeki...

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Somewhere in between providing bored high school kids something to do and being used to treat terminally ill patients marijuana has acquired the title of the "gateway drug." ... Among them are AIDS patients who say it stimulates their appetites and therefore countering deadly emaciation; cancer patients who say it aids in allaying ruthless nausea that comes with chemotherapy; glaucoma suffers who credit marijuana for saving their sight, and multiple sclerosis victims who claim it limits the muscle pain and spasticity caused by the deadly disease. In some patients marijuana has also been helpf...

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Marijuana has beneficial effects when used in medicinal scenarios for the treatment of pain; thus it should be an administered drug for patients who can benefit from the use of this drug. Marijuana has undergone analysis for its use as a medicine and the results have shown improvements in the patients who were treated with this drug. ... The Institute of Medicine has ignited the controversy when it said smoking marijuana is risky, but also recommended that critically ill patients should be allowed to use it under closely monitored settings (Koch 707). A specialist at the National Cancer Instit...

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Yet, he argues that these patients have nothing to fear, at least as far as long-term effects, as their illnesses do not provide that long-term future for them. He believes that because of this and the well known fact that the drug provides relief for these patients, the government is wrong in preventing the treatment from being available; as he puts it "a federal policy that prohibits physicians from alleviating suffering by prescribing marijuana for seriously ill patients is misguided, heavy handed and inhumane" (670). ... He counters that argument by saying that the nauseous sensations t...

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Cannabis is an effective reliever of the symptoms of multiple sclerosis, hypoglycaemia and, in certain instances, as a medication for the terminally ill. ... It gives terminally ill patients a chance to enjoy the rest of their life. ...

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Consequently, after so many testimonies and evidence from both sides, the unity of scientists, doctors, and medical cannabis patients nationwide urged the DEA to comply with the court's finding and halt the federal obstruction of medical cannabis research. ... Patients must have a safe immediate access to their medical cannabis by dispensaries, home cultivation, or medical cannabis programs. ... For example, a medical cannabis patient, Joseph Casias, was prescribed the drug in order to relieve and suppress his migraines induced from his inoperable cancerous brain tumor. ... The legalizat...

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War on Drugs." 1.) I have criticized President Nixon's, "War on Drugs" both morally and on expediential grounds. Do we have the right to stop an individual from becoming an addict? Force, direct or indirect, should not be allowed to prevent a person's choice to take drugs or alcohol. The ethical...

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Imagine that you were one of those people and somebody told you about an herb that could slow and sometimes stop this condition, but like always, here is the catch; that herb is ill! ... Marijuana is frequently beneficial in the treatment of many serious conditions. 1) Marijuana is useful in patients with: Glaucoma, cancer, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, chronic pain, and Aids. 2) All of those things that I just mentioned have been deemed legitimate by at least one court, legislature, and government agency in the U.S. 3) Marijuana has also been reported useful in treating arthritis, migrai...

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Levinthal references the spiral model of the stages to clearly illustrate that a patient may pass through these stages several times throughout the recovery process. 2 The fifth key component that facilitates successful recovery includes a strong support system of family and friends. ... Cooperation - The family may foster the addict's behaviour by purchasing their drug of choice because the addict is too ill or under the influence of the substance thereby creating a more dangerous situation. ... It offers hope to people who due to life circumstances are addicted to opiates and...

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Countless researches have been done over marijuana's medical uses and the conclusion is that marijuana is not the best available treatment for a patient. ... People believe that it is the safest and most effective medicine that can be used for terminally ill patients. ...

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Definition The use of illicit or illegal drugs or the abuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs for purposes other than those for which they are indicated or in a manner or in quantities other than directed. History of Drug Abuse Humans have used drugs of one sort or another for thousands of years. Wine was used at least from the time of the early Egyptians; narcotics from 4000 B.C.; and medicinal use of marijuana has been dated to 2737 B.C. in China. But not until the 19th cent. A.D. were the active substances in drugs extracted. ...

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