Pro marijuana legalization groups such as the Physician's Association for AIDS Care, National Lymphoma Foundation argue marijuana legalization in order to treat terminally ill patients. ... The legalization of marijuana would help people suffering from terminal diseases such as AIDS, Cancer and Glaucoma. ...
On one side there are those who claim marijuana is not an effective way to alleviate the pain of a terminal illness. However on the other side, there are those with the terminal illness who insist that smoking marijuana helps them to cope with everyday life. ... The case involved a group (the "buyers club) that distributed marijuana to terminally ill patients. ...
Since marijuana has a high potential for abuse and lack of accepted medical use, the manufacture, acquisition, distribution, and possession of marijuana, or cannabis sativa, is subject to regulation under Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, the most restrictive of the five federal c...