1. Marijuana
He case for this begins by stating that marijuana has been shown to relieve pain and nausea caused by terminal illnesses such as AIDS and cancer. ... 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). ... This could end tragically if those who are suffering from these terminal illn...
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...