Doctors need drugs sometimes for medical use. "Two prime uses of marijuana are for the treatment of glaucoma and as an adjunct to cancer chemotherapy. ... "The psychedelic drugs, such as LSD, peyote, and ecstasy have shown promise in aiding psychotherapy and in reducing tension, depression, pain, and fear of death in the terminally ill; they also have demonstrated some potential, as yet unconfirmed, to aid in the treatment of alcoholism" (Inciardi/McElrath, 294). ... The use of illegal drugs should be permitted for medical purposes even if they never get legalized. ... "The solution of the pr...

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Medical marijuana is just too hard for people in need of it to obtain it because it is considered an illegal drug. Only 8 people were allowed to be prescribed marijuana medically to treat an illness, disorder, or disease. How do you think the people with massive migraines or depression felt when they got denied over and over again of their treatment? ...

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An addict who wants treatment has to admit to being a criminal before receiving treatment. 7.) ... This serious medical injustice is directly linked to pressures placed on physicians who prescribe drugs. 8.) ...

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Marijuana should be legalized because current drug laws are not working, it has medical uses, crime rate will decrease, and the War on Terror can be won if marijuana is legalized. ... Advocates for medical marijuana says that marijuana is extremely useful and insist on the words of Dan Geary, a leader for the Nevada movement to legalize medical marijuana, "this is a public-health issue and completely unrelated to the war on drugs." ... According to John P Morgan, M.D some states such as California and Arizona approved in 1996 to remove state criminal penalties for possessing mariju...

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Marijuana also has many medical benefits. ... Today, marijuana has proven to be beneficial in the treatment of many more medical conditions including glaucoma, cancer, and asthma. Right now, the use of marijuana for medical purposes is only legal in California. In 1996, voters in California approved a law that eases regulations on medical marijuana. ...

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Jim Thacker was a 49 year old man suffering from Melanoma" and receiving Chemo Therapy treatment. ... Then his doctor recommended Marijuana treatment. ... Should first allow Marijuana to be used for medical purposes. ...

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Experts who have kept track of medical data report that marijuana is rarely mentioned in death reports. ... Another argument is that only through law enforcement and criminal justice pressure do addicts receive treatment (Bender 78). This may be true, but the government could still enforce treatment on addicts that are posing a threat to society. ... Better treatment facilities can also be created through the taxation of drugs for those that choose to receive help (Nadelmann 2). ...

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Victims of glaucoma and those needing antinausea treatment, for example, would find marijuana easily available. Also, the cloud of suspicion would disappear, and doctors could get on with investigating marijuana's medical uses without fear of controversy. ...

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Victims of glaucoma and those needing antinausea treatment, for example, would find marijuana easily available. Also, the cloud of suspicion would disappear, and doctors could get on with investigating marijuana's medical uses without fear of controversy. ...

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If the war were to shift from the criminal justice system to the medical and therapeutic systems, the main beneficiaries would be the judicial system and those in the medical profession. ... Those in the medical and therapeutic fields would have the opportunity to become more educated on drug use and its effects, make more of a monetary profit with the increased flow of patients, and possibly develop treatments or vaccines for other diseases. ...

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Leslie is suffering from Stage-IV cancer. Chemotherapy cannot benefit her case; she is going to die. The doctors have offered her morphine and Oxycontin to help make her last two months comfortable. As a mother of three children, Leslie would like to spend her last moments coherent, not drugged-up...

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"Proponents of marijuana legalization are attempting to con voters with deceptive referenda on medical marijuana. ... Some advocates of the war drugs actually feel that further research on the possible medical benefits of marijuana should be considered, but people should never forget that marijuana is a dangerous and addictive mood-altering substance. Marijuana proponents are using a platform of medical agenda to legalize all marijuana use. ... Meyers, a drug addiction physician at Kaiser Permanente in Carson, California, stated in an argument that this medical agenda of the proponent...

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Although we hear terms like "The War on Drugs" and "Drug Treatment", a fresh approach to this issue is needs to come soon. ... Although a person may feel that he or she can't live without their particular "addiction", there is no scientific proof or medical test for an addict. ...

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YOUTH COMMUNITY TEAM Adolescence is considered as specific developmental stage, from teenage years to early twenties. Adolescence is a changing time young people go through. It is a time where a young person no longer considers themselves as child, yet some are still short of skills needed to successfully cope with adult situations. During this time, adolescents move toward maturity and often develop different values, interests and attitudes. Young people often confront difficult choices, like less freedom of expression. ...

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The underground society of weed smokers Outline Although weed is an illegal drug an underground society still exists that utilizes sellers of the product to satisfy the consumers in the society whose unique techniques for achieving effects that they want from the drug. I. There are personal use...

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