The Government proclaims there is no therapeutic value in the medicinal use of marijuana, but they do not have hard evidence to prove it. ... Marijuana has eased the pain of chemotherapy, severe muscle spasms caused by multiple sclerosis, weight-loss due to the AIDS virus, and other problems . ... The National Institute of Medicine shows us that the benefits from cannabis short term use doesn't hinder the possible hazards of its long-term use . ...

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The Government proclaims there is no therapeutic value in the medicinal use of marijuana, but they do not have hard evidence to prove it (Grinspoon 46). ... Marijuana has eased the pain of chemotherapy, severe muscle spasms caused by multiple sclerosis, weight-loss due to the AIDS virus, and other problems (www.abcnews.go.com/medmj990317.html). ... The National Institute of Medicine shows us that the benefits from cannabis short term use doesn't hinder the possible hazards of its long-term use (Rosenthal 58). ...

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Marijuana, long outlawed by federal legislation, is making major advances toward legalization in the United States. ... For example, marijuana eases the nausea, vomiting, and the loss of appetite experienced by many AIDS and chemotherapy patients. ... marijuana in their jeans simply makes no sense - the kindest way to put it."" ... They also say that by making drugs legal, the people who have never tried drugs for fear of being caught by the law will have no reason to be afraid anymore and will become users (Legalization of Marijuana). ...

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When the law was passed there was virtually no opposition against it and there were no surveys or scientific studies that aided this decision made by congress. ... The vast majority of these people are regular, law-abiding citizens that otherwise would have no confrontations with the law. ... And since marijuana is one of the least harmful addictive substances, it could be applied to ease the withdrawals from addictions such as alcoholism (Dr. ... Long-term studies show that use of other illicit drugs among youth almost never occurs unless they have first used marijuana (Kane, Yacoubian). ...

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Scientific and clinical studies indicate that CBD is effective in easing symptoms of a wide range of conditions, including: arthritis, Asperger's, diabetes, epilepsy and alcoholism. ... "If legalisation permits sale to people suffering from a condition diagnosed by a doctor and scheduled in legalisation, there should be no problem with provision of cannabis by this route without waiting for completion of a clinical trial"[ CITATION Tom15 l 3081 ]. ...

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Rights, Motherhood, and the Problem of Prenatal Drug Exposure", there are currently no laws prohibiting pregnant women from using nicotine or consuming alcohol in the United States. ... Furthermore, there are no specific laws against a pregnant woman exposing her fetus to harmful drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamine, or MDMA (better known as Ecstasy). ... This woman's charges were a special case because there were, and still are, no official laws against prenatal drug exposure in the United States (Zivi 237). ... Despite all of those cases, there have been no official laws created ...

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LIBERTARIANISM Two hundred and twelve years ago thirty nine signatures spoke, gracing its delicate spaceless yet palatial surface with the ease and wave of a single downy bowed quill. ... The Bill of Rights was a revolutionary measure in that it guaranteed that our federal government could never lawfully advance outside it's authorized bounds and encroach upon the natural born rights of man to act as he chooses as long as the rights of others are not violated in the process. ... Libertarianism is the political philosophy rooted in the belief that people should be allowed to l...

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Original Reasons for using: Home remedies As time went by, "home remedies" were discovered and used to alleviate or ease aches, pains and other ailments or illnesses. ... No refinement or enhancement had occurred, and isolation of specific compounds (drugs) had not taken place. ...

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