Thousands of people across the country are forced to break the law to ease their pain. ... No prescription drug offers the benefits and potential of marijuana. ... (McCaffrey 27) There can be no proof until marijuana has been tested in a series of clinical trials. ... The federal government has no constitutional right to ban drugs, especially not if it overrides a state law. ... How long would the loudest opponent of medicinal marijuana live incapacitated by nausea or Marinol before he would turn to marijuana? ...

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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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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 patient will also begin to feel depressed, a form of negativity, since he/she has been in the hospital for so long that he/she might have been missing out on important family occasions. Most of the reasons why terminally ill patients request doctors to assist them in committing suicide might be caused by problems such as hopelessness because there is no effective treatment, anxiety over doctors' very expensive fees, and regret for their family's burden of taking care of them. ... This means the freedom of choice to choose whether or not they want to suffer and live a life with...

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American Well is an online care company that allows patients to be consulted by their physicians online without the long waiting hours in the hospital or scheduling months in advance. ... Their analysis of how customers perceived value in the medical centers indicates that most patients were, as stated before, reluctant to go because of the very long waiting list, another factor that affected the patients choice was the fact that their insurance was not always covering up their costs. ... Important details slip through the cracks at appointments and inquiries to insurance companies often resul...

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Patients want issurance that there will be no unreasonable efforts, an affirmation that the dignity to be sought in death is the appreciation by others of what one has been in life. ... It appears that many doctors have no respect for their patients" wishes. ... Change is in the air, brought on by forces that have put pressure on members of the medical profession to ease their control on patient care and treatment decision making. ... No group is more subject to the risks of litigation than the medical profession. ... No advance directive can anticipate every situation that could possibly aris...

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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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" (Code of Ethics) That obligation, in conjunction with full knowledge that, "there is no clinical evidence as to the minimal dose required to enact some cellular change," brought about the advent of the As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) protocol and, more recently, the Imaging Gently campaign. ... " (Lowe et al, 1999) Children, and especially infants, have the highest risk of developing radiation induced malignancy due to the rapid reproduction of cells relative to their longer life expectancy. ... (Harris, 2000) Ease of acquisition has inadvertently caused a two-...

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This so called "mercy killing" gives the patient a chance to escape potentially long-term suffering and misery resulting from terminal diseases and conditions that are hurting and or slowly killing the patient. ... "Darkling I listen; and, for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy! ... Throughout the early period of the colonies a...

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The nearest counties, Carson County or Briscoe County, have no practicing physician either. ... What this means is patients have difficulty getting health care, experience long waiting periods to see physicians, and having to travel to the city for specialty medical treatment. ... The U.S. government has a long history of a strong influence on the number and the specialty mix of physicians. ...

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