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. ... Yet, he argues that these patients have nothing to fear, at least as far as long-term effects, as their illnesses do not provide that long-term future for them. 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 marijuan...

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Somewhere in between providing bored high school kids something to do and being used to treat terminally ill patients marijuana has acquired the title of the "gateway drug." ... Among them are AIDS patients who say it stimulates their appetites and therefore countering deadly emaciation; cancer patients who say it aids in allaying ruthless nausea that comes with chemotherapy; glaucoma suffers who credit marijuana for saving their sight, and multiple sclerosis victims who claim it limits the muscle pain and spasticity caused by the deadly disease. In some patients marijuana has also been helpf...

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There are many who believe medicinal marijuana is in fact a beneficial way to cure patients of their aches and pains. ... Yet, medical marijuana is frequently favored by its patients, and may include risk of an emotional addiction. ... Nor can they disseminate themselves from drug taking" ("ARGUMENTS") Doctors in any way shape or form do not prescribe to the population that chooses to use this drug for medicinal purposes; it is simply a suggestion, which more or less would have a possibility to help the patient. Although, many patients become dependent on it; and yearn to obtai...

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Countless researches have been done over marijuana's medical uses and the conclusion is that marijuana is not the best available treatment for a patient. ... People believe that it is the safest and most effective medicine that can be used for terminally ill patients. ...

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In 1996, Californians for Medical Rights introduced Proposition 215, which would permit seriously and terminally ill patients, with a prescription from their doctor, to use marijuana in their medical treatment and protect them from criminal punishment. ... Despite the Supreme Court ruling, patients still used marijuana as a form of treatment for their diseases. ... Scientific evidence suggests that marijuana is helpful in reducing pain and suffering for patients with glaucoma, arthritis, chronic pain, and a variety of other serious ailments (NORML 3). For example, marijuana eases the nausea...

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Pain is the most common symptom for which patients seek medical assistance. ... Its efficacy is enhanced in patients who have developed tolerance to opioids."... Pro marijuana legalization groups such as the Physician's Association for AIDS Care, National Lymphoma Foundation argue that marijuana should be legalized in order to treat terminally ill patients. Among them are AIDS victims who find that marijuana stimulates their appetites so they can fight off dangerous emaciation; glaucoma sufferers who have used marijuana said it has prevented them from going blind, and cancer patients for ...

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Definition The use of illicit or illegal drugs or the abuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs for purposes other than those for which they are indicated or in a manner or in quantities other than directed. History of Drug Abuse Humans have used drugs of one sort or another for thousands of years. Wine was used at least from the time of the early Egyptians; narcotics from 4000 B.C.; and medicinal use of marijuana has been dated to 2737 B.C. in China. But not until the 19th cent. A.D. were the active substances in drugs extracted. ...

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