In any case, marijuana is useful in the medical field and should be legalized for that purpose. ... Marijuana was first mentioned in an American book in 1843 where it was recommended as a treatment for gout, tetanus, hysteria, depression, and common insanity. The drug was also prescribed for the treatment of dysentery, which was highly prevalent among Civil War soldiers, and until 1937, it was listed in the U.S. ... According to studies conducted by researchers at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Cornell Medical College in New York, and the National Institute of Health; marijuana undoubtedly c...

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In spite of the established medical value of marijuana, doctors are presently permitted to prescribe cocaine and morphine - but not marijuana. In the 1970s, cannabis was "re-discovered" as a medical substance. ... Marijuana was placed in Schedule I, which defines the substance as having a high potential for abuse, no currently accepted medical use in the United States, and a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision. To contrast, over 90 published reports and studies have shown marijuana has medical efficacy. ... By any measure of rational analysis, marijuana can be safely used...

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In the 1970s, cannabis was "re-discovered" as a medical substance. ... The Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, intended to prohibit marijuana's social use, was most effective in prohibiting medical use of the drug. ... Marijuana was placed in Schedule I, which defines the substance as having a high potential for abuse, no currently accepted medical use in the United States, and a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision. To contrast, over 90 published reports and studies have shown marijuana has medical efficacy. ... By any measure of rational analysis, marijuana can be safely...

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Subsequent Supreme Court decisions made it illegal for doctors to prescribe any narcotic to addicts; many doctors who prescribed maintenance doses as part of an addiction treatment plan were jailed, and soon all attempts at treatment were abandoned. ... The act dealt with prevention and treatment of drug abuse as well as control of drug traffic. ... Morphine , a strictly controlled opiate, and synthetic opiates, such as fentanyl, are most often abused by people in the medical professions, who have easier access to these drugs. ... It is seldom used illicitly except by doctors and other medical...

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In time, other components were added such as enforcement, treatment, education, and pre-venting for the would-be user. ... In fact, following the publication of two 1977 JAMA studies, the American Medical Association (AMA) officially announced its support for the decriminalization of marijuana. ...

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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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Strong evidence suggests that the law was instituted in order to prevent casual or non-medical users, frequently called dope fiends from obtaining the drugs outside of medical practice. ... Gazzaniga, professor of neuroscience at Dartmouth Medical School, puts it, There is a base rate of drug abuse, and it is [presently] achieved one way or another (121). ... Furthermore, Dutch efforts to license legal heroin use quickly ran aground amid huge increases in crime and overdose deaths, despite many efforts of treatment and information programs. ...

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Strong evidence suggests that the law was instituted in order to prevent casual or non-medical users, frequently called dope fiends from obtaining the drugs outside of medical practice. ... Gazzaniga, professor of neuroscience at Dartmouth Medical School, puts it, There is a base rate of drug abuse, and it is [presently] achieved one way or another (121). ... Furthermore, Dutch efforts to license legal heroin use quickly ran aground amid huge increases in crime and overdose deaths, despite many efforts of treatment and information programs. ...

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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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This Nation's reliance on drugs for pleasure, depression, and medical relief dominates the political and economic scene. ... Hoffman then sent LSD around the world to be tested and investigated to find medical uses. ... However in 1937 due to some of its medical and chemical properties, U.S. president Franklin D. ... Its is quite a useful plant, able to be manufactured into food, clothing, and more, however marijuana also has medical properties as well as a mind altering chemical called THC. ... Marijuana is one crop, which we could use for medical uses, manufactured goods, and rec...

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MDMA, which stands for Methylenedioxymethaphtamine, is most commonly known as Ecstasy. Some of the other commonly used street names for this drug include: "Molly", "E", "XTC", "Lover's Speed", and "Love Drug", but as of late, it is most commonly referred to as Molly. The main effects of this drug in...

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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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