To doctors and pharmacists, it means a medication that can be used to treat pain and ease sickness. ... The "high" lasts two to three hours, but additional effects on motor control last much longer. ... Some states have no penalty other than a civil offense as opposed to other states, which have tough felony laws for simple possession. ... This will vanish overcrowding of prison cells and could help ease taxes on everyone. ... It eases nausea, helps control pain such as muscle spasms and spine injuries resulting from car crashes or sports, stimulates appetite, helps prevent seizures, helps to...

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Marijuana usage may have been common 20-30 years ago, but it really isn't any longer. ... No one thinks we have legalized cocaine because we let surgeon or anesthesiologists use it. ... Nevertheless, there has not been a single death by overdose (Foreman 4).2 As an enlightened society, we must reconsider the legalization of marijuana for medical use only as it eases pain and suffering of many illnesses. ... No one knows how many violent crimes these inmates commented without ever being caught. ... Although this system helps to avoid expensive trails and provides evidence for futur...

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Legalizing Marijuana Marijuana, pot, bud, weed, or cannabis Sativa, no matter how it is referred to it is still illegal to have, use, or prescribe in the United States. ... There are two sides to every issue, and this issue is no exception. ... This "wasting" is when the person loses dramatic amounts of weight, to the point where there is no excess fat or muscle on the patient, all that is left is the bare minimum. Marijuana assists in the alleviation of these side effects by easing the nausea that many AIDS patients suffer from, and also by increasing their appetite; so that once the nause...

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Anyone who wanted a quick joint to ease their mind before a 9:00 AM Advanced Writing and Literary Techniques class would be charged an outrageous government tax to buy it, instead of risking life and limb to illegally purchase one from some guy named Karl who doesn't deserve to share the air he or she breathes in let alone their hard earned money. ... Countless individuals waste away each and every dire day like rotting yak corpses as they wait in a long list of people who have increasing anxiety and growing hatred towards their government because of the meager reason that no one will hir...

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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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Marijuana is a plant with dozens of documented medical benefits, very few negative side effects, and no known attributable deaths. ... It appears that for as long as the Conservative party stays in power, legalization is not a strong prospect. ...

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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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