While experts debate the medical use of marijuana, patients in Santa Cruz, San Francisco and Alameda County are lining up at Cannabis Buyers" Club to receive the drug. ... The New England Journal of Medicine has joined doctors and patients in support of legalizing the medical use of marijuana (San Francisco Chronicle 1).7 Through largely illegal since 1937, marijuana may prove an effective alternative to more commonly prescribed drugs for some diseases (Morganthau 23).8 Marijuana is often useful in the treatment of the following conditions: Glaucoma: Marijuana, by reducing intraocular p...

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Marijuana is a misunderstood drug. Many assume that the usage of marijuana, or cannabis, is dangerous, but it can be the exact opposite. So why is the legalization of marijuana in the United States such a problem for many people today? Considered to be a gateway drug and the reason for the downfall ...

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Re-Legalizing Marijuana as Medicine In 1937, Congress passed the Marijuana Tax Act, which prohibited the non-medical use of marijuana by requiring anyone who produced, distributed, or used the drug for medical purposes to register and pay a tax. Individuals found in violation faced charges of tax ...

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There Are Many Reasons That Marijuana Should Be Legalized Marijuana is a controversial subject in most anywhere in the world. There are many reasons why marijuana is thought to be a controversial topic, be it the psychoactive effects on the brain or the long term effects on the ent...

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Graham Boyd, an attorney representing a group of plaintiffs including eleven prominent cancer and AIDS physicians in San Francisco presented to a federal judge on Friday, April 11, 1997 the following statement: "The federal government has issued broad threats against physicians who might recommend marijuana to some of their seriously ill patients. ...

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In a study conducted by California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco during 2007, researchers found that marijuana turns off a gene called Id-1, a key gene that helps cancerous cells circulate throughout the body (Welsh and Loria). ...

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