1. Cannabis
A shortcoming of the decriminalization of marijuana may be that it can be more easily attained by children; however, marijuana may prove to be more beneficial to society by reducing illogical criminal detention, alleviating terminally ill patients, as well as encourage economic reform. ... Medical marijuana could be valuable to hundreds of thousands of terminally ill patients worldwide. ... Thirteen different states now have the authority to prescribe medicinal marijuana to ill patients. ... Marijuana has proven to be a beneficial substance that's properties promote wellness in...
Primary caregivers are people who may have contact with the medicinal marijuana for somebody who is too ill to prepare it themselves. The Medical Marijuana Law does not cover all terminally ill or debilitating medical conditions. ... The public can petition the Medical Quality Assurance Commission to add any other terminal or debilitating conditions to the list. ... Primary caregivers are people who may have contact with the medicinal marijuana for somebody who is too ill to prepare it themselves. ... Whether or not, medical-grade marijuana can help many terminally ill patients and shouldn...
Pro marijuana legalization groups such as the Physician's Association for AIDS Care, National Lymphoma Foundation argue marijuana legalization in order to treat terminally ill patients. ... The legalization of marijuana would help people suffering from terminal diseases such as AIDS, Cancer and Glaucoma. ...
On one side there are those who claim marijuana is not an effective way to alleviate the pain of a terminal illness. However on the other side, there are those with the terminal illness who insist that smoking marijuana helps them to cope with everyday life. ... The case involved a group (the "buyers club) that distributed marijuana to terminally ill patients. ...
The prohibition of marijuana has denied critically ill patients across the United States a drug that would effectively treat their illness and relieve their pain. ... A section of proposition 215 of California which was voted on and passed in 1996 reads: To ensure that seriously ill Californians have the right to obtain and use marijuana for medical purposes where that medical use is deemed appropriate and has been recommended by a physician who has determined that the person's health would benefit from the use of marijuana in the treatment of cancer, anorexia, AIDS, chronic pain, spa...
In the U.S., cannabis sativa, which is better known as marijuana, is illegal for medicinal purposes because federal law includes it in Schedule I, a category for drugs deemed unsafe, highly subject to abuse, and possessing no medicinal value. After many scientific researches and people investigating...
There are many different things that must be considered other than the morals of the government and its citizens, or the rights of seriously ill patients, such as the research of marijuana's medicinal values. ... Depriving the terminally ill from effective treatments due to age-old prohibition needs to stop. ...
Political Turmoil and Reality Serra states that "We all appreciate that California voters passed Proposition 215, which allows for medical usage of marijuana for seriously ill Californians: a person with a recommendation from a doctor is entitled to grow and use marijuana" (74). ... They will seize plants grown by terminally ill people and turn them over to the district attorney. ...
Since marijuana has a high potential for abuse and lack of accepted medical use, the manufacture, acquisition, distribution, and possession of marijuana, or cannabis sativa, is subject to regulation under Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, the most restrictive of the five federal c...
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. ...
For many years now, pondering minds have questioned the thought of having marijuana, or cannabis sativa, listed as another medicinal drug. Some say that marijuana can not be used as a medicine and that there is no evidence of its medicinal purpose; But on the other hand, there are those who think differently and pose marijuana as a potential use in today's modern world. In any case, marijuana is useful in the medical field and should be legalized for that purpose. Cultivated for at least 5,000 years and serving as one of the oldest crops not grown for food, the marijuana plant began it...