Medical Marijuana Since marijuana was discovered, it was smoked to get high and to cope with suffering medical conditions. Scientists are now realizing that marijuana could help in some medical cases. "It's not particularly effective across the board, but it may be effective for some ...

People have been using marijuana (also known as cannabis) as a medicine for thousands of years, beginning in China, India, and the Middle East. Marijuana has beneficial effects when used in medicinal scenarios for the treatment of pain; thus it should be an administered drug for patients who can ben...

There is much controversy surrounding the issue of a medication that has been used around the world as early as 3000 BC. This drug used was derived from a plant called marijuana ( Cannabis sativa ). It was used in these early times in India, Central Asia, and China for various illnesses. This, of co...

The Use of Marijuana for Medical Purposes Marijuana is illegal in fifty states because of it's classification as an illicit drug, but controversial issues have been established that this "illicit drug" has improved the course of treatment for suffering patients in such illnesses as ...

The Uses of Medical Marijuana and Recreational uses Cannabis Sativa L. "Also known as: Hemp, cannabis hemp, Indian (India) hemp, true hemp, muggles, weed, pot, marijuana, reefer, grass, ganja, bhang, "the kind," dagga, herb, etc., all names for exactly the same plant!"(1) The...

Introduction: Put yourself in this position...your diagnosed with AIDS, cancer, glaucoma, or just chronic pain from old age. The medication your taking works, but after a while it is making your body dependent on the drug, eating away your stomach lining, you can't eat, you feel nauseated an...

If you are a hopeless patient and fighting severe pain due to illness, you would probably favor using marijuana for pain relief. Legalizing the medical marijuana is one of the most controversial issues in today's society. Marijuana or cannabis is widely used around the world. It causes hallucina...

Marijuana is a drug that has been in the media for years. There is a constant debate about if it should be used medically. The world is afraid of what they do not know about marijuana; for years we've been told, "say nope to dope." While marijuana can help for medical purposes it c...

In Waiting to Inhale: The Politics of Marijuana, author Alan W. Bock addresses both the political and philosophical argument in favor of freedom to use medical marijuana. His book is a good source of information on Medical Marijuana because he knows his stuff. This is in part due to his extensive ...

Legalization of marijuana for medical purposes is the center-stone of a large amount of controversy. People's opinions on the subject are swayed by bad depictions in the media and government's subliminal propaganda. Some examples maybe the marijuana commercials on television that portrays...

Legalization for an Ancient Plant (Cannabis Sativa) Marijuana is a controlled substance that should be legalized for medical and recreational use by responsible adults. With the Marijuana proposition coming up on the November ballot for legalization of up to 3 ounces. If approved, could generate ...

The earliest knowledge we have of marijuana comes from the Chinese around 3750 B.C. (A Brief History of Marijuana Prohibition par 1). A philosopher and farmer by the name of Shen Nung showed the Chinese how to use the oil and seeds for food and how to make rope and clothing from hemp. When Shen ...

One of the most popular and excessively used drugs in our day and age is the drug marijuana. Up until 1937, marijuana, also known as Cannabis sativa, was legal in the United States for all purposes. Now since then, marijuana hasn't been so accepting in our country. Cannabis sativa was banned with...

Imagine that every waking moment was consumed by pain and nausea caused by an illness, would you not ask for medication? What if the only medication legally available would leave you unconscious or do nothing at all? If you were the one suffering from illnesses that offer little treatment, would ...

Imagine that every waking moment was consumed by pain and nausea caused by an illness, would you not ask for medication? What if the only medication legally available would leave you unconscious or do nothing at all? If you were the one suffering from illnesses that offer little treatment, would ...

Over the past decade extensive medical research had been done in an effort to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. There have been a number of attempts in congress for a bill to be passed legalizing this drug. However congress has yet to pass the bills proposed. Will legalization of marijuan...

Over the past decade extensive medical research had been done in an effort to legalize marijuana for medical purposes. There have been a number of attempts in congress for a bill to be passed legalizing this drug. However congress has yet to pass the bills proposed. Will legalization of marijuan...

The debate over the legalization of Cannabis Sativa, more commonly known as marijuana, has been one of the most heated controversies ever to occur in the United States. It's use as a medicine has existed for thousands of years in many countries world wide and documented as far back as 2700 BC w...

Just Some Bad Logic "The Battle For Medical Marijuana in The War on Drugs" is an article written by William E. Stempsey debating over why the dispute against the legalization of medical marijuana "is just bad logic." The article is clearly for the legalization of marijuana fo...

Weeding Through the Debate: Should Medicinal Marijuana be Legal? Legalize Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes The debate is hot. Each side has its argument and is ready to fire away with statistics and facts. Should marijuana be legalized for medicinal purposes? Is marijuana actually ...

The United States, with one of the most culturally diverse populations in the world it should come as no surprise that we also have one of the most diverse asorments of medical treatments in the world. In the U.S. you can find the most sophisticated western medicine and also some of the oldest alte...

The debate over the legalization of marijuana and the use of medical marijuana has been strongly argued throughout the history of the United States and is still a very controversial issue. There are many strong arguments for the legalization of marijuana and the use of marijuana for medical purposes...

Cannabis sativa Nearly every part of the plant Cannabis sativa aka marijuana is used in different forms. This plant grows quickly up to about twenty feet and in many different environments. Its leaves consists of about five jagged edged leaflets, each attached from a slender stem to a thick, hal...

California's Medical Marijuana law Under federal law using marijuana in anyway is illegal. But starting on 1996 California passed proposition 215 making it legal to smoke marijuana if you have a serious illness and you need to obtain a doctors recommendation first. This law was passed beca...

Scott Norris English 112 Shelia Bennett March 14, 2000 Legalize It No man should have control about something he or she did not create, but that God created. We have minds, and we will choose for ourselves, whether or not we like it. Marijuana has an excellent medical forte. Marijuana als...