Medical Marijuana

Paper Summary:

This paper examines the argument for legalizing marijuana for medical uses, if not in general. It looks at how, although the Supreme Court has already rendered a ruling against legalizing medical marijuana, legislation legalizing it at the federal level would be one way to proceed. It also discusses how, even though there are factions that fear medical marijuana for no cogent reason, the National Institutes of Science has found that using it does not, in general, lead to using harder drugs.

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Introduction
The Continuing Debate
The Facts
Disorders and Diseases Affected by Marijuana Use
Solution
References

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"It is reasonable to conclude that, even if the terminally ill were being used as props, the likelihood would be that they'd be fine with that as long as they could get some relief from their endless suffering. In short, a reading of the rhetoric displays a legalistic juggernaut in operation, at the highest levels of government, which has no regard whatever for at least part of the population it is meant to serve. Cooperatives were formed to provide medical marijuana in various forms, however, some had been targeted by federal lawsuits aimed at shutting them down. One of these was the Oakland Cannabis Buyer's Cooperative, which was also under court order to stop dispensing the drug while the case was pending."

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