Marijuana has been passed in New Jersey for medical use. There have been many stories of people where Marijuana has helped people relive pain (mostly walking or leg pain) but the question still remains whether or not the drug is medicine. The beneficial effects marijuana has had on people with nerve problems and appetite has doctors recommending it for patients; however, the turn off of the drug is that many patients request to doctors the use of Marijuana. The medical society is aware of how many supporters of the legalization of the drug are just tyring to get a safe way to buy it.
I think that Doctors should be given the right to heal in anyway they seem most effective. If the medical society supports the prescription of Marijuana I'll give it a thumbs up.
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Yea defining medicine can be a very tricky job. I mean it can be so subjective. Is medicine anything that realives discomfort or pain? Or does a medicine have to be approved by the FDA to get a special title. For me, if we cac sell cancer sticks at top dollar by just putting a "wrning" on the side, just legalize the stuff ^_^
ReplyDeleteI think the problem with marijuana is that its reputation is clouding people's judgement. People are so adamantly for or against legalizing it that it has turned more political than medical. As this article has pointed out, very few comprehensive studies have been done on its actual medical assets and complications. Instead, all the political and historical stigma should be taken away from marijuana and it should be tested and regulated by medical professionals like any other drug.
ReplyDeleteI agree with The Great Wall. The stigma is the ONLY reason medical marijuana has had such a hard time being passed in many places. The fact of that matter is that Marijuana has the ability to cease and if not that, then seriously decrease pain, increase appetite for those with eating disorders, silence the stomachs of queasy chemotherapy patients, and many many other medical benefits. It lacks the addictive quality of the immense amount of painkillers on the market, like morphine or valium. It also lacks the incredibly dangerous side effects that so many drugs have. It is a beautiful alternative, a cup of tea for a cold, and should be very much recognized. Marijuana is probably recommended by patients as much as oxyconton, percocet, and valium is. Should a cancer patient's health be less important than preventing the system from being taken advantage of by a small percentile? Not at all in my opinion. Restrictions have been made to make sure that New Jersey does not become California. I am not concerned with the citizens of america taking advantage of the new medical legalization, rather my only fear for the legalization is that companies will begin to lace it with chemicals as tobacco has been laced for economic purposes.
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