Legal Medication - Medical Marijuana
Essay by hadynmayes • April 24, 2018 • Essay • 411 Words (2 Pages) • 1,047 Views
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Pros- Medical marijuana can reduce or controls seizures, ADHD,ADD,vomiting,cancer,eating disorders. The THC can slow Alzheimer’s other components in marijuana can reduce muscle spasms, and PTSD.
Cons- Marijuana can slow reaction speed , reduce sexual capacity, increased risk of heart attack, higher risk of chronic cough, reduced balance, and reduced coordination.
Marijuana can be used to help many people with different problems. It should be legalized in all states because it can bring more money into the state and give people jobs. Marijuana can even help with cancer and many patients with other painful diseases. There are of course some cons and health risk while smoking marijuana. Most health risks are gone if it is ingested via a pill or an alternative to smoking. We have many legal items that bring higher health risk such as cigars and cigarette, and other drugs that are legalized do more harm than marijuana such and tobacco products and liquor , tobacco can can many respiratory problems and can cause cancer & marijuana can help slow down the cancerous cells. Marijuana should be legalized instead of tobacco because tobacco can cause extreme health problems and even death.Alcohol has approximately 88,000 deaths, it can also cause many types of cancers.
There are 7,000 + chemical compounds in cigarettes & there are 400 in marijuana. Even though marijuana has its negative effects compared to other legal substances it is safer than most of them from a health perspective.There are many stories of marijuana helping people; Rick Simpson & Charlotte Figi are an example of the miracle stories.Rick Simpson is known for inventing hemp oil medicine.
Scientist have found out that weed can kill cancerous cells without harming normal cells this is good because cancer is going to be the number 1 cause of death by 2030.Cancer patients say medical marijuana is more effective than chemotherapy. Marijuana is going to be the new super drug because it can aid a lot of illnesses and it can be concentrated to be even more effective to the most severe of illnesses. Parents are using highly concentrated THC oil to save their dying children they try THC because all the other treatments are not helping or they are highly expensive. For PTSD patients they say weed is a #1 pain & stress reliever. Although PTSD patients have to be cautious because marijuana can bring back memory of the past. Doctors at the VA are not prescribing the right medication to PTSD patients.
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