Marijuana for Medicinal Purposes

What is Societal Problems??
A social problem is a condition that at least some people in a community view as being undesirable. Everyone would agree about some social problems, such as murders and DWI traffic deaths. Other social problems may be viewed as such by certain groups of people. Medical Marijuana is a big societal problem in the U.S. lately. Some toke for pleasure, others for better health. But what's the truth about "medical marijuana?"

Medical cannabis (also referred to as medical marijuana)
• is the use of cannabis and its constituent cannabinoids such as THC as a physician-recommended form of medicine or herbal therapy. The Cannabis plant from which the cannabis drug is derived has a long history of medicinal use, with evidence dating back to 2,737 BC. • Although the extent of the medicinal value of cannabis has been disputed, and despite the opposition to research and use put forward by most national governments, it does have several well-documented beneficial effects.[

PROS & CONS
PROS
• The legalization of marijuana for medical reasons is viewed favorably by many Americans, including members of the medial community and congress. Some of the pros to medical marijuana that they argue: Marijuana is effective at relieving nausea and vomiting, especially caused by chemotherapy used to treat cancer. • Marijuana can relieve spasticity of the muscles that is sometimes associated with multiple sclerosis and paralysis. • Marijuana can help treat appetite loss associated with HIV/AIDS and certain types of cancers. • Marijuana can relieve certain types of pain.

• Marijuana is safe, safer in fact than most other prescribed medications to treat the same symptoms. • Studies show that smoking marijuana alone (without the concurrent use of tobacco) does not increase the risk of lung diseases. • Marijuana has been used for centuries as a medicinal agent with good effect.

CONS
• For every person who is for legalization of marijuana for medical purposes, there is another who argues against it. Some of the arguments from the opposition include: • Frequent marijuana use can seriously affect your short-term memory. • Frequent use can impair your cognitive ability.

• Smoking anything, whether it's tobacco or marijuana, can seriously damage your lung tissue. • Not enough evidence supports marijuana as an effective pain relieving agent. • Marijuana carries a risk of abuse and addiction.

• Smoked marijuana contains cancer-causing compounds.
• Smoked marijuana has been implicated in a high percentage of automobile crashes and workplace accidents. • Unfortunately, clinical trials to evaluate of the effectiveness of marijuana to treat certain conditions have been restrictive and limited. Until marijuana is downgraded from a Schedule I drug of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), widespread clinical trials are unlikely to happen. If we really want a conclusive answer whether marijuana is valuable for symptom management, it needs to be evaluated using the same standards as other medications. Medical cannabis in the United States

• In the United States federal level of government, cannabis per se has been made criminal by implementation of the Controlled Substances Act which classifies marijuana as a Schedule I drug, the strictest classification on par with heroin, LSD and Ecstasy, and the Supreme Court ruled in 2005 that the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution allowed the government to ban the use of cannabis, including medic...

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