The purpose of this paper is to discuss marijuana and compare both sides of
the issue of legalizing marijuana. We have two factions fighting each other ;
one those who are pro marijuana and those who are anti marijuana. These two
factions have been fighting on this issue on the halls of justice for years. Pro
marijuana legalization groups such as the Physician's Association for AIDS Care,
National Lymphoma Foundation argue that marijuana should be legalized in order
to treat terminally ill patients.
Among them are AIDS victims who find that marijuana stimulates their
appetites so they can fight off dangerous emaciation; glaucoma sufferers who
have used marijuana said it has prevented them from going blind, and cancer
patients for whom it alleviates the severe nausea that is often accompanies
chemotherapy and sometimes makes lifesaving treatment impossible.
Due to all these lobbying groups which show substantial evidence that
marijuana can be used as a prescribed drug. Also many advocates who are pro
marijuana complain that morphine and cocaine are legal and are very dangerous
drugs, that brings up the question why not legalize marijuana as medical drug
which is proven to be less dangerous than cocaine and morphine.
Lobbying groups in a San Diego, California , council committee unanimously
voted to urge president Bill Clinton and congress to end federal restrictions
against the use of marijuana for legitiment medical use. City council women
Christine kehoe said she wanted the city of San Diego to go on the record we
support the medical use marijuana.; marijuana can be a drug of necessity in the
treatment of AIDS, glaucoma, cancer and multiple sclerosis.
'' Many agencies which are anti marijuana such as Drug Enforcement Agency and
police departments argue that marijuana shouldn't be legalized. These agencies
believe that marijuana shouldn't be legalized because if marijuana is to become
legal then thousands more patients using marijuana. Then people will raise the
question why marijuana illegal at all if its a medicine. The main reason why the
Drug Enforcement Agency doesn't want marijuana to be legal is because their is
no hard core evidence that proves that marijuana is a effective drug as a
medicine. In twenty years of research have produced no reliable scientific proof
that marijuana has medical value.
