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Nausea And Vomiting Thousands Of Years
1,501 wordsFor many years the use of marijuana for medical purposes has been an issue of controversial discussion. Many claim that marijuana is a drug that has proven itself to be of no medical value in the treatment of terminal illnesses. Those who feel this way, usually ignore the long history of marijuana's medical uses; a history that goes back thousands of years ago. The drug has aided many people with the coping of terminal diseases. The use of marijuana as a medicinal herb has allowed many with no h...
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Cancer Chemotherapy Side Effects
788 wordsAccording to a 1988 government survey, marijuana is the third most widely used drug used in the United States, after alcohol and cigarettes. An estimated 66 million people - or one-third of all Americans - have tried marijuana; and roughly 12 million of them are current users. # Marijuana is an illegal drug that is grown throughout the world. It is used for medical treatments, pleasure, and things we use and see today. It also has many side effects, health hazards, and health issues. Marijuana i...
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Nausea And Vomiting Types Of Cancer
1,466 words... s not practiced due to the possibility of making it active. Removal of complete malignant tumors is often successful in halting cancer growth in that particular region, when followed by radiation therapy. It is also possible to remove parts of tumors, to reduce the amount of cancerous tissue in the body as a whole. The one major drawback to surgery is that quite often a tumor is not accessible to a surgeon, or it may be attached to a major organ of the body, in which removing the tumor may c...
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National Institute On Drug Abuse War On Drugs
2,524 wordsLegalization of Mariana: For Its time we put to rest the myth that smoking marijuana is a fringe or deviant activity, engaged in only by those on the margins of American society. In reality, marijuana smoking is extremely common, and marijuana is the recreational drug of choice for millions of mainstream, middle class Americans. According to the most recent NIDA data 1, between 65 and 71 million Americans have smoked marijuana at some time in their lives, and 10 million are current smokers (have...
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Controlled Substances Act Marijuana Tax Act
2,755 wordsThe marijuana plant should not be an illegal drug; it should be a prescription drug. Marijuana is a controlled substance that should be legalized for medical use. In this argumentative essay I will discuss the history of marijuana, the effects of marijuana, the ways that marijuana could be utilized in the medical field, and will offer a refutation of how marijuana is a dangerous drug. The term marijuana is a word with indistinct origins. Some believe that it is derived from the Mexican words for...
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Effects Of Marijuana Smoked Marijuana
1,132 wordsFor the last fifty years there have been various debates over the legalization of cannabis sativa, more commonly known as marijuana, for it s medicinal potential. Many people in society are aware of the harmful and long-term effects of marijuana, and therefore are strongly opposed the drug. What people and governments around the world fail see is that marijuana has plenty of benefits, and could in fact, serve as a useful drug in the medical field. There have been millions of dollars spent to res...
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Controlled Substances Act Marijuana Tax Act
3,566 wordsMarijuana as Medicine Introduction Marijuana is a drug made from the dried leaves of the Hemp plant. Marijuana is also known as cannabis, which comes from the scientific name of the Hemp plant or Cannabis sativa. These dried leaves are usually smoked in rolled cigarettes or pipes to achieve a psychological feeling of euphoria or well-being. The marijuana plant contains more than 460 known compounds, of which more than 60 have been identified as cannabinoids. The most studied cannabinoid, 9 -tetr...
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America On Line Nausea And Vomiting
3,714 wordsMarjory MArijuana Beatriz Lama P&execute; rez Marjory Hutchinson ENG? 190 9 December 1999 Legalization of Marijuana For many years the use of marijuana for medical purposes has been an issue of controversial discussion. Many claim that marijuana is a drug that has proven itself to be of no medical value in the treatment of terminal illnesses. Those who feel this way, usually ignore the long history of marijuana? s medical uses; a history that goes back thousands of years ago. The drug has aided ...
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Nausea And Vomiting Side Effects
1,558 wordsMedical Uses of Marijuana-Good or Bad? There are two sides of marijuana being used for medical purposes. Many people think it is great and say it will help the pain go away. Other people believe it is a bad idea and become additive over time. Many propositions and court cases have contributed to marijuana use. A popular one is Proposition 215. This is a medical marijuana initiative. The biggest argument is that there is no real evidence that smoked marijuana is more effective than any other avai...
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American Cancer Society Types Of Cancer
2,919 wordsCancer is a major killer of people all around the globe. We do not have a definite cure, but the amount of research done on this one disease costs on the average of $ 1. 2 billion dollars annually, and $ 20 billion annually in care of cancer patients. What is Cancer? Cancer is a broad ranging term that is used by many people, including medical professionals such as doctors. Cancer, in its most fatal and aggressive form, is of a larger class of diseases known as neoplasms. There are two forms of ...
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