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Hiv And Aids Effects Of Marijuana
3,209 wordsMarijuana, pot, Mary Jane, grass, weed, hash, hashish, dope, cannabis, sinsemilla, greens. When you hear these words, do you think of illegal substances or medical miracle-workers? Marijuana has been approved for medical use by prescription in at least three states. In November 1998, voters in Washington DC won the right for medicinal marijuana. However, the results have been kept secret by congressional order. This research report will give you the facts about marijuana to help you make up your...
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Marijuana For Medical Purposes Illicit Drug
521 wordsOn November 5, 1996, Californians voiced their honest opinion. Californians voted yes on a very controversial proposition proposition 215. This law allows doctors to prescribe marijuana to patients with diseases that have severe symptoms. For example, cancer patients that undergo chemo-therapy and suffer from severe nausea and aching can benefit from smoking marijuana. Marijuana helps these patients get through these very painful symptoms by numbing the body and soothing the stomach. It also imp...
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Marijuana For Medical Medical Use Of Marijuana
2,711 wordsIn America, we have a drug problem. Most do not like to admit it, but the problem is not getting better and it will most certainly not be solved with the current methods of drug enforcement. Those same people will also vehemently deny the fact that, those who use drugs are not the only ones causing the actual problem. Like the users themselves, the ones who wage the war on drugs are also at fault, guilty of not doing what is best for the individual or the situation as a whole. In America or inte...
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Legalization Of Marijuana Sperm Count
1,226 wordsLegalization of Marijuana Drug use is becoming more common today than in recent years. Almost anywhere we look, we can find some relation to drugs or drug paraphernalia. In fact, 63 % of you stated in my survey that you had smoked marijuana in the past. That number is scary, since 81 % of you are under 25 years of age and have your whole lives ahead of you. Some of you may be thinking So What Bill Clinton has admitted smoking marijuana, and he is President. Well, that surely is not a good attitu...
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Dodd Mead Sperm Count
1,291 wordsDrug use is becoming more common today than in recent years. Almost anywhere we look, we can find some relation to drugs or drug paraphernalia. In fact, 63 % of you stated in my survey that you had smoked marijuana in the past. That number is scary, since 81 % of you are under 25 years of age and have your whole lives ahead of you. Some of you may be thinking So What Bill Clinton has admitted smoking marijuana, and he is President. Well, that surely is not a good attitude to have considering the...
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Schedule I Drug Legalizing Marijuana
511 wordsIn Marijuana Conflict Marijuana Conflict In investigating the matter of California s proposition 215 and Arizona s proposition 200, I found out of many important issues that need to be discussed before making the decision of legalizing marijuana completely. In the run-up to November s elections, opponents of California s proposition 215 and Arizona s proposition, both of which allow doctors to recommend or prescribe currently illegal drugs drove home one basic point; These ballot initiatives wer...
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Marijuana Should Be Legalized Nausea And Vomiting
734 wordsMarijuana Did you know that there are over 460 chemicals in marijuana, which may have medicinal uses? Marijuana at this moment is illegal in forty-nine of the fifty United States. Last year, in California, Proposition 215 was passed to legalize marijuana for medical uses. As a result of Proposition 215 and the legalization of marijuana, many glaucoma patients have found another remedy, vomiting, nausea, and loss of appetites from chemotherapy have been safely controlled, and patients and hospita...
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Marijuana For Medical Purposes Act Of 1996
1,895 wordsJames Mahoney was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 1993. In an effort to put his disease into remission, the medical team decided chemotherapy would be the best treatment. After one cycle of chemotherapy, James was treated weekly. As soon as he came up to some minimum baseline standards shown by the blood test, he was admitted for another cycle. For the most part, though, he knew before the doctors did when he was ready for another cycle. When he woke up in the morning and actually didn t fee...
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Put Into Effect Marijuana For Medical
552 wordsMarijuana: Persuasive Essay In California there is still more controversial debate over the use of marijuana for medical purposes. The advantage with using marijuana for medical reason is, it eases the pain, and relaxes them so they can enjoy the rest of their life. For these terminally ill patients the marijuana also makes them happy and enjoyable to be around. The disadvantage is that after smoking it for an extended period of time the majority of the patients will develop lung cancer. That is...
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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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Prescribe Marijuana James P
805 wordsN 215 TimothyPropisition 215 &# 65279; PROPOSITIO N 215 Timothy Daemon, at the age of 43 is just one of the few individuals who suffer from AIDS. He is constantly being monitored by hospitals at all times, and must take many different painkillers each day to help relieve his pain. Timothy takes over twenty pills a day and is also suffering from malnutrition because of AIDS wasting syndrome, which is a lack of appetite. There is no cure for Timothy or others like him with AIDS, so what can be don...
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