Denying Medical Value

Tens of thousands of patients are denied of medical cannabis that could benefit from its therapeutic use. Not only does it help ease the pain of many agonizing diseases, but it also contributes to the prevention of some illnesses. It can also replace harmful antibiotics that we use now. An abundance of arguments have been made on this issue, but I feel as though most of them are a bit far-fetched and can be retaliated with legitimate responses, which will be further explained later in this essay. So far, twelve states have legalized marijuana for medicinal uses. These states include Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington. The earliest to pass this law was in 1996, and with much reason.

Medicinal marijuana can provide multiple types of pain relief. First, it was proved to relieve asthma attacks and improve breathing. Also, its active ingredient, THC, reduces vomiting and nausea caused by chemotherapy. It relieves the muscle pain and spasticity that comes from multiple sclerosis, and may also help some of these unfortunate patients with bladder control and relieve tremor. The leading cause of blindness in the United States is caused by glaucoma, which is when the pressure inside one's eyeball has increased. Marijuana, when smoked, reduces this pressure, making it a significant amount better to deal with. Medicinal cannabis also strongly improves the appetite and forestalls the loss of lean muscle mass, contributing greatly to the commonly known sexually transmitted disease known as AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency). On top of all of this, it can also help to prevent certain conditions, such as malignant tumors or epileptic seizures that patients diagnosed with epilepsy may frequently have.

Medicinal marijuana can replace a number of antidotes, leaving many side effects behind. For instance, probanthine, which is used by dentists to dry the mouth, is toxic and deadly. Marijuana, which is not toxic, nor deadly, has the same needed effects of probanthine. It can also replace dronabil, a legal, synthetic antidote containing THC. Many patients claim they find minimal relief from it, particularly when compared to inhaled marijuana. Cannabis also reacts to the body very quickly, whereas alternative medications may not reach peak effect until two to four hours after dosing. Considering all of this information, one may wonder why we don't legalize medicinal marijuana.

Some claim that it reduces the ability to perform tasks requiring concentration and coordination such as driving a