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Running head: MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Medical Marijuana
Kenny Power
Excelsior College
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Abstract
In an extension of research demonstrating Medical Marijuana effect of medical use
in a Medical setting, the present study examines the benefits and effect of Medical
Marijuana use on cancer patient and the benefits of Marijuana on stopping
Cancerous tumors, even Marijuana still illegal on the United States research has
shown a great benefit for terminal ill and patient who suffer from acute pain for
several reason, Cancer and tumors. Recommendations for research in this new area of
study center on Medical Marijuana issues, including the identification of additional
dependent measures.
Marijuana when used in the medical sense is beneficial to not only the patient’s health
but to their financial status as well. In this report you’ll see many reasons why we believe
this. Medical marijuana is used in many treatments. We are not obviously the only people
who believe this either. In the last 20 years, 36 states have passed some form of
legislation recognizing the medical value of marijuana. In 1996, voters in both Arizona
and California passed laws allowing the medical use of marijuana. In 1998 Alaska,
Washington and Oregon passed medical use marijuana laws, and in 1999 Maine passed a
similar law (Grinspoon, 5). The chronic effects of marijuana are of greater concern for
medical use and fall into two categories: the effects of chronic smoking, and the effects of
THC. Marijuana smoking is associated with abnormalities of cells lining the human
respiratory tract. Marijuana smoke, like tobacco smoke, is associated with increased risk
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of cancer, lung damage, and poor pregnancy outcomes. It is the most widely used illicit
drug, marijuana is predictably the first illicit drug most people Although studies all
suggest that marijuana...