Medical Marijuana  

Cannabis

Marijuana -- Therapeutic use

Chronic Disease -- drug therapy -- United States.

Cannabinoids. -- therapeutic use

Materia medica, Vegetable

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Americans for Safe Access

People United for Medical Marijuana

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration

Medical Board of California

U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration: California Medical Marijuana Information

Norml

Pro/Con: Medical Marijuana

U.S. Department of Justice

Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research

Cannabis: "A psychoactive herb (marijuana) derived from the flowering tips of hemp plants. It has no currently acceptable clinical use in the United States (where it is marketed as marinol) but has been used in the treatment of glaucoma and as an antiemetic in some cancer patients to counter the nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy." (Mosby's dictionary of medicine, nursing & allied health professions)

· How can the problems Los Angeles faced with the proliferation of marijuana dispensaries be prevented?· Is marijuana a gateway to harder drugs?

· Does marijuana cause mental problems or brain damage?

· Does smoking marijuana damage the lungs? Are there other ways of ingesting marijuana?

· Is there scientific proof that marijuana is effective medical treatment?

· Is marijuana useful in reducing pain? Are other therapies equally effective?

· Is marijuana less costly and toxic than other therapies?

· Is it unfair to deny people beneficial treatment because of the possible repercussions of a change in drug policy?

· Would decriminalization of marijuana for medical purposes indicate approval of its use for other purposes?

 · Discuss Canada's policy reversal.

· What have been the results of the Department of Justice's policy of October 2009 regarding investigations and prosecutionsin States authorizing the medical use of marijuana?

Compare the problems from some of the states which have legalized the medical use of marijuana (Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington).

· Discuss Canada's policy reversal.

Alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs (Ref Desk also in Opposing Viewpoints Database)

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