Are for or against use of Marijuana for medical treatment?
413386
I am not for it except in very rare cases. Since CA passed the "medical marijuana" law, who gets prescribed it is a complete joke. 20 year old males who have no real health problems have a "recommendation" from a doctor because they say they have "back pain". Even though they have no trouble breaking into houses and running from the cops. I have even run into a 15 year old who had his doctor's "recommendation" for marijuana to help his asthma!! \n\nIt is widely known that there are certain doctors who will, for a fee, just give you a prescription. They then tell you about a shop in town that sells "medical marijuana". It also happens to be the doctor's shop. It is a complete and total farce.\n\nThe other problem that came from that law is the belief that it entitles people to now sell marijuana. There was no provision in the law that allows this at all. \n\nAdditionally, the people who have the prescriptions think that it OK to drive after they have smoked the marijuana, which is another huge problem.\n\nIn short, in my years of law enforcement, I have seen very few cases where someone legitimately needed marijuana.
1074618
1.Marijuana tablets that relieve pain without giving a high \n2. Marijuana is favored by many people who have multiple sclerosis and cancer; they say cannabis kills pain and stimulates appetite without the corrosive side effects of many alternatives. \n3.The Legalise Cannabis Alliance: fightling for legallization\n\nSO YES, it is a medical hearb\n\nSource(s):\n\nhttp://www.mult-sclerosis.org/news/jan19...\nhttp://www.marijuanacannabis.com/marijua...\nhttp://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.ht...\nhttp://www.americanpothead.com/...\nhttp://www.lca-uk.org/comments.php?start...
504301
I would cancel the law that made marijuana illegal.  It has so many beneficial uses for cancer patients, anorexics, and people who suffer from other ailments.  It's a shame that truly sick people have to buy it off of the black market just for some relief.
811085
I know here in Canada not sure where you are.. alot of cancer patients and patients with severe pain management are prescribed marijuana for relief.. is it ok? I guess that's an opinion call but I think if it helps make peoples lives more manageable and tolerable then it should be ok.. but it should be discussed with a doctor first.
790962
Medical marijuana can be allowed if it is regulated by the government.
898135
Ahhh yea, the medicinal values of marijuana. fire it up
441493
I am bipolar. I quit taking my effexor xr and other meds some time ago. Marijuana does have it's medicinal value, but with long term use, you will have other side effects. As for me, I haven't smoked for a while now, but if i didn't have a job like the one I do now, i would smoke. There hasn't been any prescribed medicine out there that didn't calm me and let me focus. But, That was with taking 1-2 drags of pot. Not smoking a quarter ounce in a day. Smoking that much is what the dr's are talking about when they tell you the serious side effect. Smoke too much, end up dumb. As with any drug, use responsibly. But...Pot is illegal. (boooo)
1166223
Most definitely.\n\nI don't use it as a drug and wouldn't, if it were legalized, but it would open the doors to a lot of opportunities.\n\nOne of the reasons hemp isn't allowed as a crop in the USA is because, obviously, it's a product of the canibus (marijuana) plant.  Hemp has so many positive aspects about it, from clothing, paper, and rope manufacturing, to a possible product for formenting ethanol, to even directly fueling organic power plants.  Since it doesn't decarbonize the soil (it actually improves the soil it's grown in and requires little to no fertilizer), it's better than cotton and corn as a crop and produces far greater volumes of usable material in the same amount of land.  It's a sort of wonder-plant.\n\nBut, since we can't grow it without also having "pot", we should just get over it and legalize the stuff.  If it were legalized, the government could tax it, generating increased revenue (for the US instead of the cartels), and employ FDA to regulate it, making purer and safer products that are inevitably widely used anyway.  Plus, it would decrease the amount of court-system flow, freeing up more legal system resources to focus on truly necessary law enforcement / punishment.\n\nStudies have also shown that "weed"-use is far less harmful than alcohol, and has also shown that users are far less likely to become violent, which (alcohol) is the primary contributor to domestic abuse and sexual offenses everywhere, along with street violence, and countless other crimes.\n\nHowever, it is still a person/mind-altering drug that needs to be taken seriously.  Any use of a substance that inhibits normal thought-processes and physical functionality is bad and needs control / responsibility / accountability.  Plus, "pot" does cause neurological damage among other significant physical problems (less than alcohol, keep in mind).\n\nI do not see it as a "gateway drug".  But, it is a drug.
696240
I think it is insane that medical marijuana has had such a hard time, it could offer cheap and effective pain relief for many people.  Especially when a lot more dangerous drugs like OxyContin get prescribed like candy.  Wake up America!
993009
No.\nThis is not the place for that. Pot is not good for your health.
259402
It's the science of treating medical conditions with the use of drugs.  (As opposed to surgery or psychotherapy or physical therapy...)
1050723
None of those asian countries listed have medical marijuana prgrams and all are VERY strict on even possesion of small quantities.  I think medical marijuana is a good idea but seems impossible to regulate with many people just paying a doctor a few hundred bucks to get a cannabis club card, sick or not.  So i think they should just go ahead and legalize it already, its practically decriminalized already here in california (if you get caught with under  an ounce, its like an 80 dollar ticket with no arrest or jail.) Im counting on you arnold to get it done!
1029258
I don't think marijuana should be an alternative to alchohol, but I do think it should be legalized. In my opinion alcohol has already killed millions more people than marijuana will ever so I believe that alcohol should be the illegal substance. It is man made and makes EVERYONE on it an absolute a**, where marijuana just makes people chill out and relaxed. On top of it all I have never heard any evidence that would prove that alcohol can be used positively in the medical field, as where marijuana can be positively used for many different ailments: depression, cataracts, cancer, extreme pain diagnosis, and even Post Tramatic Stress Syndrome. Should there even be a debate as to which one is less harmful, but that is the government for you. They would rather people kill themselves by drinking so they can charge them high taxes on it and keep marijuana illegal to make money off of search and seizures.
905705
Yes.\nIn fact its vest to refuse treatment from the mainstream meducal profession, and seek an alternative treatment. There are many cures available.\n\nRead this report.\n\n\nhttp://dgwa1.fortunecity.com/body/cancer.html
235932
I think it's safe to say that smoking anything when you have asthma is going to worsen your condition. Whatever marijuana's medicinal properties, it most assuredly does not help with asthma.
1086319
Yes.\n1. As a popular intoxicant, marijuana is much safer than alcohol and other drugs. If Tobacco and Alcohol are available (tolerated by society), then marijuana should also be tolerated. I would much rather have my child abuse marijuana than alcohol, because afterward they would still have a liver and a brain.\n2. All recreational drugs should be legalized. There is no point trying to regulate personal behavior, which contravenes the American ethic anyway.\nCurrent laws do or can provide penalties for intoxicated problem behaviors such as driving under the influence, so that's covered.\n3. If you want to eliminate the crime associated with "the drugs trade", then legalize drugs. If necessary, make various drugs (such as cocaine) available only at the pharmacist's counter with a valid ID as proof of age.\nBut, no more drug kingpins - drugs will be commodified.\n4. Tax drug sales and get those revenues; and save all the money wasted on the drug war.\n\n5. And of course, as a marijuana user, I would look forward to cheaper product. :)
1167543
First off, don't listen to ignorant answers from people like martinamagrace.  Obviously she's lucky enough not to have been afflicted with debilitating pain!\n\nI don't know anyone who's used it, but I've heard opinions that it is more helpful than any other high-potency pain killer.  Medical marijuana should not be illegal.  It's been a great help to many people who suffer from a number of diseases.  And kudos to the doctors who prescribe it.  If only there were more like them!