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Legalization of marijuana has been an issue in debate since the passing of the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, which banned marijuana use in the United States. Marijuana, also known as cannabis, is an illegal plant that can be smoked as a narcotic. Until 1937, marijuana was legal for any purpose. Marijuana has been used to assuage countless ailments. Although the herb can not cure, marijuana is beneficial in medicating various diseases: AIDS, Cancer, Glaucoma, Multiple Sclerosis, Epilepsy, Chronic pain, and some others. Marijuana should be legalized throughout the United States for medical purposes to benefit the seriously ill.
Marijuana is one of the securest and helpful drug medications known. No one has ever died from an overdose of marijuana (MPP). Marijuana has a variety of therapeutic applications: relief from nausea and increase in appetite, reduction of intraocular pressure in the eye, reduction of muscle spasms, and relief of severe pain. AIDS organizations have been on the frontline in the battle to legalize marijuana since 1980 when researchers discovered that smoking marijuana can help simulate a patient’s appetite (341, Earlywine). In AIDS, marijuana can reduce the nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite caused by other AIDS medications and the disease itself. In the early 70’s, some young cancer patients receiving chemotherapy found that smoking marijuana relieved the nausea and vomiting associated with chemotherapy (340,Earlywine).
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