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…taxes on its sale, its value to the medical world outweighs its abuse potential, and because of its importance to the paper and clothing industries. This action should be taken despite efforts made by groups that say marijuana is a harmful drug which…

…administration (1972), the federal government reviewed existing studies and concluded that marijuana did not possess physically addictive traits. The great majority of articles published in medical journals since that time have agreed. For example, Dr. Jack…

…easily available. If the medical advantages that are claimed for marijuana are real, many more patients would benefit. Research, which has been slowed in the past by the government's reluctance to frant exemptions to the marijuana laws, would be easier…

…cigarettes. "Human Relations Media" The traditional medications used to treat AIDS sufferers cause a wide range of side effects. Virtually the only medicine capable of treating the entire spectrum of side effects without causing harm to the user is marijuana…

…States became a problem of public concern in the 1930s. Regulatory laws were passed in 1937, and criminal penalties were instituted for possession and sale of the drug. "Marijuana" refers to the dried leaves and flowers of the cannabis plant, which…

…or the lawmakers of this country have found a way to keep the poor people in their place and let the rich and famous people live however they want to live. Basically all men are create equally unless you have no money- but if you do have money you are above the law…

…). The British medical journal Lancet could not have said it better by saying, “When used in a social setting, it may produce infectious laughter and talkativeness” (qtd. in Lowry). The effects of marijuana do not affect anybody else except for the user…

…to the effects of smoking marijuana cigarettes. Indeed only one physician was called to testify at the 1937 Congressional hearings of the proposed federal anti-marijuana law, he was a member of the American Medical Association and he opposed the bill Brecher…

…be illegal do to tax laws. I would not be against the idea of full out legalization if the government wanted, I just don't see it as possibility right now. William Buckley Jr. writes, "80% think adults should be able to use marijuana legally for medical purposes…

…had been making that was keeping the economy going. After the government began to heavily enforce drug laws in this area, the county went back into its state of depression, and the financial aid that the marijuana growers could have added to the economy…