Legalizing Marijuana
In recent years, debates over whether the government should legalize the drug marijuana, and the resulting drug war, have made headlines nationwide. The idea that doctors and researcher have been trying to prove is that marijuana has medical uses for its patients with certain diseases and disorders. But the government has their eyes closed to the facts. Doctors and Scientists who have studied marijuana agree that it does have some medical benefits, and some feel the government is so busy fighting the war on drugs that it does not see them. Marijuana is one of the oldest and most researched drugs known to humanity. For thousands of years prior to its prohibition in the twentieth century, cannabis, another name for marijuana, was used as a medicine throughout the world, until the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937. Marijuana, being a powerful topical analgesic, muscle relaxant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-spasmodic agent, was found in virtually all ointments and relaxers. The United States Pharmacopoeia recommended marijuana for over one hundred illnesses including asthma, fatigue, fits of coughing, migraine headaches, cramps, and depression associated with menstruation. This lasted up until 1942 when it ceased to be listed due to increas
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