otumor Cerebri, and Diabetic Gastroparesis.” [5]Julie Buring said, “We know that for some people it makes a difference.” [9] “Cannabis does have therapeutic properties,” [3] admits Dr. Heather Ashton. One question raised about legalizing marijuana for medical uses is the theory that marijuana leads to other “harder” drugs. The Lancet Report in 1989: “The Dutch have shown that there is nothing inevitable about the drugs ‘ladder’ in which soft drugs lead to hard drugs. The ladder does not exist in Holland because the dealers have been separated.” [3]Another question raised was about the removal of the ingredients in marijuana that give the “high” feeling. Paul Consroe from CONSUMER REPORTS had this to say about this question, “It seems that the same neurological receptor controls all the effects, the good and the bad.” “The marijuana sold by drug dealers on the streets is sometimes laced with drugs or other contaminants,” [7] is another point of why marijuana should be made legal for the medical uses. This would eliminate a lot of the drug dealers, and the marijuana would then be completely safe and uncontaminated.“Jailing sick and dying patients, in the name of public safety, is used by politicians trying to look tough on drugs. Under current law, the seriously ill who turn to marijuana for it’s possible therapeutic effects are subject to arrest, criminal prosecution, and incarceration.” [7]“Legalizing cannabis wouldn’t do any harm to anybody. We should be concentrating on the serious business of heroin and amphetamines,” [3] is what one person for the “Guardian Newspaper” had to say.“CONSUMER REPORTS believes that for patients with advanced AIDS and terminal cancer, that apparent benefits some derive from smoking marijuana outweigh any substantiated or even suspected r...
