ns. If cocaine and morphine are being prescribed legally as medicine and are not adding in any significant way to the drug problem, then surely neither would hemp. Some of the conditions in which marijuana would is beneficial include AIDS, glaucoma, cancer, epilepsy, MS and chronic pain. In AIDS patients, marijuana can reduce the nausea, vomiting, and loss of appetite caused by the ailment itself and by treatment with AZT and other drugs. When dealing with glaucoma, weed can alleviate pressure within the eye, thereby reducing pain and slowing the progress of the condition. Hemp is useful for cancer patients, as it stimulates the appetite and relieves nausea and vomiting, common side effects of chemotherapy. Marijuana can also prevent epileptic seizures and ease the debilitating pain caused by countless of disorders and injuries. Many patients have also reported that cannabis is useful for treating arthritis, migraines, menstrual cramps, itching, alcohol addiction, depression and other mood disorders. Even though it could be helpful for millions of patients suffering from the above mentioned conditions, medicinal marijuana remains illegal. Therefore sufferers have two options: 1. continue to suffer; or 2. obtain it illegally and risk the consequences. In the United States, there are only two places in which hemp is grown legally. In California it is legal to be grown for medical reasons if granted legal permission, and at the University of Mississippi, where scientists grow marijuana to test its physical makeup. In conclusion, marijuana should be legalized as it is very useful in the medical profession, and will allow for money spent on enforcement to be spent more wisely thus increasing revenue. As for whether or not there will be an increase in drug use, one will never know unless we give legalization a chance. ...
