other illness pay the price. The other opponents of marijuana as a form of medical treatment have presented several illogicalarguments against it. Many opponents argue that marijuana is a “gateway drug” that often leadsto harder drugs. This argument is easily disproved by the fact that use of “hard” drugs in theNetherlands has decreased significantly since marijuana was legalized (“Medical Marijuana” 23)u.Parents are often worried that prescription marijuana will mean that more of it will get into thehands of kids. Some of these parents have prescriptions for Morphine, Prozac, Zoloft, Dexedrine,or countless other mood-altering drugs which they successfully keep out of their children’s hands. Marijuana should reclassified so its unique medicinal value can be legally utilized to treat patients.How long would the loudest opponent of medicinal marijuana live incapacitated by nausea orMarinol before he would turn to marijuana? Maybe opponents should spend a month or two inchemotherapy before they deny patients the most effective means of relief....
